This document provides a comparison of two speakers, Kent Larson and Sir Ken Robinson, in the form of a mash-up that switches between their styles. It starts in Larson's demonstrative style using slides but then switches to Robinson's use of humor and storytelling. The document emphasizes that humor, storytelling, and engaging the audience are better techniques for holding interest than a focus on slides.

1. Recognizing The Need For
Creativity In Industries…
…That Typically Aren’t
Accepting Of It.

3. A Comparison of
Kent Larson
To Sir Ken
Robinson

5. The Lack of Creative Innovation in Education,
Combined with the Amount of Attention Paid
to Specific Needs of Individual Students Has
Led to an Academic Structure that Conditions
Logical and Reasonable Thinking Skills into a
Non-Flexible Process which Prevents Fluid
Growth and Produces Worse Educational
Result as a Consequence. We Put The Brain in
a Box.

6. .

7. What does this mean?

9. BOTH SPEAKERS AGREE!

10. So what separates them?

11. Simple.
How they speak and how they present.

12. “I, Kent Larson, engage my audience
immediately by relating to the past. I
then keep them engaged by showing
slides and taking them on a virtual
tour around the world. I am dynamic
in my own way, but the emphasis in
my demonstration comes from my
slides and so I only rank a 3 on the Full
Sail Speech-a-Ranking system. Next
time, maybe I’ll try speaking directly
to the audience more, and focus less
on the slides to be more dynamic!”
– Kent Larson*
* Not a direct
quote.

13. Me Again
“I, Chadrick Baker, am having a hard time accurately gauging if Larson used Duarte’s
techniques, but it does not seem so. More evidence of this is found in Ken Robinson’s
speech, as they both make the audience laugh and both add elements of storytelling to
their speeches as a way to engage the audience.” – Chadrick Baker*
* Actual Quote

14. Me Again
(Not Verifiable)
This is what I’ve mostly taken away from Robinson, because he kept my interest with his humor.
Larson utilized pictures and video and that’s what worked for him, but I was less interested.

15. Heavily Utilizes Slides Funny!
Relates Audience To The Past and future, Funny! (Humor is worth Two Points)
regionally Well Thought Out, I was hooked.
Utilizes Duarte’s “What is/what can be”. Immediately Gained My Interest
… Story Teller (This should be worth two
points as well)
…Nice beard. I was less than enthused Lined up with my own personal
with this presentation and it was the philosophy about education.
products on the slides and content that British accent draws interest (Its unfair
kept my interest, not the presenter. but it’s true)
Major Con: Beard should have been Major Con: Greatly Identified the
longer. Problem, but Offered little actual
solution outside of concept.

17. The entirety of this document has been a mash-
upcomparison of both speakers. I start off being matter
of fact and demonstrative (Larson), and then went into
humor and storytelling (Robinson), utilizing both
techniques to emphasize what works in keeping
interest and what doesn’t… for me.

18. Glossary
Ted Links for Comparison:
Kent Larson: http://www.ted.com/talks/kent_larson_brilliant_designs_to_fit_more_people_in_every_city.html
Sir Ken Robinson: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Reference Images:
Slide 1: http://www.insidethearts.com/scanningthedial/2011/11/08/jack-allen/4166/light-bulb-idea-hand-3/
Slide 3: Ted.com Speaker Profile Pictures.
Slide 4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_City_at_night_HDR_edit1.jpg
Slide 6: http://www.tahoecam.com/pics/LakeTahoe-near-EmeraldBay.jpg
Slide 7: http://oobly.com/news/wwdc-2011/
Slide 8: http://mrpajamasharkman.deviantart.com/art/3-Eyed-Smiley-74388211
Slide 9 : http://pappardella.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/national-high-five-day/
Slide 10: http://www.portent.com/blog/internet-marketing/you-cant-separate-social-media-seo.htm
Slide 11: http://www.polarimagazine.com/polari-hq/wtf-friday-art/
Slide 12: http://scg.mit.edu/people/faculty/kent-larson
Slide 14: http://www.laughterbuffet.com/
Slide 16: http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/08/30/advice-feedback-and-where-to-get-it/
Slide 17: http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMi04NzQ0NzJhNWNiYmViZjRl
Slide 18: You are reading it, silly!