Comments on: Video Critique: Majora Carter – Greening the Ghetto (TED 2006) http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/ A Public Speaking and Presentations blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:52:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Yolanthe Smit http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-23108 Yolanthe Smit Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:27:29 +0000 http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/2008/02/14/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-23108 RT @6minutes Video Critique: Majora Carter - Greening the Ghetto (TED talk 2006) http://bit.ly/1ZOBNk Mssge: Take it slow and don't read!

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

]]> By: Yolanthe Smit http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-20465 Yolanthe Smit Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:36:40 +0000 http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/2008/02/14/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-20465 Boy, this speech is not really a speech, it is a lecture, read at breakneck speed. I lost her in the first few minutes, despite the important content. I give her credit for her courage and persistence and passion. Too much info, and has been mentioned already s, reading invites racing. And gulping breath. It would have been good to work with a coach prior to delivering this speech to cut down on the info and to work on the pacing, include pauses for impact and to give the audience time to digest the info and the speaker time to breathe. Less is often more, it can't be said enough. Boy, this speech is not really a speech, it is a lecture, read at breakneck speed. I lost her in the first few minutes, despite the important content. I give her credit for her courage and persistence and passion.
Too much info, and has been mentioned already s, reading invites racing. And gulping breath.
It would have been good to work with a coach prior to delivering this speech to cut down on the info and to work on the pacing, include pauses for impact and to give the audience time to digest the info and the speaker time to breathe.
Less is often more, it can’t be said enough.

]]> By: Allyncia http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-19469 Allyncia Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:39:59 +0000 http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/2008/02/14/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-19469 Speak, girl! She is the Black Ann Coulter. She knows her arguments and is passionate about what she believes. I would just say might want to work on avoiding the big gasps of air. Great humor, great emotion. I think it was an excellently organized and well structured presentation. Speak, girl! She is the Black Ann Coulter. She knows her arguments and is passionate about what she believes.

I would just say might want to work on avoiding the big gasps of air. Great humor, great emotion. I think it was an excellently organized and well structured presentation.

]]> By: alex hughes http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-17867 alex hughes Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:57:18 +0000 http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/2008/02/14/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-17867 The toastmaster in me wants to say you are dead on, but at a base level, I'm not sure you are right. The ultimate goal of any speaker is to connect and grip the audience with their message. There is no question in my mind she did this. Part of the reason she did, is she was a living embodiment of courage. The fact that she spoke so rapidly and and barely made eye contact as she rattled off facts and statistics a beautiful mind served to highlight her very courage and rarity. This in turn convinced us we can't afford to waste her. I mean when it is this hard for someone this smart, passionate and gifted to rise out of the ghetto to get here, then we can't afford to waste her. I think that was her implicit point. Perhaps, if she had been a well rehearsed presentation person, it may have worked against her. Having said all that, I understand your point. I found myself very lost fast as I couldn't process all of her thoughts and figures. The toastmaster in me wants to say you are dead on, but at a base level, I’m not sure you are right. The ultimate goal of any speaker is to connect and grip the audience with their message. There is no question in my mind she did this. Part of the reason she did, is she was a living embodiment of courage. The fact that she spoke so rapidly and and barely made eye contact as she rattled off facts and statistics a beautiful mind served to highlight her very courage and rarity. This in turn convinced us we can’t afford to waste her.

I mean when it is this hard for someone this smart, passionate and gifted to rise out of the ghetto to get here, then we can’t afford to waste her. I think that was her implicit point. Perhaps, if she had been a well rehearsed presentation person, it may have worked against her.

Having said all that, I understand your point. I found myself very lost fast as I couldn’t process all of her thoughts and figures.

]]> By: Javier Urena http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-14699 Javier Urena Thu, 07 May 2009 17:59:43 +0000 http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/2008/02/14/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-14699 Well, I have to admit the information is very important and interesting. This lady had her way of introduction, her body, and her conclution As we know, her speack was based on a manuscript delivery. The problem is, she read a million miles per hour which made her delivery poor. As far as her goals, it does take a strong caring person. Good job. Well, I have to admit the information is very important and interesting. This lady had her way of introduction, her body, and her conclution As we know, her speack was based on a manuscript delivery. The problem is, she read a million miles per hour which made her delivery poor. As far as her goals, it does take a strong caring person. Good job.

]]> By: Terry Gault http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-391 Terry Gault Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:52:43 +0000 http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/2008/02/14/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-391 Andrew, I could not agree more about the critique. Her headlong rushing is a significant turnoff. I found myself tuning out in spite of the fact that she has a compelling message and has many other good qualities as a speaker. I was interested in hearing her speak when she wasn't racing the clock. Hence, I found this video on YouTube. http://youtube.com/watch?v=NO6oY2qP4Ew In this video, she's not rushing anymore but she's using a lot of verbal filler ("and uh") rather than pausing. Andrew,
I could not agree more about the critique. Her headlong rushing is a significant turnoff. I found myself tuning out in spite of the fact that she has a compelling message and has many other good qualities as a speaker. I was interested in hearing her speak when she wasn’t racing the clock. Hence, I found this video on YouTube.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NO6oY2qP4Ew
In this video, she’s not rushing anymore but she’s using a lot of verbal filler (”and uh”) rather than pausing.

]]> By: Linda http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-347 Linda Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:20:42 +0000 http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/2008/02/14/majora-carter-ted-2006-video-critique/#comment-347 This speech had terrific content but the rapid speaking rate was the spoiler. In the beginning she was reading the speech which enabled her to race through the words leaving the audience (me for sure) exhausted just trying to keep up with what she was saying. This is a subject that is near and dear to her heart. She knew the material. It "was' and 'is" her life. If she had dropped the script, she would have automatically slowed down. She would have nautrally paused after saying something profound, like we all do naturally when we tell a story. I also wonder why she never attempted to make her stats more credible by giving the credits for those stats. 25% will have diabetes, 1 in 4 will get this, 1 in 6 live in..etc. Says who...is what I ask when i hear someone ramble stats off with no backup or research body mentioned. So my second suggestion for her would be to back up her stats so it doesn't sound like she's just making up numbers as she goes. Aside from this, it was a compelling speech and contained many of the key elements that could have easily made this "good" speech into a "great" speech. This speech had terrific content but the rapid speaking rate was the spoiler. In the beginning she was reading the speech which enabled her to race through the words leaving the audience (me for sure) exhausted just trying to keep up with what she was saying. This is a subject that is near and dear to her heart. She knew the material. It “was’ and ‘is” her life. If she had dropped the script, she would have automatically slowed down. She would have nautrally paused after saying something profound, like we all do naturally when we tell a story. I also wonder why she never attempted to make her stats more credible by giving the credits for those stats. 25% will have diabetes, 1 in 4 will get this, 1 in 6 live in..etc. Says who…is what I ask when i hear someone ramble stats off with no backup or research body mentioned. So my second suggestion for her would be to back up her stats so it doesn’t sound like she’s just making up numbers as she goes.
Aside from this, it was a compelling speech and contained many of the key elements that could have easily made this “good” speech into a “great” speech.

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