Amy Cuddy Professor and researcher at Harvard

Business School

In her TED Talk Amy Cuddy discusses how nonverbal behavior can not only change how others perceive us, but also how it directly effects our body chemistry and moods.

“Your body language shapes who you are”

The beginning of the talk immediately engrosses that audience. Amy promises the audience that she will possibly show them how to change their lives with two minutes of changing their posture. She draws the audience in by showing how many of them in the audience are not sitting in a “posture of confidence”.

There are several multimedia elements used throughout the presentation to keep the audience engaged.

Amy also continues to relate the talk back to real world practical use, and continues to tease the

audience about how she will reveal how this can be used in their every day lives.

Real world examples keep the audience engaged throughout the talk!

Dynamism rating: 4 Amy showed tremendous passionthroughout the talk and was very animatedwith her hands and body movements.

There was some room for improvement in the usage of the space given. There was not much movement from Amy’s central location on the stage.

Amy uses various tips from Garr Reynolds and Nancy Durate.

She keeps the material relevant to her audience and easy to understand. She uses various multimedia elements throughout her presentation to keep the audience engaged the entire time.

It is important to be passionate about the subject of your presentation if you want your audience to truly hear you. Amy shared personal experiences that happened in

her life that related to her topic, and this engrossed the audience in her speech.

It is also important to make surethat the material is appropriate for the Audience.

Amy did a great job of ensuringthat complex scientific researchWas explained in terms thather audience was able to grasp.

Amy has a very natural style of presentation, although it was obvious that she was preparedWell for her speech, it did not come across as if the entire presentation was pre-planned. This

provided for a very nice casual conversational feel throughout the speech.

In Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk there are no graphs or data in the live TED talk.

Amy Cuddy on the other handuses several pictures and graphs throughout her talk

Sir Robinson infuses humor throughout his talk.

Amy utilizes emotional stories to connect with her audience.

Both speakers are very passionateabout their subject.

Both speakers use real world examplesIn order to validate their stance.

Both speakers are very comfortable speaking in front of audiences.

Both speeches did not seemrehearsed, and came acrossas natural conversation.

Tips for success: Be confident! If you are confident about your material the audience will sense this and be more receptive to your speech. Be Passionate! Passion is crucial if material is going to come alive to the audience.

Do you research and know your material! You audience wants to feel like you are the subjectexpert on the speech that you are presenting. Proper research is a key before any speech.

Amy Cuddy Professor and researcher at Harvard

Business School