Joe Smith's TEDx Talk

http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_smith_how_to_use_a_paper_towel.html

Joe Smith's TEDx talk was more of a tutorial, of sorts. How to use less paper towels. If people use his method (shake and fold) then they can save over 5 million paper towels each year. That was just about the depth of his talk- it was only 5 minutes long, but he covered his point. There isn't much to discuss- such as why paper towels should be saved, but it was still interesting to listen to.

1. In this video I learned how easy it would be to save paper towels. If everyone uses this simple method, then tadaa! Five million paper towels are of a job. Not a great thing for the paper towels, but hey, it saves the trees!

2. Joe Smith must have been nervous, or something, because at the beginning of his talk he screwed up the numbers. Not very effective, in my opinion. But what he did do well was get the audience engaged by assigning them words, and keep them engaged by having them repeat the words. He also made his talk a little bit interesting with his demonstration. Although, when he reached for the fourth or fifth paper towel, I did roll my eyes. (We saw you the first time, Joe. Now we all know how to dry our hands, and stretching my vocal chords to shout 'shake' doesn't really count as exercise). I liked how he used all the different kinds of paper towels, though, because I could relate.

3. As I said before, Joe Smith's presentation was very technical, visual. He did a demonstration (like FIVE TIMES) and involved the audience. When he held up the paper towels at the beginning and told us how many people took for each one, I laughed (at least at the recycled paper towel. True dat, brother). His entire presentation was very to the point, as well. This is what you should do, and if you do, it will be good. There wasn't much 'why' (him telling us it will save paper towels doesn't really count. WHY should we save paper towels? (Well, I mean, I know we should save paper towels, but he just didn't go into it....) I guess he would have run out of time if he explained, though. But wait. If he cut out three of his five demonstrations, he could have explained! Problem solved!)

4. I think everyone should use this method to dry their hands. Wasting paper and paper towels actually is a big deal, and it affects everyone, everywhere. It is going to stink when there are no more trees. Hopefully, that never happens! SAVE THE TREES, PEOPLE! SHAKE AND FOLD!