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Zaid Al Attar Comm 111 Public speaking Joshua Campista 20/1/2020 The 30 day challenge and Saying “Thank You” Ted Talk is a new concept that started getting famous and common in the 21st century. The concepts of a ted talk have an enormous variety and can make you feel many emotions at once. It can cheer you up, let you down, and convince you to do something or even get you to sympathize with a case or a situation. Two famous Ted Talks are, “Remember to say thank you” by Laura Trice, and “Try something New for 30 days” by Matt Cutts. Both successfully work on conveying their message to the audience. Especially Laura Trice as she tries to tell people the importance of significant factor in relationships. Laura’s main point is crystal clear as she says in her speech “What do you need to hear”. She makes it easy to understand her main point by sticking to it the entire time and mentioning it every few minutes throughout the speech. She also uses a lot of details to prove her point by providing more than one example throughout the speech. Trice mentions the people in the rehab and how she investigated her topic by asking them, and the kid who was for not hearing his father say that he was proud of him. She uses these examples to demonstrate how important it is to hear what we want, but she could have improved her speech by using a statistic to tell the people. R. Douglas Carter, a writer in Carter International says, “If you mention a fact, then you’re probably going to be looked upon as someone who has earned the right to be considered a credible source of information”. However, Laura makes up a little bit for not using facts by the

Verbal and Physical Delivery she uses. She uses a soft tone and attitude with a low volume to get the audience to emphasize with the topic she is talking about. She also uses a lot of hand gestures which look emotional and coming from the heart to gain the audience attention and connect to them to put them in the mood and atmosphere she wants them to be in which is relatable and sad circumstances. On the other hand, Matt Cutts approaches his audience in methods that are a little different than those of Laura. Although Matt’s main point is clear to identify as he explicitly says it, he sometimes went a little off topic in his speech by speaking about different things even though he managed to connect them a little to the main point. An example of that is when he talks about his picture challenge month. Cutts used several examples of the things you can do for a 30 day challenge to demonstrate his point and show people how easy it can be to convince them to do it. Unlike Trice’s speech, Matt’s speech is a little disorganized as he throws in the examples out there one by one without smooth transitioning between them. Moreover, he used better visual aid than Laura as he kept showing pictures from all the things he did in his 30 day challenges. Not only that, he also used evidence much more effectively by using a fact about the 30 day challenge which was the novel research study. One more thing that Matt does differently is the delivery methods. Instead of using a sad emphasizing tone and pitch. He uses an exciting tone that builds up positive energy in the audience. He also uses a lot of humor with perfectly timed pauses for the audience to laugh and take a break instead of sad experiences. He uses a funny and smiley facial expression throughout the speech with a little of excitement expressions in the beginning. However, Both Matt Cutts and Laura Trice speech’s share many similar characteristics in their style and delivery. They both start off grabbing the attention of their audience with a fast

warm beginning by explicitly saying what they are going talk about. Laura Trice starts off by saying “today I am going to talk about the importance of praise, admiration, and thank you” and Matt Cutts says, “I decided to try something new every 30 days”. Moreover, they both use examples to support their claims. Even though they do it a slightly different way, they still both use several examples to convey their message. They also both use many similar delivery elements in their speeches’. They both use about the exact same verbal and physical delivery characteristics. They both adjust their tone and pitch perfectly to suit the topic they are talking about and put the audience in the mood they want them to be in. When it comes to physical delivery, they both use about the same amount of eye contact with the audience. Not only that, they also both use a significant amount of facial expressions throughout the speech to show the crowd how they exactly feel about what they are talking about building credibility. Facial expressions were proven to be one of the most effective ways of conveying your feelings and in fact it even makes you feel them more strongly. Recent studies suggest that, “Facial expressions do not just give us away; they may also allow us to experience our own emotions more fully” (Andrews). One more thing they both have in common is the dramatic ending of their speech as they ask their audience to do what they talked about. Laura asks them to thank and admire their beloved ones and Matt asks them to try the 30 days challenge. A ted talk is supposed to leave an influence on the audience when the speech is done. Whether it is a feeling an idea or even a thought, it is supposed to leave a mark on the audience Although Laura Trice and Matt Cuts used different methods and characteristics, they both ended up with more similarities than you would think. Even though some parts of their speeches could have been improved, they reached the message they wanted in the way the way they wanted to their audience without any complications or issue throughout the entire speech.

Work Cited Douglas, Carter. “How to Make the Truth More Believable”. Carter International. September 11th, 2011. http://www.dougcarter.com/six-simple-ways-to-increase-your-credibility/. Andrews, Mark. “Why do we use facial expressions to convey emotions?”. Scientific American Mind. November 1st, 2010. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-we-use-facial-expressions/

Trice, Laura. “Remember to say Thank You”. TED: Ideas worth Spreading. February, 2008. https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_trice_remember_to_say_thank_you?language=en#t-183173 Cutts, Matt. “Try Something New for 30 Days”. TED: Ideas worth Spreading. March, 2011. https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days?language=en#t179224...