The document summarizes and compares two TED talks: Sir Ken Robinson's "Schools Kill Creativity" and Larry Smith's "Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career". For Sir Ken Robinson's talk, the author notes that Robinson was able to engage the audience through storytelling and humor. Robinson used TED commandment #8 to help with his speech. The author rates Robinson's talk 5/5. For Larry Smith's talk, the author notes Smith's approach was based on anger and frustration, though he also told stories and jokes. Smith used TED commandment #3. The author found Smith's talk boring and rates it 2.5/5.

1. TED Talk Comparison
• By Josh Rodriguez
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2. Ted Talks
Sir Ken Robinson
Schools Kill Creativity &
Changing Education Paradigms
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3. Thesis: Our current model for education across the
globe is inadequate for the modern generation.
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4. Ken is able to keep the crowd interested by telling
stories and being very humorous.
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5. Robinson was able to make the crowd laugh and told
personal stories so they could understand his point better.
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6. Sir Ken used the 8th TED commandment the most
to help with his speech.
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7. TED commandment #8: Thou shalt remember all
the while laughter is good
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8. Rating: 5/5
• Sir Ken Robinson’s speech’s are very enjoyable and always get the brain
thinking! He inspires and at the same time can make you laugh, making for a
very pleasing presentation.
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9. Ted Talks Speaker #2
•Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career.
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10. Thesis: People invent excuses which cause them to fail at pursuing their passions.
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11. Unlike Sir Ken Robinson’s speech, Larry Smith
uses a different approach for his presentation.
• Larry Smith uses an approach based off of anger and frustration.
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12. Although Smith seems angry, he still tells stories to keep
the crowd interested and throws in some humor as well.
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13. Larry Smith used TED commandment #3
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14. TED commandment #3:Thou shalt reveal thy
curiosity and thy passion.
•His topic was very unique and based off of his
opinion and curiosity. The way he gave his speech
showed how much passion he had for this issue.
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15. Rating: 2.5/5
• Larry Smith’s speech was a little boring. I was often distracted by the way he
gave his presentation as well as bored and uninterested at certain points.
Although I did enjoy his topic, the overall speech and presentation was
mediocre in my opinion.
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