Jordan Jackson provides a summary and critique of Steve Jobs' 2005 TED Talk. Jobs tells the audience to find what they love and pursue it, despite life's setbacks. He shares how dropping out of college was a risky but beneficial decision. Jobs maintains audience attention through humor and personal stories. He urges listeners to follow their heart even when paths are unfamiliar. Jackson rates Jobs' delivery a 3.5/5 and suggests he could have made better eye contact and hand gestures. Overall, Jackson found the talk effective while preferring Sir Ken Robinson's more engaging style.

1. TED TALKS
JORDAN JACKSON

2. Steve Jobs
How To Live Before You Die

3. Thesis:
Find out what you love and pursue it. There
is always opportunities in life’s setbacks.

4. Jobs captured the audiences attention by
starting off his speech in an unorthodox
manner.
“I decided to drop out and trust that it will all
work out ok. It was pretty scary at the time
but looking back it was one of the best
decisions I ever made.”

5. Jobs maintained the audiences attention by
using humor and really capitalizing on
points within his personal stories.

6. CONNECTING THE DOTS
“You have to trust in something. Your gut,
destiny, life, karma whatever. Believing
that the dots will connect down the road
will give you the confidence to follow your
heart even when it leads you off the well
worn path and that will make all the
difference.”

7. Some of the tips Jobs used form Nancy
Duarte and Garr Reynolds was humor and
storytelling.

8. Jobs used the 3rd TED commandment to
relay his ideas to his audience.

9. Dynamism Rating
I give Steve Jobs a Dynamism Rating of 3.5.

10. Jobs could have used better eye contact
with the audience.

11. Jobs could have used his hands more to tell
his story.

12. Jobs could have had more of a personality
behind his voice. It was very monotone
even when he delivered the punch lines.

13. Sir Ken Robinson had more of a personality
in his speech and he used a great deal
more of humor than Steve Jobs.

14. I prefer Sir Ken’s delivery style over Mr.
Jobs, however they both got the point
across without losing the audiences
attention.

15. I learned that telling a humorous personal
story, but not just any personal story. One
that was very embarrassing or something
you failed at just to let the audience know
what you too are human and everyone
makes mistakes.

16. Tips for Classmates
I personally like to use humor as my main
focus. Not only does it help build rapport
with my audience but when I do make a
joke and the audience laughs it gives me
much more confidence to continue my
speech and keep making more jokes.

17. Thank you for taking the time out to read my
presentation. I hope you enjoyed it!
Take it easy,
Jordan Jackson