The document summarizes Melissa McGuire's evaluation of Simon Sinek's TED talk on how great leaders inspire action. Sinek's thesis was that leaders motivate others by appealing to shared beliefs. He used visuals like drawings and graphs to illustrate his points. Overall, McGuire gave the presentation a 4.5 rating, though she felt Sinek could have put more energy into it. She learned inspiration is important for both leadership and public speaking in order to motivate people into action.

1. TED Talk Evaluation
Melissa McGuire

2. SIMON SINEK
HOW GREAT LEADERS INSPIRE ACTION

3. THESIS: HOW LEADERS MOTIVATE
OTHERS INTO ACTION

4. HE STATES THAT LEADERS ARE SUCCESSFUL
BECAUSE THEY STAND BEHIND WHAT THEY BELIEVE,
AND APPEAL TO AN AUDIENCE WHO SHARE THOSE
SAME BELIEFS.

5. HE USED DRAWINGS AND
GRAPHS TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT
HE WAS SAYING VISUALLY.

6. SIMON USED
BOTH THE 2ND
AND 3RD
COMMANDMENT.
HE SPEAKS OF
WONDROUS
FEATS AND WHY
PASSION IS SO
IMPORTANT IN
LEADERS

7. SIMON CONTINUED TO HOLD
THE AUDIENCE’S ATTENTION
BY CONSTANTLY ASKING
QUESTIONS. HE ALSO USED
EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSES
AND FAILURES IN LEADERSHIP
THAT WERE EASY TO
UNDERSTAND

8. OVERALL I GIVE SIMON SINEK’S
PRESENTATION......

9. THE SPEECH WAS
VERY INTERESTING,
HOWEVER I FELT AS
THOUGH HE COULD
HAVE PUT A LITTLE
MORE ENERGY INTO
THE PRESENTATION
4.5

10. I LEARNED THAT INSPIRATION IS NOT ONLY
IMPORTANT TO BE A LEADER, BUT ALSO WHEN GIVING
SPEECHES. IN ORDER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOU
MUST MAKE AN IMPACT TO JOLT PEOPLE INTO
ACTION.

11. THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN KEN
ROBINSON AND SIMON SINEK’S SPEECHES. KEN ROBINSON TOLD
STORIES AND KEPT THE AUDIENCE LAUGHING. WHILE SIMON
TOLD SOME STORIES, HE WASN’T NEARLY AS FUNNY AS KEN.
HOWEVER BOTH SPEECHES WERE SUCCESSFUL. THIS WAS
INTERESTING TO SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STYLES BOTH BEING
USED EFFECTIVELY.

12. TIPS FOR MY CLASSMATES
JUST RELAX AND TRUST THAT YOU CAN
DO IT

13. THE TIPS FROM REYNOLDS AND DUARTE TO USE
IMAGES AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF TEXTS WERE USED
IN THIS PRESENTATION.
I LEARNED MANY THINGS FROM WATCHING MULTIPLE
TED SPEECHES...

14. I HOPE TO USE THE
KNOWLEDGE I’VE
LEARNED TO ACHIEVE
MORE OF THIS.....

15. ...AND LESS OF THIS!

16. http://scienceandtheology.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ted-talks.jpg
Simon photos- http://www.ted.com/speakers/simon_sinek.html
http://www.ted.com/speakers/simon_sinek.html
http://vimeo.com/26774102
http://www.lanechangeconsulting.com/portfolio-item/47/
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