2. Janine
Shepherd
was a champion cross-
country skier in training
for the Winter Olympics.

3. While she was on a bike ride in training for the Olympics, Janine was
suddenly struck by a speeding utility truck.
The force of the hit left her in a critical and life threatening
state.

4. Many doctors figured that her life would be over. She proved them wrong but her
ability to walk was gone.

5. Not letting that interfere with her dreams, she continued to heal up her broken body
and went for a new goal within her sights.

6. After watching an airplane
fly above her one day,
she decided to go for
piloting and began training
while wearing a body cast.
Soon enough, she received
her piloting license
and soon became an
aerobatics instructor.

7. She even learned to
walk again, even
when Doctors told
her the opposite.

8. The thesis of her speech was to inform others that just because your body isn’t in a
working state doesn’t mean that you should stop reaching for goals. Everyone has
something that life assigned to you and therefore you should go for it, no matter what
obstacles come for you.

9. “It [doesn't matter] what you look like, where you come from, or what you do for a
living. All that matters is that we continue to fan the flame of humanity by living our
lives as the ultimate creative expression of who we really are.”
-Janine Shepherd

10. “Life is about opportunities”
In her Introduction, she began to talk about how she was preparing
for the Olympics by having a bike ride with her teammates. She
began to describe the wonderful feeling she felt while biking
towards the mountains: the cool air she breathed in, the warm sun
shining upon her face, and then the darkness she suddenly saw.
Just by hearing about that, you would instantly be curious about
what exactly did she mean by mentioning a sudden darkness right
after talking about the warm sun.

11. She managed to keep the engagement of the
audience by describing all that happened within her
healing process with a lot of detail. She gave the
audience a chance to imagine what she went
through and even had them experience one
moment while she was recuperating by having them
hold a straw. The story behind the straw is a
powerful story to listen to. She also had humorous
moments within her presentation despite most of it
being serious and emotional to lighten up the mood.

12. Dynamics: 5/5
Janine’s story was a story almost like the movies. Her
presentation and how she used the chairs to advance
throughout her story kept her audience eager to know
what story is within each chair when she gets to it.

13. To me, Sir Ken Robinson was
more professional towards his
topics while having lots of
humor added. Janine Shepherd
was more of a motivational
speaker with a very powerful
and positive attitude.

14. Both set their points straight and provided stories about their
main topic, whether it was about themselves or something they
heard about.

15. I have learned that when delivering a
presentation, I am able to bring props to
show others about what I am talking about or
to give them a visual about the story I am
telling. It will keep the audience interested
about the specific prop and how it is
important to me and the topic.
I have also learned to always try to keep the
audience’s attention by keeping the stories as
interesting as possible, whether it is serious,
humorous, emotional or a mixture of the
three.

16. Tip To Others:
Props are okay for a presentation, wither it is a chair,
a table, a stepping stool or even a flexible straw. If it
is relevant to your presentation or if it is something
you want the audience to understand why it is part of
your life then go ahead.
Visuals are always a good thing to use when you are
talking to others because it allows your audience to
see the same thing you are seeing.