Comments on: Video Critique: Majora Carter – Greening the Ghetto (TED 2006)

By: Daphne Britts

Daphne Britts — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:47:06 +0000

Many thanks for the awsome post. I’ll keep an eye on your site, i allready saved it to own list

By: Kevin Kane

Kevin Kane — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:34:01 +0000

“While Carter may be respecting the audience’s time, she is not respecting the audience’s capacity to absorb information.”

So true. It’s easy to speak within a time limit: Just say less or talk faster!

But we also have to consider if we’re giving our audience time to digest our message.

Thanks Andrew!

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:36:53 +0000

She spoke fast because it was a TED presentation and the presenters have a very limited time to present.

By: johncantrell

johncantrell — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:40:37 +0000

RT @Urbanverse: Majora Carter: Greening the Ghetto. Bronx activist. TED vid w/ summary crit by @GuyKawasaki #tedxkc http://bit.ly/cOnWEf

By: Jose R. Mejia

Jose R. Mejia — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:06:20 +0000

RT @Urbanverse: Majora Carter: Greening the Ghetto. Bronx activist. TED vid w/ summary crit by @GuyKawasaki #tedxkc http://bit.ly/cOnWEf

By: Cindy FrewenWuellner

Cindy FrewenWuellner — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:39:52 +0000

Majora Carter: Greening the Ghetto. Bronx activist. TED vid w/ summary crit by @GuyKawasaki #tedxkc http://bit.ly/cOnWEf

By: Sophia Davirro

Sophia Davirro — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:31:46 +0000

I have to agree with some people that Majora did speak too fast. But she also was not afraid to express her emotions. I’m sad to say though the rapid speaking took a lot away from the wonderful story. She also did a good job using body language. I liked how even though she talked fast she kept the audience going by entertaining them with some humor.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:35:47 +0000

The content of the speech was great, however Majora spoke way to quickly. Within two minutes, I was tired of keeping up with her message. Majora didn’t give enough eye contact with her audience. I think giving eye contact and not eye scanning is important. It acknowledges who your speaking to and it commands attention. She gave subtle gestures. I thought maybe she could of took a few steps to her right and left on the stage, allowing the audience to get a better look at her. For this speech to be dear to her, I would have never known. She didn’t emphasize her main points or her hand gestures. Her hands were moving in a sloppy manner, indicating she was nervous. Though the content was great, the delivery was not great at all. She could have prepared her speech a little more thourougly. I also think humor incorporated was great, to keep the audience from being too uncomfortable, however when she started to break down I really felt uncomfortable. I think a pause to regain her composure would have helped her voice from cracking. Tough critique, but I’m taking a speech course, so I’m just practicing! No intention to be negative.

By: BR

BR — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:51:08 +0000

I have watched the speech and read the analysis. This would have been an inspiring speech except for the fact Ms. Carter spoke entirely too rapidly. She crammed way too much information into a 20 min speech. After reading the speech I realized I did not catch half of what she was saying. Her cause is great and she does personalize it, but without catching half of the information she presented it made it hard to keep focused on her major point.

By: Yolanthe Smit

Yolanthe Smit — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:27:29 +0000

RT @6minutes Video Critique: Majora Carter – Greening the Ghetto (TED talk 2006) http://bit.ly/1ZOBNk Mssge: Take it slow and don’t read!