For the third speech in CA 107, you will present a TED Talk speech persuading your audience to take action on something you feel passionate about. When brainstorming topics, choose something you can talk about from your own personal experience. Research is not allowed. You should not need to research something you have personal experience with.
Remember, for full information about the requirements for the TED Talk speech, please see the video entitled “TED Talk Speech” above.
This Discussion Board asks you to begin the ideation process for your TED Talk speech and help your peers with their ideas for their speeches. Recalling what we learned in Week 1 and Week 5, the ideation process allows a speaker to consider and create a broad set of ideas on a given topic. Next week, you will use the information from your ideation process to compose a more detailed planning document for your third speech.
Be sure to answer all questions thoughtfully and carefully. Please write in complete sentences as this will help you explore your ideas more completely. Your ideation process should be more than 300 words.
Make your initial post by 11:59 PM, CT Thursday.
By answering the following questions, you can generate a list of potential topics for your TED Talk and narrow down your ideas to find the most compelling and impactful topic.
1. What topics are you passionate about and know a lot about? Write 2-3 topics that you feel strongly about and are eager to share with your audience. These should be topics you can speak about with authority.
2. What story can you tell? For each topic you wrote, write a sentence that is a very quick summary of a personal story or experience you can use to connect with your audience.
3. How will you make your TED Talk memorable and stand out from other presentations on similar topics? Be specific.
I want to talk about anxiety and depression.
