Thursday, April 24, 2014
Lab Activity
Our group is researching the human rights of refugees. An article that I found to be informative of the issues refugees face is "Rough Terrain for Refugees" by Rachel Anderson. In the article Anderson discusses how refugees human rights are being violated and how that also connects to the destruction of the environment surrounding a lot of refugee camps. Anderson brings up the point that many refugees have left a life of poverty in their home countries only to end up in the same position in their host country. A major part of this issue is the host countries refusal to properly support refugees, which forces the refugees to live off the land in order to survive. According to Anderson these camps are crowded and often unsanitary. Two more articles of interest would be "Human Rights Watch/Africa calls for Protection of Refugees in E.Zaire" and "Tricked, Rwandan Refugees Are Driven Home, U.N Says" . These articles focus on how refugees are sometimes forced back to their native lands, violating their right to seek asylum under the UDHR.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Final Draft: Wudunn/Bales
Samantha Tamale
Hayes
Eng. 1A
4/21/14
Word Count: 1177
If we can learn one thing about changing the world from history it’s that every cause needs a skilled orator. From Mahatma Gandhi to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. words have proven to be one of the most powerful weapons against tyranny. A skilled orator has the capacity to emotionally move people and inspire them to take action against their oppressors. Sheryl Wudunn and Kevin Bales are two writers who hope to do just that. Wudunn and Bales both gave talks at different TED conferences but both talks addressed the issue of human rights. Wudunn addressed the injustice against women internationally and Bales put the spotlight on the millions of people currently enslaved across the world. Wudunn and Bales both gave great speeches, but how well organized their speeches were and emotional appeal is what sets the two speeches apart.
When giving a speech it’s important to organize your ideas in a way that is easy for you audience to follow. Wudunn does a great job with organization in her speech by introducing a solution and setting up how it would work for the audience in one paragraph before going into a story of success that embodies that claim in the next paragraph. For example, before telling Saima’s story, she first talks about economic opportunity and how it benefits women and their communities. She says “I’ve talked about some of the challenges, let me talk about some of the solutions, and there are predictable solutions. I’ve hinted at them: education and also economic opportunity. So of course, when you educate girl, she tends to get married later on in life, she tends to have kids later on in life, she tends to have fewer kids, and those kids that she does, she educates them in a more enlightened fashion.” (Wudunn) The last sentence is a great example of an effective transition into Saima’s story, “With economic opportunity, it can be transformative” (Wudunn). Transitions are helpful in organizing a speech because it helps connects your ideas and helps the overall flow of the speech. Bales lacked this in his speech. His speech was very informative but not organized.
Bales speech offered us a lot of information on modern day slavery and a few solutions but fails to organize it in a way that is easy to follow. He fails to use transitions to make a smooth shift from one topic to another, making it hard at times for me to follow him. For example, he goes from talking about countries where slavery exists today in one paragraph to discussing how slavery impacts the environment negatively in the next. He says, “Now, where is it? Well, this map in the sort of redder, yellower colors are the places with the highest densities of slavery. But in fact that kind of bluey color are the countries where we can't find any cases of slavery. And you might notice that it's only Iceland and Greenland where we can't find any cases of enslavement around the world..We're also particularly interested and looking very carefully at places where slaves are being used to perpetrate extreme environmental destruction…..” (Bales)
He also could have used an organizational method similar to Wudunn when introducing an issue in one paragraph and discussing the solution in detail in the next paragraph. He is very brief in talking about some of the solutions he talks about and fails to offer us an example of how it would be implemented in reality. For example he goes into great detail when discussing the cost of liberating the enslaved but fails to discuss how exactly that would happen.The lack of organization in his speech makes it seem choppy and is less effective when compared to Wudunn’s well organized and detailed speech. While the topic of his talk stirs up strong emotions, Bales’s fails to really talk about the victims of slavery in a way that is effective emotionally.
What made Wudunn’s talk work so well is the emotional approach she used. Her use of anecdotes helps us to not only really understand what the issue was but also the victims of these issues. For almost every issue she discusses in her talk she had an anecdote of a woman who successfully overcame the odds. She says, “Dai Manju is 13 years old at the time the story starts. She lives with her parents, her two brothers and her great-aunt. They have a hut that has no electricity, no running water, no wristwatch, no bicycle. And they share this great splendor with a very large pig.” (Wudunn) This is helpful because by introducing the women by name and telling their stories to us makes it possible for an emotional connection to form. We feel like we know these women, which also makes it more personal. While Bale’s discussed a very emotional topic, he fails to offer us that same emotional connection. He doesn’t introduce most of the people he talks about, he doesn’t go into personal details about their background, it’s all very cut dry. He says, “These young boys are in Nepal. They are basically the transport system on a quarry run by a slaveholder. There are no roads there, so they carry loads of stone on their backs, often of their own weight, up and down the Himalaya Mountains” (Bales) He introduces them, tells us a little bit of their story, and then quickly moves onto the next topic. Were only left with a superficial impression of who these people are and they seem to blend into the other various statistics offered by Bales. Bales utilizes a more logical approach in appealing to the audience about modern slavery. While he does make great use of clips and a few anecdotes in his talk, his arguments rely heavily on statistics. The emotional approach is definitely present in his speech but he fails to really allow the audience to connect to the people in his stories. It’s important that when talking about issues regarding human rights and using anecdotes about it’s victims that we go a little more into depth about who these people are and why their stories matter. This is the difference between telling just a sad story and a story that will inspire change.
In conclusion, while Wudunn and Bales both talk about very horrifying truths the differences in organization and how well they were able to emotionally connect with their audience is what made one talk stand out over another. Being knowledgeable about an issue is great but in order to really bring about change one must know how to convey that knowledge in a way that is inspirational. After all one speech can spark a revolution and according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sometimes force is necessary when seeking freedom. “Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of the law.”
Works Cited
Wudunn, Sheryl. “Our Century’s Greatest Injustice”. TEDGlobal. Jul 2010. Lecture.
Bales, Kevin. “How to Combat Modern Slavery”. TED. Feb 2010. Lecture.
UN General Assembly, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1948, 217 A (III).
Hayes
Eng. 1A
4/21/14
Word Count: 1177
If we can learn one thing about changing the world from history it’s that every cause needs a skilled orator. From Mahatma Gandhi to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. words have proven to be one of the most powerful weapons against tyranny. A skilled orator has the capacity to emotionally move people and inspire them to take action against their oppressors. Sheryl Wudunn and Kevin Bales are two writers who hope to do just that. Wudunn and Bales both gave talks at different TED conferences but both talks addressed the issue of human rights. Wudunn addressed the injustice against women internationally and Bales put the spotlight on the millions of people currently enslaved across the world. Wudunn and Bales both gave great speeches, but how well organized their speeches were and emotional appeal is what sets the two speeches apart.
When giving a speech it’s important to organize your ideas in a way that is easy for you audience to follow. Wudunn does a great job with organization in her speech by introducing a solution and setting up how it would work for the audience in one paragraph before going into a story of success that embodies that claim in the next paragraph. For example, before telling Saima’s story, she first talks about economic opportunity and how it benefits women and their communities. She says “I’ve talked about some of the challenges, let me talk about some of the solutions, and there are predictable solutions. I’ve hinted at them: education and also economic opportunity. So of course, when you educate girl, she tends to get married later on in life, she tends to have kids later on in life, she tends to have fewer kids, and those kids that she does, she educates them in a more enlightened fashion.” (Wudunn) The last sentence is a great example of an effective transition into Saima’s story, “With economic opportunity, it can be transformative” (Wudunn). Transitions are helpful in organizing a speech because it helps connects your ideas and helps the overall flow of the speech. Bales lacked this in his speech. His speech was very informative but not organized.
Bales speech offered us a lot of information on modern day slavery and a few solutions but fails to organize it in a way that is easy to follow. He fails to use transitions to make a smooth shift from one topic to another, making it hard at times for me to follow him. For example, he goes from talking about countries where slavery exists today in one paragraph to discussing how slavery impacts the environment negatively in the next. He says, “Now, where is it? Well, this map in the sort of redder, yellower colors are the places with the highest densities of slavery. But in fact that kind of bluey color are the countries where we can't find any cases of slavery. And you might notice that it's only Iceland and Greenland where we can't find any cases of enslavement around the world..We're also particularly interested and looking very carefully at places where slaves are being used to perpetrate extreme environmental destruction…..” (Bales)
He also could have used an organizational method similar to Wudunn when introducing an issue in one paragraph and discussing the solution in detail in the next paragraph. He is very brief in talking about some of the solutions he talks about and fails to offer us an example of how it would be implemented in reality. For example he goes into great detail when discussing the cost of liberating the enslaved but fails to discuss how exactly that would happen.The lack of organization in his speech makes it seem choppy and is less effective when compared to Wudunn’s well organized and detailed speech. While the topic of his talk stirs up strong emotions, Bales’s fails to really talk about the victims of slavery in a way that is effective emotionally.
What made Wudunn’s talk work so well is the emotional approach she used. Her use of anecdotes helps us to not only really understand what the issue was but also the victims of these issues. For almost every issue she discusses in her talk she had an anecdote of a woman who successfully overcame the odds. She says, “Dai Manju is 13 years old at the time the story starts. She lives with her parents, her two brothers and her great-aunt. They have a hut that has no electricity, no running water, no wristwatch, no bicycle. And they share this great splendor with a very large pig.” (Wudunn) This is helpful because by introducing the women by name and telling their stories to us makes it possible for an emotional connection to form. We feel like we know these women, which also makes it more personal. While Bale’s discussed a very emotional topic, he fails to offer us that same emotional connection. He doesn’t introduce most of the people he talks about, he doesn’t go into personal details about their background, it’s all very cut dry. He says, “These young boys are in Nepal. They are basically the transport system on a quarry run by a slaveholder. There are no roads there, so they carry loads of stone on their backs, often of their own weight, up and down the Himalaya Mountains” (Bales) He introduces them, tells us a little bit of their story, and then quickly moves onto the next topic. Were only left with a superficial impression of who these people are and they seem to blend into the other various statistics offered by Bales. Bales utilizes a more logical approach in appealing to the audience about modern slavery. While he does make great use of clips and a few anecdotes in his talk, his arguments rely heavily on statistics. The emotional approach is definitely present in his speech but he fails to really allow the audience to connect to the people in his stories. It’s important that when talking about issues regarding human rights and using anecdotes about it’s victims that we go a little more into depth about who these people are and why their stories matter. This is the difference between telling just a sad story and a story that will inspire change.
In conclusion, while Wudunn and Bales both talk about very horrifying truths the differences in organization and how well they were able to emotionally connect with their audience is what made one talk stand out over another. Being knowledgeable about an issue is great but in order to really bring about change one must know how to convey that knowledge in a way that is inspirational. After all one speech can spark a revolution and according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sometimes force is necessary when seeking freedom. “Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of the law.”
Works Cited
Wudunn, Sheryl. “Our Century’s Greatest Injustice”. TEDGlobal. Jul 2010. Lecture.
Bales, Kevin. “How to Combat Modern Slavery”. TED. Feb 2010. Lecture.
UN General Assembly, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1948, 217 A (III).
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Compare and Contrast: Wudunn/Bale
Samantha Tamale
Hayes
Eng. 1A
4/18/14
If we can learn one thing about changing the world from history it’s that every cause needs a skilled orator. From Mahatma Gandhi to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. words have proven to be one of the most powerful weapons against tyranny. A skilled orator has the capacity to emotionally move people and inspire them to take action against their oppressors. Sheryl Wudunn and Kevin Bales are two writers who hope to do just that. Wudunn and Bale both gave talks at different TED conferences but both talks addressed the issue of human rights. Wudunn addressed the injustice against women internationally and Bale put the spotlight on the millions of people currently enslaved across the world. Wudunn and Bale both gave great speeches, but how well organized their speeches were and emotional appeal is what sets the two speeches apart.
When giving a speech it’s important to organize your ideas in a way that is easy for you audience to follow. Wudunn does a great job with organization in her speech by introducing a solution and setting up how it would work for the audience in one paragraph before going into a story of success that embodies that claim in the next paragraph. For example, before telling Saima’s story, she first talks about economic opportunity and how it benefits women and their communities. The last sentence is a great example of an effective transition into Saima’s story, “With economic opportunity, it can be transformative”. Transitions are helpful in organizing a speech because it helps connects your ideas and helps the overall flow of the speech. Bales lacked this in his speech. His speech was very informative but not organized.
Bales speech offered us a lot of information on modern day slavery and a few solutions but fails to set it up in a way that is easy to follow. Instead of introducing each issue he jumps right into talking about each topic. He also fails to use transitions to make a smooth change from one topic to another, making it hard at times for me to follow him. He is very brief in talking about some of the solutions he talks about and fails to offer us an example of how it would be implemented in reality. The lack of organization in his speech makes it seem choppy and is less effective when compared to Wudunn’s well organized speech. While the topic of his talk stirs up strong emotions, Bale’s fails to really talk about the victims of slavery in a way that is effective emotionally.
What made Wudunn’s talk work so well is the emotional approach she used. Her use of anecdotes help us to not only really understand what the issue was but also the victims of these issues. For almost every issue she discusses in her talk she had an anecdote of a woman who successfully overcame the odds. This is helpful because by introducing the women by name and telling their stories to us makes it possible for an emotional connection to form. We feel like we know these women, which also makes it a little more personal. While Bale’s discussed a very emotional topic, he fails to offer us that same emotional connection. He doesn’t introduce most of the people he talks about, he doesn’t go into personal details about their background, it’s all very cut dry.Bale utilizes a more logical approach in appealing to the audience about modern slavery. While he does make great use of clips and a few anecdotes in his talk, his arguments rely heavily on statistics. The emotional approach is definitely present in his speech but he fails to really allow the audience to connect to the people in his stories. He introduces them, tells us a little bit of their story, and then quickly moves onto the next topic. Were only left with a superficial impression of who these people are and they seem to blend into the other various statistics offered by Bale. It’s important that when talking about issues regarding human rights and using anecdotes about it’s victims that we go a little more into depth about who these people are and why their stories matter. This is the difference between telling just a sad story and a story that will inspire change.
In conclusion, while Wudunn and Bales both talk about very horrifying truths the differences in organization and how well they were able to emotionally connect with their audience is what made one talk stand out over another. Being knowledgeable about an issue is great but in order to really bring about change one must know how to convey that knowledge in a way that is inspirational.
Word Count: 791
Hayes
Eng. 1A
4/18/14
If we can learn one thing about changing the world from history it’s that every cause needs a skilled orator. From Mahatma Gandhi to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. words have proven to be one of the most powerful weapons against tyranny. A skilled orator has the capacity to emotionally move people and inspire them to take action against their oppressors. Sheryl Wudunn and Kevin Bales are two writers who hope to do just that. Wudunn and Bale both gave talks at different TED conferences but both talks addressed the issue of human rights. Wudunn addressed the injustice against women internationally and Bale put the spotlight on the millions of people currently enslaved across the world. Wudunn and Bale both gave great speeches, but how well organized their speeches were and emotional appeal is what sets the two speeches apart.
When giving a speech it’s important to organize your ideas in a way that is easy for you audience to follow. Wudunn does a great job with organization in her speech by introducing a solution and setting up how it would work for the audience in one paragraph before going into a story of success that embodies that claim in the next paragraph. For example, before telling Saima’s story, she first talks about economic opportunity and how it benefits women and their communities. The last sentence is a great example of an effective transition into Saima’s story, “With economic opportunity, it can be transformative”. Transitions are helpful in organizing a speech because it helps connects your ideas and helps the overall flow of the speech. Bales lacked this in his speech. His speech was very informative but not organized.
Bales speech offered us a lot of information on modern day slavery and a few solutions but fails to set it up in a way that is easy to follow. Instead of introducing each issue he jumps right into talking about each topic. He also fails to use transitions to make a smooth change from one topic to another, making it hard at times for me to follow him. He is very brief in talking about some of the solutions he talks about and fails to offer us an example of how it would be implemented in reality. The lack of organization in his speech makes it seem choppy and is less effective when compared to Wudunn’s well organized speech. While the topic of his talk stirs up strong emotions, Bale’s fails to really talk about the victims of slavery in a way that is effective emotionally.
What made Wudunn’s talk work so well is the emotional approach she used. Her use of anecdotes help us to not only really understand what the issue was but also the victims of these issues. For almost every issue she discusses in her talk she had an anecdote of a woman who successfully overcame the odds. This is helpful because by introducing the women by name and telling their stories to us makes it possible for an emotional connection to form. We feel like we know these women, which also makes it a little more personal. While Bale’s discussed a very emotional topic, he fails to offer us that same emotional connection. He doesn’t introduce most of the people he talks about, he doesn’t go into personal details about their background, it’s all very cut dry.Bale utilizes a more logical approach in appealing to the audience about modern slavery. While he does make great use of clips and a few anecdotes in his talk, his arguments rely heavily on statistics. The emotional approach is definitely present in his speech but he fails to really allow the audience to connect to the people in his stories. He introduces them, tells us a little bit of their story, and then quickly moves onto the next topic. Were only left with a superficial impression of who these people are and they seem to blend into the other various statistics offered by Bale. It’s important that when talking about issues regarding human rights and using anecdotes about it’s victims that we go a little more into depth about who these people are and why their stories matter. This is the difference between telling just a sad story and a story that will inspire change.
In conclusion, while Wudunn and Bales both talk about very horrifying truths the differences in organization and how well they were able to emotionally connect with their audience is what made one talk stand out over another. Being knowledgeable about an issue is great but in order to really bring about change one must know how to convey that knowledge in a way that is inspirational.
Word Count: 791
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Rhetorical Analysis of Bales's TED talk: "How to Combat Modern Slavery"
Kevin Bale’s TED talk “How to Combat Modern Slavery” is a reminder that slavery isn’t just an issue found in our history books but that it is an ongoing issue today. Bales talk reminded me of past stories about modern slavery I’ve heard in the past but I failed to grasp the severity of how large of an issue modern slavery is today. When hearing these stories I naively thought of them as anomalies, the grim truth is that victims of slavery can be found in just about every corner of the world. I was also appalled at how inexpensive it was to purchase a slave, that a human life could be worth so little. Thankfully the issue of modern slavery is also beginning to get more attention in the mainstream media, as we saw when director Steve Mcqueen dedicated his best picture win for 12 Years a Slave to the millions of people still enslaved today earlier this year at the Oscars.
Bale is an experienced speaker but he isn’t necessarily a great orator. I won’t argue that he gave a great and informative talk but overall I found it to be a little dry. Bale utilizes a more logical approach in appealing to the audience about modern slavery. While he does make great use of clips and a few anecdotes in his talk, his arguments rely heavily on statistics. The emotional approach is definitely present in his speech but he fails to really allow the audience to connect to the people in his stories. He introduces them, tells us a little bit of their story, and then quickly moves onto the next topic. Were only left with a superficial impression of who these people are and they seem to blend into the other various statistics offered by Bale.
The arguments made in Bales talk were adequate. The main claim made by Bale is that it is up to the global community as a whole to liberate the millions of enslaved people across the world. One of the reasons used by Bale is that slavery plays a big part in environmental issues around the world. Slaves are used in ways that harm the environment like the deforestation of the Amazon. The destruction of the environment is something that affects us all, which is why it’s in all our best interests to end slavery. Bale also backs up his argument by discussing the cost of liberation. His reasoning is that while 10.8 billion dollars sounds like a lot of money, Americans spend that same amount of money every year on more frivolous things. If we can spend 10.8 billion dollars on blue jeans or potato chips, surely we can also spend 10.8 billion dollars to free our fellow human beings from enslavement. While he makes a great point, Bale fails to fully explain to us how exactly we would liberate these people. He does mention that we wouldn’t buy them out of slavery, which begs the question of if not with money then would force be used?
The transcript of Bales speech would not translate well as a piece of writing. His overall theme is clear but it lacks the organization of a standard essay. An introduction and body paragraphs are present in the transcript but his use of clips and slides make it difficult to work as a piece of writing. There are a few choppy places in the transcript because a slide or video was not included or it wasn’t possible to include it in the transcript. Bale also failed to use effective transitions between topics in his talk. His sentence craft was strong, which is evident most in his introduction. A great example of this is “ Well if you teach, if you worship in the temple of learning, do not mock the gods, because they will take you, fill you with curiosity and desire, and drive you. Drive you with a passion to change things.” His choice of words were effective and cleverly put together.
All in all Bales talk and the ideas he shares are effective. It’s impossible to hear about the topic of modern slavery and not be moved emotionally. Mr.Bales is correct in that modern slavery is an issue that concerns us all. We live in a country where the idea that freedom is fundamental right is taught to us from a very young age and that we should always go to great lengths to protect those freedoms, so it would only be natural for us to fight for the freedom of others as well. Something we have in fact done many times before, so why not for the millions of those enslaved today?
Word Count: 784
Bale is an experienced speaker but he isn’t necessarily a great orator. I won’t argue that he gave a great and informative talk but overall I found it to be a little dry. Bale utilizes a more logical approach in appealing to the audience about modern slavery. While he does make great use of clips and a few anecdotes in his talk, his arguments rely heavily on statistics. The emotional approach is definitely present in his speech but he fails to really allow the audience to connect to the people in his stories. He introduces them, tells us a little bit of their story, and then quickly moves onto the next topic. Were only left with a superficial impression of who these people are and they seem to blend into the other various statistics offered by Bale.
The arguments made in Bales talk were adequate. The main claim made by Bale is that it is up to the global community as a whole to liberate the millions of enslaved people across the world. One of the reasons used by Bale is that slavery plays a big part in environmental issues around the world. Slaves are used in ways that harm the environment like the deforestation of the Amazon. The destruction of the environment is something that affects us all, which is why it’s in all our best interests to end slavery. Bale also backs up his argument by discussing the cost of liberation. His reasoning is that while 10.8 billion dollars sounds like a lot of money, Americans spend that same amount of money every year on more frivolous things. If we can spend 10.8 billion dollars on blue jeans or potato chips, surely we can also spend 10.8 billion dollars to free our fellow human beings from enslavement. While he makes a great point, Bale fails to fully explain to us how exactly we would liberate these people. He does mention that we wouldn’t buy them out of slavery, which begs the question of if not with money then would force be used?
The transcript of Bales speech would not translate well as a piece of writing. His overall theme is clear but it lacks the organization of a standard essay. An introduction and body paragraphs are present in the transcript but his use of clips and slides make it difficult to work as a piece of writing. There are a few choppy places in the transcript because a slide or video was not included or it wasn’t possible to include it in the transcript. Bale also failed to use effective transitions between topics in his talk. His sentence craft was strong, which is evident most in his introduction. A great example of this is “ Well if you teach, if you worship in the temple of learning, do not mock the gods, because they will take you, fill you with curiosity and desire, and drive you. Drive you with a passion to change things.” His choice of words were effective and cleverly put together.
All in all Bales talk and the ideas he shares are effective. It’s impossible to hear about the topic of modern slavery and not be moved emotionally. Mr.Bales is correct in that modern slavery is an issue that concerns us all. We live in a country where the idea that freedom is fundamental right is taught to us from a very young age and that we should always go to great lengths to protect those freedoms, so it would only be natural for us to fight for the freedom of others as well. Something we have in fact done many times before, so why not for the millions of those enslaved today?
Word Count: 784
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Rhetorical Analysis of WuDunn’s TED talk: "Our Century's Greatest Injustice"
Sheryl Wudunn’s talk “Our Century’s Greatest Injustice” for TEDGlobal shed light on the harsh realities of girls living in various rural areas of the world. Ms.Wudunn introduces us to four women who were able to overcome their bleak start in life through either an education or economic opportunity, two things Wudunn says is critical for a woman to have in order to better her own life and the lives in her community. Watching Ms.Wudunn’s talk and hearing the stories behind these great and courageous women I gained not only respect for these women but it also inspired me to educate myself more on this issue. The inspiration to learn more about it stems not only from the fact that I myself am a woman but also that I could have easily been one of these women had my parents not immigrated to the United States. Ms.Wudunn also talked about the issue of sex trafficking, a huge problem right here in the Bay Area. A reminder that while the women in Ms.Wudunn’s talk live in countries far away, there are victims of these issues in our own backyard.
Ms.Wudunn gave a phenomenal talk and is definitely a skilled speaker. She was very organized throughout her talk, making it easy for the audience to follow along. Her delivery as a speaker was also great, she wasn’t stiff and her passion for the cause was clear in her speech. Wudunn appeals to the audience both emotionally and logically. The anecdotes used in her talk showed a more emotional approach, while the statistics and solutions she talks about were more logical. While the topic of the talk was serious, she was great at adding a little humor into her talk without it coming off as inappropriate. The arguments made by Wudunn in her talk were also executed nicely.
The main arguments made by Ms.Wudunn is the importance of how educating women and giving them economic opportunities can be transformative for communities as a whole but also that all of us as a global community have a responsibility to make sure these changes take place. Wudunn supports these claims by using anecdotes of how these changes have effectively changed lives as her evidence. The solutions she gives in her argument are all fairly easy to replicate, so it backs up her call for action in regard to everyone pitching in to help. She also effectively refutes the claim that US aid is hopeless by pointing out that while it’s not easy, it’s important to learn from those failures and find better ways we can help.
The transcript of Wudunn’s talk works effectively as a piece of writing too. The organized flow she had in her talk translates nicely as an introduction, body, and conclusion. Throughout the talk she does make smooth transitions that would also work as a piece of writing. She does a great job of introducing a solution and setting up how it would work for the audience in one paragraph before going into a story that embodies that claim in the next paragraph. For example, before telling Saima’s story, she first talks about economic opportunity and how it benefits women and their communities. The last sentence is a great example of an effective transition into Saima’s story, “With economic opportunity, it can be transformative”. The theme was also very clear, which was the importance of educating women and economic opportunities for women.
The ideas given by Wudunn in her talk are thought provoking and inspirational. The way she communicated her ideas in her talk is also a great example of how great writing is essential to giving a great speech. Like writing, speeches must be organized in a way that is easy for an audience or reader to follow.
Word Count: 633
Ms.Wudunn gave a phenomenal talk and is definitely a skilled speaker. She was very organized throughout her talk, making it easy for the audience to follow along. Her delivery as a speaker was also great, she wasn’t stiff and her passion for the cause was clear in her speech. Wudunn appeals to the audience both emotionally and logically. The anecdotes used in her talk showed a more emotional approach, while the statistics and solutions she talks about were more logical. While the topic of the talk was serious, she was great at adding a little humor into her talk without it coming off as inappropriate. The arguments made by Wudunn in her talk were also executed nicely.
The main arguments made by Ms.Wudunn is the importance of how educating women and giving them economic opportunities can be transformative for communities as a whole but also that all of us as a global community have a responsibility to make sure these changes take place. Wudunn supports these claims by using anecdotes of how these changes have effectively changed lives as her evidence. The solutions she gives in her argument are all fairly easy to replicate, so it backs up her call for action in regard to everyone pitching in to help. She also effectively refutes the claim that US aid is hopeless by pointing out that while it’s not easy, it’s important to learn from those failures and find better ways we can help.
The transcript of Wudunn’s talk works effectively as a piece of writing too. The organized flow she had in her talk translates nicely as an introduction, body, and conclusion. Throughout the talk she does make smooth transitions that would also work as a piece of writing. She does a great job of introducing a solution and setting up how it would work for the audience in one paragraph before going into a story that embodies that claim in the next paragraph. For example, before telling Saima’s story, she first talks about economic opportunity and how it benefits women and their communities. The last sentence is a great example of an effective transition into Saima’s story, “With economic opportunity, it can be transformative”. The theme was also very clear, which was the importance of educating women and economic opportunities for women.
The ideas given by Wudunn in her talk are thought provoking and inspirational. The way she communicated her ideas in her talk is also a great example of how great writing is essential to giving a great speech. Like writing, speeches must be organized in a way that is easy for an audience or reader to follow.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
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