Exercise #1

Directions: View the TED Talk and complete the following grid.

Title of TED Talk: The beauty and diversity of Muslim Life

Name of Speaker: Bassam Tariq

Date of TED Talk and Number of views Oct – 2014 / 1,173,252 views

What was the speaker’s thesis (main point) of this speech? That Muslims should present their way of living to others, rather than the media showing it.

Write 2-3 different things  you learned from this presentation.       1-     Always stick to your ideas no matter what happens or what others tell you.       2-     Be a better social person.       3-     How to empathize with others.

What group of people would benefit the most from hearing this lecture? Muslims and people living with them.

If you could ask this speaker a question about his/her information or Presentation, what would you ask? What difficulties you encountered doing all of those things?

TED Talk presenters are known as effective public speakers. Describe two things this speaker does well in terms of engaging the audience.       1-     Humor and strong body gestures       2-     Good presenting of slideshow for easier understanding