1. Colin Powell: Kids Need Structure
Former United States
Secretary of State

2. Colin Powell
Former United
States Secretary of
State

3. Colin Powell’s thesis
was that kids need
structure in their
everyday life.

4. Colin used a story
about a picture from a
school visit he recently
had to connect with the
crowd right away.

5. He keep the crowd
involved by telling
stories that got them
to laugh and stay
engaged.

6. What TED Commandment did he
use?
Colin used mostly
commandment number 3
because he has a passion to
for kids to have structure.

7. I give Colin a 5 for
his fantastic
engagement with the
audience. He used
hand gestures,
personal stories, and
moved around the
stage to show is
passion of this topic.

8. He could use a
very more
moments to let
the crowd to
absorb the
information he
is giving out. I
personally felt
he was
speeding
through his
speech.

9. Colin used a few
examples from
Garr Reynolds by
making sure he
was very genuine
with what he was
speaking about.
All of his stories
had a lot of
emotion and drive
the really
connected with
the audience.

10. After listening to Colin Powell speech I learned that I need
to make sure when speaking to a crowd, I keep a lot of drive
and passion into my stories. This will give my audience
more connection to the information being presented

11. One of the other many things that I learned from Colin
speech was to make sure that I have great eye contact
with the audience and not stare at one spot while giving

12. Colin had a lot in common with Ken
Robinson, one of which they both had stories
upon stories of things that have happened in
their life time to show their points.

13. One major thing between Colin’s speech compared to
Ken’s is that Colin is more humorous at times. I found
that the crowd response was great with this style of
speaking. It showed to me that the crowd was
connected from beginning to the end.

14. One major suggestion I have for my classmates is to
make sure you keep good eye contact with your
audience. If you do this as well as tell personal stories
to show examples, you will keep the interest of your
crowd throughout your speech.

15. Citations and Links
http://www.ted.com/talks/colin_powell_kids_need_structure.html
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en.wikipedia.org
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ispeakeasyblog.wordpress.com
www.forbes.com
whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com
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