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Exercise 2

Richard St. John: 8 secrets of success http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success

             

Directions: View the TED Talk and complete the following grid.

Title of TED Talk: 8 secrets of success

Name of Speaker: Richard St. John

Date of TED Talk and Number of views February 2005        7,891,801

What was the speaker’s thesis (main point) of this speech? That there are 8 things you should do to be successful and good at what ever you want to be successful at.

Write 2-3 different things you learned from this presentation. 1.     You have to love your job not the money to be successful. 2.     Focus at what you really want and push your self to get what you want. 3.     Give the people what they want so you can get what you want.

What group of people would benefit the most from hearing this lecture? Hard workers and people with high ambitions.

If you could ask this speaker a question about his/her information or Presentation, what would you ask? What made you give these 8 secrets to the people?

TED Talk presenters are known as effective public speakers. Describe two things this speaker does well in terms of engaging the audience. 1.     Funny, he makes the audience laugh. 2.     Eye contact with the audience.