3. Using Gaming to show people the hardships of certain
cultures.
Such as tackling tough and controversial topics such as
the trail of tears and auschwitz
4. Brenda held the attention of the audience
by using pictures from her personal life
as well as using elements of humor.
5. Brenda immediately
engages the
audience by relating
to them about playing
games.
6. Brenda uses the second and
eighth commandments during her
speech.
She speaks of her goal of
educating gamers about the
cultural hardships that races
have had and are still having.
She uses humor to show her fun
side. This makes her more
relatable to her audience
7. I would give her as 3.5 in dynamism
because she uses the stage and body
language but not to a great extent
8. I have learned that you always need a
way to appeal to an audience while
giving a speech. You can use many
different techniques such
as, humor, visual aides, references to
sports / popular culture and other
techniques.
You always need to have body language
that enhances whatever you are talking
about. Standing still with your hands in
9. Brenda’s speech was similar to Sir Ken Robinson’s in the aspect
that they both used humor in their mission of spreading
knowledge. Sir Ken however was using his cool humor to his
advantage. ( who doesn’t love a clever Englishman, I am a
huge Doctor Who fan)
Even though a lot of the body language was similar Brenda
was a bit more animated on stage and used the space on the
stage to her advantage. She also used a slide show to give
examples of her story and her current work and work in
progress.
10. Photos and Sources
http://apotheosisstudios.net/blog/2012/5/2/brenda-brathwaite-games-for-a-change.
html
Many images taken from the actual TED speech which can be found at:
http://www.ted.com/talks/brenda_brathwaite_gaming_for_understanding.html
Sir Ken Robinsons photo was taken from a screen grab from his TED speech which can
be found here:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.htm
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Street fighter image from: http://www.thefullwiki.org/Hyper_Street_Fighter_II
