Creative Presentation Class at Full Sail University 2017

1. 1.4 Professional
Presentation Analysis:
Venessa West

2. Why the best hire might not have the perfect resume
By: Regina Hartley
http://www.ted.com/talks/regina_hartley_why_the_best_hire_might_not_have_the_perfect_resume
 Regina Hartley put on a presentation in the eyes of an Human Resources
Director and explains why when given a choice between the “Silver Spoon” or
“The Scrapper”, companies should give the scrappers a chance. She says to
choose the underestimated one because you will get more in return.
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3. Analysis
 This presentation was very moving to me because I can really relate
with the topic. She drew me in with her use of storytelling from the
very beginning. I immediately wondered what her question was going to
be.
 She spoke very slow and enunciated everything she said which made it
very clear and easy to understand her, but I also feel that it almost
caused her voice to stay pretty monotone and though I really enjoyed
the content of what she was talking about, I really feel that I would
have gotten the same out of reading this as an article.
 She uses storytelling, images, slight humor, facts and statistics and
repeated the main point that the Scrapper is worth looking at.
 I really enjoyed how she made it personal, yet really managed to make
the audience the hero, because what she spoke about with her family
and childhood helped us put ourselves in her shoes rather than feel like
she was “bragging” about or actually focusing on herself.
 She used examples that would shock the audience, like it states in our
reading material, “Resonate”. She had a S.T.A.R Moment, actually a
couple of them. What she did was used an example of someone in
which most people would not really think twice about looking into
hiring and then announced it was Steve Jobs.
 She really identified the reward as well, when she uses facts that those
who chose the “Scrapper” performed better even against the Fortune
500 companies.
 Overall I enjoyed the presentation purely because of the topic and the
content that she used. In my opinion, though she used many of the
ideas covered in our reading material, I would have enjoyed watching
the presentation more had she changed the tone of her voice a bit
more, and showed a bit more passion.
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4. Women entrepreneurs, example not exception
By: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
http://www.ted.com/talks/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_women_entrepreneurs_example_not_exception
 Gayle Tzemach Lemmon gave an extremely
passionate presentation about Women
Entrepreneurs that exist all of the world, but
are usually only given Micro Loans even
though women owned businesses make up
close 50% of businesses worldwide. She
argues that women are not an exception, or
a special interested group, but an important
key to making a difference in the global
economy.
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5. Analysis
 This presentation was both powerful and moving because of her passion
for this topic.
 The presenter had great eye contact, great imagery that inspired so
much emotion and she speaks with so much passion.
 I really enjoyed this presentation both on the content and how she
delivered the message. She used the right amount of emotional
imagery, humor, shocking statistics - like the aftermath of the Rwanda
Genocide being 77% women who survived, and a passion that made you
need to watch the whole presentation all the way to its finish.
 The storytelling and the statistics is what makes the content appealing.
Every woman she speaks to could find some way to relate to what she is
speaking about. She uses really good examples of women entrepreneurs
in Afghanistan and other countries, personal stories and so much
passion.
 She used many examples that would shock the audience, like by 2018
women will have created 5 million jobs, and in China women run 20% of
the businesses.
 The speakers passion is what drew me in to care about the topic. Her
constant smile, upbeat tone of voice and stories is what kept me drawn
into the presentation.
 She elicits happiness and passion. She used real life stories, real life
images, and humor. Every aspect of the presentation brought forth
emotions.
 I have to say this is the one of the best presentations I have seen. I
don’t think I have ever seen one person speak about something with as
much passion as she has.
https://thepassiontest.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/passion_plan.jpg

6. How to find work you love
By: Scott Dinsmore
http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_dinsmore_how_to_find_work_you_love
 Scott Dinsmore’s presentation is about how to
find work that you love. He quit his job that he
hated and spent four years trying to figure out
how to find work that was meaningful. He talks
about what he did to reach his goals and how
he was able to change his thinking, and how he
was about do walk away from what he created
but after he surrounded himself with
passionate people he decided not to give up
and applied what he learned, which made a
drastic change to his company. Everything was
impossible until someone did it.
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7. Analysis
 This presentation powerful because the message itself was powerful.
 The presenter used a lot of storytelling to get his message across to the
audience. He uses his journey in such a way that you think about what
may have already happened in your life, similar to his, that could help you
achieve that goal of loving your job.
 The stories he used made the content appealing. I was able to relate to it
by picturing and remembering my own experiences of leaving my job to
do something I love while he was passionately telling his story.
 I really enjoyed the content of this presentation. I enjoyed his passion.
Though he spoke really fast and paced around a lot the passion helped
enhance the message.
 He used images, stories, humor, and statistics during his presentation.
 I do not think I would have been able to get his passion out of an article,
or the full massage that everything was impossible until it wasn’t. The
personal examples and experiences he spoke about, like how he felt when
we was getting the pep talk from the person on the boat would have been
harder to express in an article.
 He brought out happiness and hope by using great stories of people who
overcame things and how being around them, and watching these people
overcome their fears, and push their limits, helped him change his way of
thinking.
 One of his stories, I believe, was his S.T.A.R Moment of the presentation,
which was about a boy struggling to swim to shore and people were
looking with concern and saw people running out to help him, but they
were actually just getting him to put him into his wheelchair. I could
really tell from the way he was telling the story that it had a great impact
on him, and I feel the audience did also.
 Overall, I liked the presentation, though I think I may have been gotten a
little more out of it, and would have been able to focus better if he
slowed down his talking and did not pace so much.
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8. 10 Qualities, Techniques, Skills
 Humor – All three presenters used humor in their presentations. Scott and Gayle were a bit
more humorous than Regina, but I really think that it helps keep the audience focused.
Gayle in specific, as you are watching the video you can hear the realness of the laughter
and see it in their faces.
 Images – Each speaker used really good images to help with their presentations. I especially liked Gayle’s, because they were very real, and brought
forth a lot more emotion than the other two.
 Storytelling – Gayle’s presentation immediately started out with a story. She really puts your mind in a place where you really want to know where her
presentation is going.
 Passion – Gayle had so much passion during her presentations. You could really hear it in her tone of voice and see it in her facial expressions. I could
really feel her passion just by listening to her.
 S.T.A.R Moment – Gayle’s presentation hit on 3 types of STAR Moments in her presentation. Her Images of real women in business from countries are
evocative. Her story of one of the women turning down a good paying job to start her 3rd business really brought out emotion. Lastly the statistics she
uses were shocking, like 20% of businesses in China are owned by women, in the US women will have created 5 million jobs by 2018 and ending in that
women make up 50% of the world.
 Identify the Reward – Regina does a really good job with this while speaking about “The Scrapper’s” qualities and explaining why and how hiring them
could really improve your business.
 Tone of voice – Regina’s tone of voice was very bland and it made it a little hard to listen to. I related in other ways, but if the topic wasn’t something
that I already understood or was any longer than it was it would have been really hard to keep myself interested. On the other hand Gayle was up beat,
she smiled a lot, her tone literally drew me into wanting to hear more of her presentation.
 Eye contact – Regina and Gayle used very good eye contact throughout the whole presentation but Scott was all over the place. There were some
moments of eye contact, but he was looking up and down and anywhere but the audience for the majority of the presentation.
 The Journey – Regina hits this very well. She starts off with a story where you immediately put yourself in it, and then asks the question “Who would
you choose?” This really starts the audience on a very specific journey almost without them even realizing it.
 Statistics – All three presenters used various statistics during their presentations that really enhanced what they are speaking about. Gayle and her map
of statics of women business owners, Regina and her statistics from DiversityInc study that their top 50 companies out performed the S&P by 25%, and
Scott using his personal stats in one of his stories that 65 out of the 80 people swimming were between the ages of 9 and 13. The one thing from Scott’s
presentation that would have made some of his statistics more credible would have been the source, for example he states that 80% of people hate
their job, but does not mention where that number came from.