Body -Research for Ted Talk

Research topic: What makes a good leader

Source: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/what-makes-a-good-leader

 Communication.
      -Ethos-reaching people by connecting with their values
      -Logos-reach people with logic and facts
      -Pathos-reaching people with emotion
Telling the hard truth
    -a good leader will find ways to tell the hard truth that is hard to hear, and then move on to find a solution.
    -you need to be able to deal with difficult realities, and it is hard which is why most leader struggle with this problem.
    -you can't run away from a problem, and sometimes telling the hard truth my destroy everything but eventually it will have a positive impact.

Source: http://info.profilesinternational.com/profiles-employee-assessment-blog/bid/204911/Top-10-Qualities-of-Great-Leadership-Do-You-Have-What-it-Takes

Honesty
   -people want a leader that they can easily trust. They need to have certain morals and values. You can't have somebody who just says this to please the people. The need to be able to be truthful, which relates to the previous point about talking about telling the hard truth.
   -When the leader is honest they whole group or company develops an honorable reputation automatically.
   -having an honest leaders influences that persons followers or employees to do the same.
Delegation
   - this is really important because trusting your employees do productively do work without micromanaging is difficult.
   -you need to know which tasks best fit that certain employee and give them that job. When you do this, your company will run smoothly.
   - you need to know all the strengths and weaknesses of your employees/followers and manage it from there.
Intuition
   -one of the best qualities a leader needs to have in intuition
   -when a crisis is placed in front of them, the way the handle it is really important. Of course all people make mistakes so your first decision might not be the strongest one, but with time it should get better and you should be making smarter choices under pressure.
   -leaders can use instincts, past experiences, and mentors to help them solve certain problems.
When things aren't working properly, people will look to the leaders to have the right answers for them.
Open to change
a good leader needs to be open to different views and opinion. They need to take everyone's opinion into consideration. If a leader makes all the choices by themselves and shuts everyone out, they won't listen to him/her as much as they should.
Allowing other ideas to come in is also a good idea because someone else might have a stellar idea that you never thought of, which might help your company or group.
Also not allowing others to share their ideas makes you seem like you are better than everyone else which isn't a good quality or reputation to have as a leader.
Motivator
Being a strong leader yourself isn't complete. You need to be able to motivate the people who are following you and encourage them to do good. You need to make sure that your followers are working hard and maybe trying to become leaders themselves.

Peter Pan Review

I thought the Peter Pan play was a wonderful representation of the story. I liked how it was not the  Disney version which was made to please a younger audience. It was the true story of what happened, which I found really intriguing. The directing was excellent because I could feel the emotion going on through the character which was really good. They entire cast of Peter Pan did a good job of bringing the entire thing together and turning it into a wonderful production.

I felt the actors did a great job of showing the emotion and what was going on in good detail, and some characters were really funny which made the play more exciting. On top of that, all the actors spoke clearly and very loud, and there was no trouble hearing what they were saying or not being able to understand it. I enjoyed how each actor brought their character to life by expressing their persons personality through many forms. Along with the acting, the props and costumes really made the characters much more exciting. In the costumes,  there was a lot of detail and the makeup made the character seem more real. The props were great for example the wheel of a ship made that specific scene seem much more real and the movements the characters made when the ship tilted over was excellent. It made it seem like they actually fell over. Also the window in the bedroom showing the night sky was well made and when the characters jumped out the window it looked real in a way.
Going back to the character, I found the dog to be a funny character and I liked how Tink was created by a laser light and some bells, I thought that was really creative. Near the end when Peter Pan started talking to the audience and I liked that part too. It was a good idea to interact with the audience because made it more fun and added excitement to the play.

In conclusion, I felt the cast of Peter Pan did a wonderful job of recreating the story and did an amazing job by making the characters come to life. The added excitement, humor, and suspense throughout the play which made it all the moe interesting. The directors did a great job of bringing the play together and it turned out great.

Ted talk research

Research topic: What makes a good leader

Source: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/what-makes-a-good-leader

 Communication.
      -Ethos-reaching people by connecting with their values
      -Logos-reach people with
      -Pathos-reaching people with emotion
Telling the hard truth
    -a good leader will find ways to tell the hard truth that is hard to hear, and then move on to find a solution.
    -you need to be able to deal with difficult realities, and it is hard which is why most leader struggle with this problem.
    -you can't run away from a problem, and sometimes telling the hard truth my destroy everything but eventually it will have a positive impact.

Source: http://info.profilesinternational.com/profiles-employee-assessment-blog/bid/204911/Top-10-Qualities-of-Great-Leadership-Do-You-Have-What-it-Takes

Honesty
   -people want a leader that they can easily trust. They need to have certain morals and values. You can't have somebody who just says this to please the people. The need to be able to be truthful, which relates to the previous point about talking about telling the hard truth.
   -When the leader is honest they whole group or company develops an honorable reputation automatically.
   -having an honest leaders influences that persons followers or employees to do the same.
Delegation
   - this is really important because trusting your employees do productively do work without micromanaging is difficult.
   -you need to know which tasks best fit that certain employee and give them that job. When you do this, your company will run smoothly.
   - you need to know all the strengths and weaknesses of your employees/followers and manage it from there.
Intuition
   -one of the best qualities a leader needs to have in intuition
   -when a crisis is placed in front of them, the way the handle it is really important. Of course all people make mistakes so your first decision might not be the strongest one, but with time it should get better and you should be making smarter choices under pressure.
   -leaders can use instincts, past experiences, and mentors to help them solve certain problems.
When things aren't working properly, people will look to the leaders to have the right answers for them.
 

Ted talk blog

Ted talks in my opinion are extremely difficult to do properly. You are basically talking to hundreds of people which gives you very small room to make mistakes. Luckily this project is only in front of like 10 people which takes a lot of the pressure off of it, but it still needs to be excellent. There are many categories and qualities that will make a good Ted Talk. It's a combination of strong content, a little but of humor, interacting with the audience, and more. It's not something you can prepare overnight. You needs weeks to prepare what you are going to say, and then understanding how to properly present it. In my opinion, figuring out what to say isn't that difficult, it's how you present it. You might need visuals and something else to make it good. You might need to connect with your audience and ask questions.  As you can see there are many important aspects when it comes to a Ted Talk.

The most important thing before anything else is choosing a topic that is relatable or something that needs a solution. It needs to catch the audience and make them interested in what you are talking about. If your topic is only something that you understand and others don't, the talk will be boring for the majority of the audience. You need to choose something that others can relate or understand. Along with the idea of catching the audiences attention, visuals are a great idea. Even if the audience is getting bored, an image or video will wake them up a bit. Having a PowerPoint is a good idea so they are paying attention the whole time and you as the speaker have something to rely on if you need more things to talk about or you forget something. Picking a topic you are passionate about it good, so you won't come across the idea of forgetting what to say because you already know so much about it.

Along with visuals and PowerPoints, interacting with the audience will keep them extremely interested. I have seen some Ted Talks where the speaker calls an audience member up to the stage and tells them to do something. This will give a lot of energy to the audience and brighten up the mood. Asking the audience questions is good for you and them. You get to interact with them and find out how there thoughts are similiar to yours. If you just rant on for the amount of time you are given without any visuals, interactions or something that excites the audience, people will fall asleep. That's the worst thing because when you realize people aren't listening, you become a bit nervous and it will all break apart. If you have no visuals at all, you could add some humor to your speech. Adding some jokes here and there is a good idea because it will keep your audience interested.

In conclusion, there are many important aspects that are needed to make a good Ted talk, and practice is one of the most importance ones. Along with practice, finding a good topic is equally important. Another thing I didn't mention is annuciation and body language. You don't want to sound muffled and not clear. You want to make sure the audience can hear you loud and clear. You want to make sure that the audience is fascinated with what you are talking about and they want to find out more about it. These are all the things that make a great Ted Talk.

Ted Talk topics

3 topics

1. Hard work/persistence
2. What makes a great leader
3. How to efficiently prioritize your time

Ted Talks

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EFDNLq5Po0c

This Ted Talk is explaining how to takes risks in your life intelligently. Basically you need to have control over what risks you are taking, and know when to stop. The man giving the talk is a gambler and he's explaining how to take certain risks when gambling.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL70DEC2B0568B5469&v=iG9CE55wbtY

This talks about that how schools and others areas of children's lives kills their creativity by not allowing them the right to make mistakes. You can't be afraid to make mistakes because mistakes are the key to creativity. "We are getting educated out of creativity".


https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL70DEC2B0568B5469&params=OAFIAVgL&v=rrkrvAUbU9Y&mode=NORMAL

The man speaking says that motivations don't work all the time. It doesn't allow you to think intelligently compared to someone who is given no reward or motivation, who ends up thinking smarter. There are many experiments to prove this.

How to Speech Review

I like How to Speeches because they are very informative to your audience and they help the, with problems that need to be solved. There are millions of how to speeches that you can find online or on the news, or through social media. It even gives the speaker stronger ability to explain information that they know well to other. Sometimes it is hard to explain what you know and you might not know how to phrase or explain what you are trying to say. You need to word in a certain way that makes sense to your audience. You can't say a bunch of stuff expecting your audience to know what you are talking about. I haven't preformed my How to speech yet but I can give feedback from what I have practiced.

Am important part of giving any type of speech is speaking clearly amd annunciation. Every word should be heard clearly and the sentences should be properly paced out. That is one thing I really need to work on. I tend to fit too many words into one breath. It can be a little stressful to go up and speak in front of many people which is what I feel causes me too talk to fast. When I was practicing the how to speech, I tried to slow it down and give small pauses between each paragraph to show the transition is the topics. I annuciated every word and when I was doing all of this, it sounded much better which is good. The main thing is too be able to do that same way in front of an audience. Another important part is the memorization portion. It's not to memorize and long speech while focusing on annunciation, body posture, and pacing. Even if you fully memorize it, you might get stuck. There is a lot to focus on at once.

When it comes to other aspects like body posture, I think I am good. I try not to fidgit too much and stand tall. Once in a while I might move my feet a little but that's it. I also feel when it comes to annunciation, it's pretty good. I pronounce the words clearly, but I need to work on slowing those words down. Once I get used to slowing down my pace, I think the speech will sound good. I also
need to work on memorization, which I am definitely not good at. There are a bunch of small and important things that make a good speech a great speech.

These are all the things I feel that I struggle with and some of the things I feel I am good at when it comes to giving a speech. It all comes down to the final take. You want to say I perfectly and do everything you were taught to do, and sometimes it works well, and other times it doesn't. I think more practice will definitely benefit me. Every time you practice, the closer you are to making the final draft as perfect as can be. This is what everyone should work on when giving a speech of any kind. The good thing is we can use notecards, so it will help make the memorization easier. These are the qualities that I think will make a successful speech.