2. Jane McGonigal
is a game designer and game
researcher for games that are
designed to improve real lives
and solve real problems.
Her TED talk explains how
playing games can extend the
lifespan and change the top 5
regrets near death into the
top 5 traits seen in post-
traumatic growth.
3. During her TEDTalk
Jane introduces herself as a
gamer with goals. And her
goal during this TEDTalk is to
increase the lifespan of her
audience, heightening the
audience’s interest,
curiousity, or doubt.
4. During her TEDTalk
She begins with the her
previous TEDTalk, “Gaming
Can Make A Better World,”
and the skeptics of games
wasting people’s time.
She follows up with serious
annotations of the top 5
regrets near death and
explains how games helps
alleviate each of these
grievances.
5. During her TEDTalk
Jane continued with a story of
her concussion and how she
turned her suicidal ideation of
the brain injury into a game
and post-traumatic growth for
her and for others.
6. During her TEDTalk
Jane continued with a story of
her concussion and how she
turned her suicidal ideation of
the brain injury into a game
and post-traumatic growth for
her and for others.
She called the game:
7. During her TEDTalk
She ended by telling them of
her scientific results and had
the audience participate in
her game, thus achieving her
goal of increasing her
audience’s lifespan by 7.5
minutes.
8. TED Talk Commandment 4
“Connect with
people’s emotions”
Jane has focus well with
connecting with her
audience on two points:
Death is a serious subject
that affects many people
on an emotional level. To
talk about a way to live
longer connects with
people’s feelings of hope
and curiosity.
9. TED Talk Commandment 4
“Connect with
people’s emotions”
Jane has focus well with
connecting with her
audience on two points:
Jane had the audience play
her game “Super Better” to
boost their physical, mental,
emotional, and social
resilience. The audience
physically raised their arms,
mentally counted numbers,
looked at baby animals, and
shook hands with each other,
actively completing the
quests of the game.
10. The Garr Reynolds and
Nancy Duarte Influence
Garr Reynolds and Nancy Duarte are
professionals in presentation and have
explained ways to make them more
professional and impacting on an
audience.
Jane has done well to exercise Garr’s
and Nancy’s aspect of connecting with
her audience and Garr’s point that the
speaker should tell the story instead of
the slideshow. Jane limits the use of
bullet points and lists to keep the
attention on her.
11. Dynamism Grade
4.0/5
Jane expressed herself effectively
during her talk, positively during the
end with the fun and games, and
projected her seriousness when she
talked about death, affecting her
audience on the level needed in that
point in time.
She made plenty of hand gestures
throughout, but what she lost points
was her arms being close to her sides
for the majority of the talk. Occupying
your open space up promotes
confidence and better breathing than
closing in and looking timid.
12. Sir Ken Robinson Vs. Jane McGonigal
Sir Ken Robinson is another TEDTalk
presenter in which he talks about giving
the arts and creativity more importance
into the education system.
13. Sir Ken Robinson Vs. Jane McGonigal
While both are very passionate in their
field of interest, I feel Jane outputted her
message much more clearer than Sir Ken
due to the interaction with the audience.
Ken spent a lot of his time getting a
laugh out of the audience and used a lot
of jargon...
14. Sir Ken Robinson Vs. Jane McGonigal
... while Jane focused on the goal
at hand and kept the scientific speak in
layman terms or explained soon after.
15. Jane McGonigal & Me
The Game That Can Give You
10 Extra Years of Life
The Power of Positivity
Jane and I share similarities in our presentations, including interaction and a goal-
oriented talk path. Starting the audience with the purpose behind the talk is a great
way have them understand where you are coming from and more likely understand
why to participate during the discussion.
