A presentation I created recapping Clay Shirky's TED Talks presentation on "How The Internet Will (one day) Transform Government". I created this for my Public Speaking Online course at Full Sail University. October 2012.

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Clay Shirky
TED Talk: How The Internet Will (one day)
Transform Government

2.  Shirky starts off his presentation with the story of
Martha Payne. Martha was a young student from
England who started an online blog about her daily
school lunches. The school found out and censored
her from doing so.
 Martha’s town rebelled against the town and the
school reversed their decision to censor her.
 Shirky used this story to ask why it’s rare that
citizens rarely stand up to their own governments’
policies.
 By opening with this story, Shirky drew upon the
audiences’ emotion to capture them into his
presentation.
The Introduction

3.  Although Shirky spent a good 10 minutes
during the middle of his speech discussing
what would normally be a boring topic to most
people, he made sure to add in comedic value
every minute or two to sort of "break the ice"
and make sure the audience was still with him.
 Shirky also utilized a slide show to “show”
what he was talking about.
Maintaining Engagement

4.  Personally, I would rate Shirky’s dynamism a 4
out of 5.
 His speech articulation was great, he used eye
contact, body language, and was very
knowledgeable regarding the content he was
presenting.
 I didn’t give him a perfect score because I
thought that he could have engaged the
audience a bit more by asking them questions.
Dynamism

5.  Shirky utilized a couple of Garr Reynold’s
presentation techniques by using slides as
humorous punctuation and by leaving the
audience feeling smarter.
 He also utilized Nancy Durate’s presentation
techniques by spreading ideas, moving people,
and helping them see what he was saying.
Presentation Techniques

6.  I learned from Shirky that even though the
meat of the content you are delivering may not
be the most interesting subject to your
audience, it is sometimes necessary to make a
correlation between the boring subject matter
to the overall speech to clarify its relevancy.
Delivery

7.  Both Shirky and Sir Ken Robinson used great
eye contact and body language.
 I enjoyed Shirky’s presentation a bit more than
Sir Ken’s due to the fact that Shirky used visual
aides and spoke at a much slower and easier to
understand tone.
Shirky vs. Sir Ken Robinson

8.  Use visual aides whenever possible.
 Speak slowly and accurately.
 Try to use comedy whenever possible to keep
your audience actively engaged.
 Ask your audience questions.
Tips For Classmates