Clay Shirky gave a Ted Talk on how social media can make history. He kept the audience engaged by telling them they were involved, using good visuals like photos from a Chinese earthquake to elicit emotions, and maintaining a highly dynamic presentation with frequent use of color and graphics rather than just text. He emphasized eye contact, engagement of the audience rather than reading from notes, and practice to focus on delivery rather than just content.

1. Ted Talks
Clay Shirky: How social media can make history

2. Clay Shirky: How social media can make history

3. By telling the audience that
they are already involved it
keeps you involved

5. Good visuals and limited
text was used to help
keep peoples attention

6. By showing pictures of
the earthquake in china it
captures your emotions

7. High dynamism is
key to keep your
audience engaged

9. Good use of color to
draw your attention to
details

10. Very visual presentation
filled with lots of
graphics

12. Eye contact is key to
keep your audience
attention

13. If you type something
try not to read it to
your audience

15. The use of hand drawn
cartoons was
aesthetically pleasing

16. Pictures of full websites
is overwhelming

18. Engage your audience
rather than standing
behind a podium

19. Practice, know your information
before you present so you can
focus on the presentation
rather than the content