The Analysis of a Speech

There is a speech called How to speak that people want to listen. It was given to TED on February 2013 by Julian Treasure, a well-known speaker. The main purpose of it is about how to make your speak more interesting and meaningful which is the increasingly significant factor of speaking in public. The audiences at the speech are the persons who are willing to express their idea well in work. In my opinion, this speech is not only meaningful and also interesting no matter discussing the aspect of its content or format.

First and foremost, the content of this speech is comprehensive and logical. On one hand, a lot of practical tips are described in this speech that depends on the speech attractive or not. Julian Treasure told the audiences that “HAIL, is the key element of a good speaker, the H means honest, the A means authenticity, I mean integrity and the L means love.”(Julian Treasure, 2013) These are useful and fundamental for those who want to be an outstanding speaker. On the other hand, this speech is logical and complies with the thinking process of the individual. Treasure firstly introduces how to be a good speaker and then present what is a good speech looks like and then he introduces the practicing ways of pronunciation and last he makes a conclusion of his main point. The pace of his speech is proper and easy to follow. This speech will work if you are afraid of speaking in the public that is a hard-won opportunity for people who are eager to be a successor. This advice supposed by Julian Treasure make it clear that how you can express your idea and understand by others in an obvious pattern.

Moreover, the format of this speech is simple appropriate and exclusive. Treasure presents a simple but comprehensive slide for this speech. He lists main words for his topics and relationship between topics which is a benefit for audiences to make notes. Treasure’s action is proper and nice. He expresses his main idea in a mild attitude and pace that is work for minimum the gap between him and the audiences. His body language and eye contact are appropriate which the assistance method is while speaking. His dressing is formal but not serious which complies with that atmosphere. His tone of expressing is mild and in good pace that can attract audiences’ attention and makes them in relaxes. His expression is relatively interesting that leading audiences laugh. At the end of his speech, he appeals to all the audiences to stand to practice pronunciation together with him. This method not only can continuing grasp the attention of them but also let them know the method he introduced worked well. It is exclusive to other speech I have listened before.

It is time to make a brief summary. I have watched the speech How to speak that people want to listen on February 2013 which leaves me a great impression and works for my following speech competent. It also plays a crucial role in my daily life. It is a good speech and support good ideas for an audience who wants to give a speech in public. This speech focuses on the behavior of the speaker, the structure of the content and the manner of expressing the main idea. Its content is profound and comprehensive, and its format is simple but proper. Audiences can easily grasp his main ideas, attractive for thinking and taking notes during the speech. This speech is a benefit for college students, managers in office and individuals interested in speaking in the public.