“The Power of Introverts” by Susan Cain. Susan Cain introduced herself as a lawyer turned writer. She gave a motivational speech about the power of introverts, and what they contribute to society. The specific purpose of her speech was to inform and persuade the audience, introverts are more than just quiet, shy people. Introverts by no means are just quiet, or shy people that are not socially acceptable. She had a very interesting concept about the term introvert. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary the meaning of introvert is, a shy reticent person. Synonyms are withdrawn and reserved. In her speech, her idea of an introvert is a person who contributes creativity, ideas and imagination to society. Most often society labels introverts as a quiet person who prefers spending time in solitude as a negative person. According to Susan Cain, a self professed introvert, doesn't necessarily agree with …show more content…
She moved around the stage to address the audience members on both sides of the stage, and with regard to eye contact, it's hard to say from watching the video up close. I believe she made an effort to look all round her, that's all I can say about that. About halfway in her speech, she finally broke out the visual aid, a duffel bag she brought on to the stage with books in it. I was wondering about that. The books were her grandfather's favorite author used as examples of how much reading her grandfather did in all his years as an introvert, although he was a rabbi, she points out her grandfather had trouble making eye contact with people and often abruptly ended conversation with others, however, according to her he was a respected a loved brilliant person. My thoughts on whose Susan Cain’s speech she was humorous, seemed sympathetic, and trustworthy. I believed and visualized her thoughts on being an introvert. She sounded passionate but not overdoing it, more subtle in a
Luce begins her speech by self-contradicting herself about feeling "happy" and "flattered" which she later advances to say that she is feeling "less happy" therefore giving off the impression that her speech won't be as positive as they may assume it to be. She makes sure to reassures them by stating that they have asked for her opinion on "what's wrong" with the American Press.
Although it was not the best, she got the attention she wanted from the audience. She would soon serve an important role for the whole country and they already were interested in what she had to say. She maintained constant eye contact with her audience and at times looked down at her outline to keep herself on track and possibly to stay in the time frame she was given. Her voice was strong at times though it seemed the strong emotions she had at the moment interfered with the delivery of the speech. She would sometimes lose her breath and at other times she would talk extremely slow both which distracted from what she was saying. She showed much enthusiasm about her nomination stating how humbled she felt for being considered. Lastly, while Sotomayor did get her message across she sometimes sounded monotone and she moved little. When she was giving her speech she hardly moved and she sounded and looked almost like a robot, however her job did not entitle giving speeches rather it consisted of making decision and standing by them which is the domineer she
She then immediately follows up with a way to fix it and demand respect. Shes trying to connect with the audience and shows that she has been in the same place, that she can relate. You can see that she has done her research, she uses plenty of statistics to give you a visual of what she is talking about as well as quoting people from organizations and giving them the appropriate credit. She mentions in 2005 at yale, her alma mater, 15 students sat in the admissions office until they were removed by police. These individuals were demanding changes to the financial aid policy.
She gives the listeners personal advice she has learned and uses pathos in a more emotional way. Her allusion to the world trade center is a perfect example of this. She reminds us how we can easily overcome obstacles when we work together with other people. Later in the address Amy Poehler shares a few things she learned from when she studied improvisation in Chicago. She says, “Say ‘yes.’ Live in the moment. Make sure you play with people who have your back. Make big choices early and often. Don’t start a scene where two people are talking and jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If you are scared, look into your partner’s eyes. You’ll feel better”,. The way she relates the strategies she learned there back to life touches your heart. She closes her speech with a heartfelt message, “When you feel scared, hold someone’s hand and look into their eyes. And when you feel brave, do the same thing. You are all here because you are smart. And you are brave....As you head out into the world, I wish you love and light, joy, and much
In the essay “Say Everything” written by Emily Nussbaum, the author presents the argument that young people in this generation do not have a sense of privacy and tend to post whatever they like on the internet. She presents 3 different ideas of what happens when young adults are on the internet.
Her hand gestures are still natural, but she uses more gestures to express her emotion and the way she feels to further emphasize her story. Her facial expressions and voice tone is more vibrant and aggressive to further go along with the emotion she’s expressing and to grab the viewer’s attention to detail. She does a good job on being the main focus of her speech by not having any outside sources such as slides, note card, etc. and also keeping her body relaxed and in a natural state by not pacing around, expressing natural movements, and many other things. Throughout the speech, she puts emphasis on the word ‘articulate’ as she uses it various amounts of times to get the viewers to catch on to what she is trying to say and the message she is trying to get across. She does express humor here and there but she doesn’t use it as a focal point to keep her audience engaged, instead, elaborates on a story on why she’s
Her slow yet concise way of speaking, coupled with easy to follow transitions allowed for a speech that was enjoyable to listen to. Her use of examples from her personal life allowed her audience to get a picture of who she was if they did not know, and allowed her to better relate to them by provided examples of how she is related to the college they are graduating from. Her reference to many modern political problems allowed her to bring up her important role as an activist and facilitated further understanding from the audience. While some areas of her speech were weak, such as the longer than needed pauses and her lack of consistent eye contact, to a few points where she didn’t speak clearly enough, the overall picture that was her speech was fairly strong. Looking at this speech, I hope to incorporate some aspects that I failed to include in my previous speeches. Some of these include her use of hand gestures to emphasize and exaggerate certain phrases and topics, and her combined use of appeals. While my initial thoughts going in were “This is boring” and “This is too slow”, it evolved into me wanting to hear more, and overall my defeat in the beginning turned into a victory at the
In the article Sherry Turkle’s Reclaiming Conversation, an overview by Jonathan Franzen, talks about how cell phones in today’s generation negatively impact face-to-face communication. “Parents give their children phones. Children can’t get their parents’ attention away from their phones, so children take refuge in their own devices. Then, parents use their children’s absorption with phones as permission to have their own phones out as much as they wish. (Franzen). It’s truly a vicious cycle, according to Sherry Turkle. It starts off as a kid getting a phone, which then turns into a cycle of them being too involved with their newly acquired pieces of technology to interact with their parents, which in turn causes their parents to use their
Overall, Amy Cuddy gave an effective speech on her topic of the importance of body language. Amy Cuddy achieve the goal of an effective speech by her delivery of the topic, her credibility on the subject, and how she kept the audience engage. In order for a person to give an effect speech they should really look into on how Amy Cuddy gave her
Her combination of these suggests an overall tone of seriousness, with hints of an inspirational undertone. Her background and professional appearance, both in her appearance and body language justify these tones. During her speech, Silverman rarely includes humorous commentary nor elements to any of her material and approaches this Talk with certainty giving it a serious tone (Silverman, “How to Skip the Small Talk and Connect with Anyone”). The inspirational undertones can be seen with the incorporation of her and her friend’s success stories. This evidence encourages the audience to pursue this idea if they want to make a change in their own lives, as well as, emphasize the impact of her idea in both society and personal life. Her approach to the topic and overall collected appearance create a compelling argument towards her
In fact, let us start with a definition of the word. Introverts are simply individuals who process their lives through internal feelings and thoughts. In easier terms, we are more worried about what is going in our heads than the outside world. It is just like writing a reflective essay. It should only contain the writer’s ideas, not other people’s ideas.
Anyone in the audience could’ve been hitting rock bottom, have no finances, have no nothing and her strategy to overcome only benefitted the persons that had something already. Her steps, SEE IT, BELIEVE IT and ACT ON IT, are easy to do and simple but what can someone do if they have nothing to build on. In this speech she didn’t address that, instead she went ahead and gave these steps. She also didn’t address the challenges and the difficulty in trying to do so. In the end, she did motivate but the way to make a better life was too
During my childhood, I have never thought that being an introvert was a bad thing. Even though I easily felt insecure meeting new people, avoided public speaking and despised changes, my life was still enjoyable. Yet, as I grew up, so as my insights towards the real world, I started to see the world favoring individuals with confidence and assertiveness over shy and solitary people. The society defined me as an anti-social, solitary and aloof person before they got to know me well. Since then, I lost my confidence and began to realize that being an introvert was a bad thing. However, thinking about two talented people in the past and present, from Steve Wozniak, the Apple co-founder to one of the greatest intelligent scientists, Albert Einstein, who were known to be
The letter E in my personality type stands for Extrovert, which analyzes how much I become energized and outgoing when interacting with other individuals. Being an extrovert means that I prefer to be in a crowd of people, likes to have constant change, and loves to be the center of attention. The S stands for Sensing, meaning I look at the present more so than the future. This view looking upon the present means I typically notice details, rely on concrete facts and information, and learn from my past mistakes. The third letter, F, stands for Feeling. Feelers usually rely on the gut feelings to make decisions. They also tend to ponder on questions pertaining to personal impact of a decision rather than the objective of the question. Finally,
Interaction with people helps us know about them and we can comprehend their behavior in different situation and circumstances without getting surprised by their action. The candid conversation is helpful in expressing one’s thought but it can be fatal sometime. I believe that there has be a balance between being too extrovert and being too introvert. It is a common belief that introvert people are shy, they cannot speak in the presence of other. But the truth is that introverts are not shy, they prefer to be alone by choice. They feel energized and more productive when they are alone rather than surrounded by people. We can say that energy is drained in the presence of other. While extroverts are the outgoing people and feel energized in the presence of other. They think best when they are speaking. I am a person who is neither too introvert and nor too extrovert. I think I am more productive, thoughtful and can take better decisions when I am alone. At the same time I like hanging out with people and talking to them, but there is a limit to it. I think it is a good quality for a manager that he is neither too introvert nor too extrovert. If a manger is introvert he cannot perform his job properly as his job involves speaking to his co-workers and delegating the responsibilities to individuals commensurate to the individual’s experience and capabilities. The manager can know about the strength and weakness of his team by speaking to them. He cannot just sit in the office and know about the individual by looking at the profile of the person. On the other hand if the manager is extrovert and spends too much time among the team members, then there is a possibility th...