A single idea is powerful as Duarte (2010) discussed in her presentation. She believes a presentation has the power to change the world when you communicate effectively through them (Duarte, 2010, 02:16). Thousands of years we are told stories, like Duarte (2010) story is ingested and recalled, get a physical react, however, when a presentation is told then it completely flatlines (03:30) and she explored the reason why.
She touched some of her findings and quickly jumped on concluding her findings by saying Duarte (2010) the “audience is the hero of your idea”(04:32) and that you are the mentor which is the role of a presenter. The structure has three parts, Duarte (2010), likable hero who has a desire, encounter a roadblock, and emerge transformed (05:23). Then explained the five parts structure, exposition, rising action, climax, family action and unraveling or resolution (Duarte, 2010, 05:35). I recall back in grammar class, talking about the climax of a story. The structure she found to establish what it is and compare it to the future, making the gap as big as possible. Most of us, in my experience at work make that comparison due to problems encountered now explaining what it would be like in the future. For example, during attending a family reunion event, a website was presented, and the idea pitched to submit family photos to make a tree prior to the next reunion in 2 years. After a collage of previous photos were submitted, I was eager to become a part of organizing photos to submit, especially after creating an account earlier this year on ancestry.com. I shared this idea among friends and family but was hoping for a moment for it to matter and now through a presentation from other family members seems like, we all are on the same page. The more we know about one another the closer we can grow to learn and share what’s going.
The middle of the structure goes back and forth, making the current situation unappealing to what the future could be. I would apply this by speaking to various family members having a goal every 3 months to complete one family at a time. I already started calling members not at the family reunion to give them the website to upload photos. I imagine having the oldest member of the family, magnifying their family then magnifying even more to the branches of their family. I envision a tree would come up behind the family photo, or structuring and hanging from the tree would be names. The design of course would have to be agreed on between those helping to create it but, my idea would be to have names added to the pictures through animation or changing the image.
Adding variety to a presentation engages the audience, laughing and agreeing. I will try and do this more with training at work, getting more buy in from my peers after having a clear idea for clear execution. For example, the next training I would like to have is about Reports. Simple enough, reporting for what is something I plan to figure out in the next day or two.
Modeling for the audience to get what the presenter whats to feel is is good technique and insert a story when something unexpected happens. Repetition is good and using metaphor, like the bad check reference Dr. King used at the end Duarte (2010) of the what is and then cashed that check, comparing what currently is to what could be (13:53). Connecting and resonating with the audience are important, something Duarte (2010) did at the end telling her life story that we can change and create. I have so many ideas, and given the amount of time, there are no excuses not to share them or make them reality, unless I don’t want too.
TEDTalks: Nancy Duarte--The danger of a single story[Motion picture on Online Video]. (2010). TED.
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