1. Jane McGonigal, PhD
Age 35
Occupation; Game Designer, Game Researcher
Gaming can make a better world
Wilfred F. Nazario
11/01/20102
Public Speaking

2. 1. Who is the speaker that you chose, and what is the thesis
of the speech?

3. Jane McGonigal
What would you say if someone walked up to you and
said, “play more video games, it can save the future.” I
know I was a little blown away when I read the title. I
was going to run to my parents and tell them I told you
so. But let's get back into reality; why would she want to
use video games to save the world?
There is one answer for this: People nowadays spend
more time playing video games than paying attention to
real world problems. Reason being, is that people want to
escape reality. When people escape reality, problems are
just pushed under the rug and forgotten. This is when
Jane McGonigal steps in and says she wants us to fix
world's issues applying the same techniques we would use
to beat a video game.

4. 2a. How did the speaker capture the attention of the
audience in his or her introduction?
2b. How did the speaker maintain the engagement of the
audience throughout the speech?

5. B) Jane McGonigal gave
A) Jane McGonigal
constant eye contact
started off with
throughout the speech.
showing the audience
She looks excited about
facts to back up her
what she had to say,
reasoning behind her
which in turn made me
goal. I believe it's
want to pay close
great; she gets
attention. The use of her
straight to the point
slide show did not
and does not leave
distract you from
you lingering for an
wanting to pay attention
answer.
to what she had to say.

6. 3. Evaluate the speaker in terms of dynamism from 1
(lowest) to 5 (highest). What could the speaker have
done to increase his or her dynamism?

7. Dynamism: 5
I don’t see anything she could change. She kept a positive attitude
through out her speech. With her being so excited about what she
wanted to share with the world, it made me excited to hear about
it.

8. 4. What tips were used from Garr Reynolds or Nancy
Duarte?

9. Her slides went along with her
presentation, but they were not the main
focus of the speech. When it came to her
personal life, she gave us a run down about
herself and what she currently does to
promote her beliefs.

10. 5. What have you learned about delivery based
upon watching your presenter?

11. What I can take away from this speech is her excitement and her eye
contact. If you do not feel comfortable speaking about your content,
you will not show any excitement to your audience.

12. 6. Compare and contrast your speaker to Sir Ken Robinson from
the two videos you watched (“Schools Kill Creativity” and “
Changing Education Paradigms”)

13. I believe Sir Ken is more of a jokester compared to Jane. Sir
Ken used stand up comedy to get his ideas through to people. If
you can make someone laugh and smile they will not forget
anything about your subject. Now Jane used this same tactic in
her speech, but not as much as Sir Ken.

14. 7. What tips can you give your classmates on delivery for their
upcoming speeches based ONLY on your TED Talk?

15. The best advice I could give to my fellow classmates is to be excited
about what you are discussing. Keep constant eye contact with your
audience. I'd also suggest delivering the speech with some enthusiasm.
Otherwise, you risk losing your audience.

17. Thank You
Wilfred F. Nazario
11/01/2012
Public Speaking