Heather Brooke and Sir Ken Robinson both gave TED talks about exposing government corruption and changing education paradigms, respectively. While Heather could have been more emotive, Ken Robinson was very relatable and used humor to engage the audience. Both speakers maintained good pacing and remained positive even after minor mistakes. The key lessons are to use simple visual aids that enhance the message and not be afraid of mistakes, as imperfection is human.

1. Samuel Ganser Public Speaking Week 2
Section 2 TED Talks Assignment
Heather Sir Ken
Brookes: My Robinson:
Why Schools Kill
Battle to Expose
Creativity & Changing
Government Corruption Education Paradigms

2. Heather A tale relating to
Brooke the talks topic is a
great way to hook
your audience.

3. Maintain strong
points throughout
to keep the
audiences
attention!

4. Dynamism: 3.5/5
Heather could’ve been more emotive while
speaking as compared to Ken Robinson who
was very relatable and human.

5. What strengthened
Heather’s speech?
The images behind her
presentation were simple, clean,
and unobtrusive to the points she
was making.

6. Ken Robinson was
able to capture his
audiences attention
with humor and
observations on
previous speakers.

7. Good humor was kept throughout
while explaining serious subjects.

8. Real stories from life are great aids in
explaining points trying to be made.

9. Dynamics

11. Both speakers
maintained good
pacing.

13. Both speakers remained positive even
after making minor mistakes and
continued on with confidence.

14. What Have I Learned?
The best thing I’ve
taken out of these
two exceptional
speakers is to not
be afraid to make
mistakes. We are all
human!

15. Citations
All images can be found at google.com/images with
these search words:
Ken Robinson Princess
School bell Muscle
Simplicity Heather Brooke
Story Fader
Turtle Face Nick Jr.
Positive Brain
VU Meter Fairy Tale