TED Talks

I watched a video by Joe Kowan called "How I beat stage fright". Although this seems to be a simple speech by the title, it was much than explaining how he solved his problem. During this video, Joe shares a personal story throughout the entire speech which is one reason why I was so intrigued, I wanted to hear the end of his story. One main quality that his speech has was his relatable topic, there is not one person I have met that does not have stage fright, therefore his audience is just about everyone. Another characteristic of this speech that I enjoyed was that I wasn't watching a video that was just a man talking and telling a story, he was joking, singing, and expressing his personal issue's that he was having at that very moment. You could tell that he was nervous on stage, while talking about how he beat his stage fright, but he continued to joke, and mostly make fun of himself, that the more the audience got comfortable with him, the more comfortable he got talking in front of them. Listening to this speech was exciting, Joe Kowan seemed to have an outgoing, but yet awkward personality, that made you want to listen to what he had to say because there was no way of predicting what exactly that would be. Because this was a more lighthearted topic, Joe did a great job with adding in a couple jokes here and there to lighten the mood and grab his audiences attention, all the while sharing a personal, and rather serious life experience. http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_kowan_how_i_beat_stage_fright.html