Try Something New for 30 Days
According to the criteria of an organized presentation, non-verbal communication and knowledge about the topic, Matt Cutts gave a great lecture about his personal experience of acquiring a new habit. He says: “I also noticed that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges, my self-confidence grew” (Cutts). He encourages people to change the routine in their lives and to strive for perfection. They will not achieve it, but they are going to have more energy and be more enthusiastic about their lives. Matt’s speech is very inspirational because it makes people realize that there is more to life than they are used to.
2. The Danger of a Single Story
Adichie has great non-verbal communication because her imagination can be seen through her body language. The way she dresses reveals much about her culture and about her personality and her presentation is well organized although it seems to be spontaneous. Her knowledge about the topic is great because she is a writer and a storyteller. Adichie says: “In this single story, there was no possibility of Africans being similar to her in any way, no possibility of feelings more complex than pity, no possibility of a connection as human equals” (Adichie). She experienced that not knowing both sides of one story causes much prejudice and it can create a cultural shock. People do not know how to behave towards people who come from other cultures which is what happened to Chimananda when she went to the U.S.
3. How to live before you die
Steve Jobs gives an excellent commencement lecture to the students of Stanford and he has great first-hand knowledge about the topic, great non-verbal communication because he observes the audience carefully and his overall presentation is organized in a good way. He talks about living life on the example of his personal story which adds to his credibility. He says: “You have to trust in something, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever” (Jobs). This is an important part of Steve’s lecture because he is empowering young people to use their intuition and trust their inner feeling because it is the only way to achieve success in life. Young people need to lead their lives in accordance with their wishes and their personal tastes. It does not matter what the society says because a person is supposed to make their own rules in life in order to be happy.
4. A Saudi woman who dared to drive
This is a very personal story which is why Manal’s presentation is excellent as well as her knowledge about the subject. Her non-verbal communication is very good because she is capable of delivering an exciting speech and making people laugh at the same time. She wanted to encourage the women to drive because it is necessary for a woman to know how to drive because of the hectic life in a modern society. “So I drove. I posted a video on YouTube. And to my surprise, it got hundreds of thousands of views the first day. What happened next, of course? I started receiving threats to be killed, raped, just to stop this campaign” (al-Sharif). Manal is a very brave woman who sacrifices her own life so that the women in Saudi Arabia would be inspired to ask for greater rights. There is nothing wrong with driving and it is in accordance with the religion as well, which is why Manal was right in starting her campaign.
Works Cited
Cutts, Matt. "Try something new for 30 days." TED. N.p., 2011. Web. 31 Mar. 2016. <https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days?language=en>.
Adichie, Chimananda N. "The Danger of a Single Story." TED. N.p., 2009. Web. 31 Mar. 2016.
<https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story>.
Jobs, Steve. "How to live before yo die." TED. N.p., 2005. Web. 31 Mar. 2016. <https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die>.
al-Sharif, Manal. "A Saudi woma who dared to drive." TED. N.p., 2013. Web. 1 Apr. 2016. <https://www.ted.com/talks/manal_al_sharif_a_saudi_woman_who_dared_to_drive>.
