Speech Observation
I attended a speech on Monday April 29th at Saint Thomas Aquinas' rec room. The speakers
name was Brandon Young, inspirational speaker. The audience was not very large, approximately 50 to
55 people were present. The name of the speech was “Why do you do it” and it was delivered to inspire
you.
To begin the speaker was very good at getting our attention by stating that he was not there to
motivate us in anyway but, instead to ask “why”. His big point was “Why do you do the things that you
do”. What motivated us to do what we do, what was our drive. He kept driving these simple questions
home that, for me, actually got me interested in listening to him because it got me to ask myself the
same questions. Honestly I didn't think I would be able to sit through the whole speech being as it was
something I've never thought of going to sit through. Right from the start he stated his reasoning for
being there so that we were all on the same page throughout his presentation.
What I could put together from listening was the point he was trying to get across was that our
emotions play an integral part in our daily decision making. That if you were emotionally driven to
accomplish a goal, you would accomplish it no matter what circumstance you had to overcome to get
there and if we weren't committed emotionally, that seemingly impossible goal would always remain
impossible.
Throughout his presentation he used power point to add to and back up his points while he was
speaking. They were pretty bland in my opinion, they were all the same colors and same font with
nothing that would make anything stand out. White backgrounds with black text gets tiresome to look
at after a while. While being plenty large, maybe a bit too large since they were projected, they were
well written. If he changed the colors or added something, anything to keep from looking at a
newspaper the whole time I would
name was Brandon Young, inspirational speaker. The audience was not very large, approximately 50 to
55 people were present. The name of the speech was “Why do you do it” and it was delivered to inspire
you.
To begin the speaker was very good at getting our attention by stating that he was not there to
motivate us in anyway but, instead to ask “why”. His big point was “Why do you do the things that you
do”. What motivated us to do what we do, what was our drive. He kept driving these simple questions
home that, for me, actually got me interested in listening to him because it got me to ask myself the
same questions. Honestly I didn't think I would be able to sit through the whole speech being as it was
something I've never thought of going to sit through. Right from the start he stated his reasoning for
being there so that we were all on the same page throughout his presentation.
What I could put together from listening was the point he was trying to get across was that our
emotions play an integral part in our daily decision making. That if you were emotionally driven to
accomplish a goal, you would accomplish it no matter what circumstance you had to overcome to get
there and if we weren't committed emotionally, that seemingly impossible goal would always remain
impossible.
Throughout his presentation he used power point to add to and back up his points while he was
speaking. They were pretty bland in my opinion, they were all the same colors and same font with
nothing that would make anything stand out. White backgrounds with black text gets tiresome to look
at after a while. While being plenty large, maybe a bit too large since they were projected, they were
well written. If he changed the colors or added something, anything to keep from looking at a
newspaper the whole time I would