3. Born in Nigeria in 1977
Author of three novels
Purple Hibiscus (2003)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2006)
The Thing Around Your
Neck (2009)
Recipient of numerous
awards and
distinctions, including the
Orange Broadband Prize fo
fiction (2007) and a
MacArthur Foundation
Fellowship (2008)
4.
5.
6. “The single story
creates
stereotypes, and
the problem with
stereotypes is not
that they are
untrue, but that
they are
incomplete. They
make one story
become the only
story.”
7. “The consequence
with the single story
is that it robs us of
our dignity… It
emphasizes how we
are different rather
that how we are
similar.”
14. • Slow pace, relaxed tone
• Stands in front of podium
• Minimal hand gestures and movement
• Humor seems rehearsed and place for
effect
• Quick pace, conversational tone
• No use of podium
• Occasional hand gestures and
movement, appears very
comfortable
• Uses humor well and feels
spontainuous
15. • You don’t have to be a comedian to be
entertaining
• Non verbal communication is just as
important if not more important when
presenting
• Use Visual aids to emphasis
information not give the information
16. Public Speaking Online
Instructor Jeffery Melton
Jeremy Gooch
Week 2: TED talk Slideshow
