1. Speaker & Date/Year: Dan Gross, February 2016
What are the speaker’s credentials and/or background related to the topic? (In other words, what experience gives him or her authority to speak competently on this topic?): Dan Gross was a partner at a large New York Ad agency which gives him a strong background in distributing information to people in a way that will get across a message. He now works with the organization of the Brady campaign. In addition, he started his work against gun violence after his younger brother suffered a gunshot to the head in a shooting at the Empire State Building in 2002.
2. What is the general topic/subject of the talk? : The general topic that Gross focuses on in his TED Talk is gun violence in America …show more content…
What is the tone of the talk? (Are there shifts in tone? If so, where?): The tone starts off as sad when Gross tells his personal experience with gun violence when his brother was shot in the head and how he is still recovering. The tone then shifts into a more persuasive and informative tone. Gross brings up the topic of needing to prevent gun violence and discusses how change needs to occur in order to lower gun violence as a whole. Overall, the tone of the video is persuasive and supporting change for an outcome of lower gun violence in America.
4. What is the speaker’s stance or position on the topic? (What is the speaker’s thesis/claim?): Gross believes the issue of gun violence needs to be resolved and he wants change. He wants an improved sense of safety in the future and to do this he believes that guns should require background checks and should be prohibited from certain people such as convicted …show more content…
Gross was a passionate, natural, and engaging speaker, he told a story, and was not self-serving. All of these aspects had a positive effect on his TED Talk as it made it interesting, easy to follow and relatable. On the other hand, there were many parts of a good TED Talk that Gross did not include such as new ideas, commenting on other ideas, and incorporating humour. Gun violence is a commonly discussed issue in America and Gross did not introduce any brand new, never before seen ideas. He did organize and present ideas well, however they were not ground breaking. In addition, Gross never mentioned or commented on another persons’ ideas about gun violence, whether supporting change or not supporting change. Also, he did not incorporate humour however with a serious issue like gun violence humour does not need to be added in. Therefore, while it was an effective TED Talk, there were still some areas which could have been improved in order for it to be considered a good TED Talk based off of certain
What are the speaker’s credentials and/or background related to the topic? (In other words, what experience gives him or her authority to speak competently on this topic?): Dan Gross was a partner at a large New York Ad agency which gives him a strong background in distributing information to people in a way that will get across a message. He now works with the organization of the Brady campaign. In addition, he started his work against gun violence after his younger brother suffered a gunshot to the head in a shooting at the Empire State Building in 2002.
2. What is the general topic/subject of the talk? : The general topic that Gross focuses on in his TED Talk is gun violence in America …show more content…
What is the tone of the talk? (Are there shifts in tone? If so, where?): The tone starts off as sad when Gross tells his personal experience with gun violence when his brother was shot in the head and how he is still recovering. The tone then shifts into a more persuasive and informative tone. Gross brings up the topic of needing to prevent gun violence and discusses how change needs to occur in order to lower gun violence as a whole. Overall, the tone of the video is persuasive and supporting change for an outcome of lower gun violence in America.
4. What is the speaker’s stance or position on the topic? (What is the speaker’s thesis/claim?): Gross believes the issue of gun violence needs to be resolved and he wants change. He wants an improved sense of safety in the future and to do this he believes that guns should require background checks and should be prohibited from certain people such as convicted …show more content…
Gross was a passionate, natural, and engaging speaker, he told a story, and was not self-serving. All of these aspects had a positive effect on his TED Talk as it made it interesting, easy to follow and relatable. On the other hand, there were many parts of a good TED Talk that Gross did not include such as new ideas, commenting on other ideas, and incorporating humour. Gun violence is a commonly discussed issue in America and Gross did not introduce any brand new, never before seen ideas. He did organize and present ideas well, however they were not ground breaking. In addition, Gross never mentioned or commented on another persons’ ideas about gun violence, whether supporting change or not supporting change. Also, he did not incorporate humour however with a serious issue like gun violence humour does not need to be added in. Therefore, while it was an effective TED Talk, there were still some areas which could have been improved in order for it to be considered a good TED Talk based off of certain