3. Captivation
Tells the audience about a game.
Asks the members to pick a number between 1-100.
Then tells the audience what most people pick.
4. Engagement
Colin began by having the audience participate in an activity.
He then explains to the audience how most people do in the study.
5. TED Commandments
1) Make the complex
plane.
2) Connect with
people’s emotions.
3) Don’t flaunt you
ego.
4) No selling from stage.
5) Don’t read your talk.
6) End your talk on time.
6. TED Commandments
(continued)
1) Colin’s presentation and experiment are scientific by nature so he explains to
the audience what he is talking about.
2) Connecting to the audience did not seem to hard, Colin told a few jokes to
loosen the crowd up.
3) I didn’t see any signs of the speaker flaunting his ego.
4) He did not once sell or attempt to sell anything from the stage to the audience
5) The presenter did not have cards up in front of him and he was well prepared.
6) Lastly, the presentation was 14 minutes long and didn’t seem rushed nor
did it take a long time.
7. Evaluation
I would rate the speaker at a 4 out of 5.
The speaker was very energetic and captivated the audience members.
He was well prepared and did not look down to see notes.
He was constantly moving and keeping eye contact with the audience.
