Analyzing Marc Koska's Speech Summary

There were three concepts I could apply and critique as I viewed the speech Marc Koska delivered called “1.3m Reasons to Reinvent the Syringe”. Marc Koska was overall an effective speaker as you will see as I continue on to evaluate his qualifications, his use of preview and review, as well as the effectiveness of his storytelling. His speech introduces his invention, a single use syringe that locks and breaks after its initial use as well as why his syringe is of such dire importance in countries like India.
Marc Koska is not a nurse, a doctor, or a medical research. He has absolutely no background in medicine. Koska is just a man who once read an article and got an idea. This severely limits his credibility as a speaker on the subject of syringes. However, Marc is discussing a special syringe, the K1 hypodermic needle, that he personally invented. I’m not a mechanic but if I invented a high efficiency engine, I think I’d be qualified to talk about it. He also founded his own charity, Safepoint, that informs people, particularly in India, of the dangers of reusing hypodermic needles. Also seems to have traveled to many of the places he mentions and thus has first-hand experience. Therefore, I
His anecdotes were interesting and he told them in an engaging way. My only complaint is that he spends too much time telling these stories. Yes, they are a stimulating way to engage the audience but they aren’t delivering any new, fully supported information. The purpose of this speech was to inform but I believe Marc got too caught up in telling the audience a story. Nevertheless, because he uses his stories to illustrate his points and as examples, rather than lead-ins, I must say it was a moderately effective device. His story of the orphans in Delhi whose parents abandoned them when they begin HIV positive after receiving an injection that their parents took them to get was particularly heart