Dave Eggers' TED Talk

The first thing I noticed about Dave Eggers? That would be how obviously nervous he was. It was ridiculous. He looked and sounded more nervous than any of the people in all the talks I have seen.... Combined. Be he rolled with it. He didn't ignore the fact that he was nervous. He admitted it to the audience, which was good, because if he hadn't, it would have been weird. It kind of showed off his personality in a good light that he was able to make the audience laugh with him over his nervousness instead of at him.

I loved the topic of his TED talk. It was fantastic. The whole idea of the tutor groups with the funny shops in front was awesome. Although I have never been tutored, I think I would enjoy it if that was where I got to go and hang out every day.

1. I took away his challenge, which I though was great. It got me involved in his speech, even if I wasn't ACTUALLY involved. I also realllllly want to go visit that superhero supply store.

2. Dave Eggers was very nervous, but he rolled with it. He says "I just discover I do this with my hands when I'm nervous" as he held out his hands, which he was rubbing together furiously. While this wasn't very professional, it made him a lot more relatable to the audience, especially me, because I already get jitters in my stomach when I think about my TED talk. He also used a lot of pictures, of actual THINGS, instead of, like, pictures of lights at the end of a tunnel as he talked about finding enlightenment. Other TED talkers have done that before. He grew more confident as the talk went on, which was great, because although his nervousness was originally a little endearing, after fifteen minutes of it, I probably would have been rolling my eyes. Like, come on, man. It's hard to take you seriously when you look like you are about to pee your pants.

3. I want to call Dave Eggers' presentation style show and tell and challenge. He showed us what he had done, and what other people have done, and then he basically asked us what WE had done, and asked us to DO SOMETHING if we hadn't. His entire presentation was also very humorous, even if it wasn't if the traditional sense. He was talking about stuff that was funny, but he himself wasn't making jokes. Plus, at least in me case, everything he was talking about was just very interesting.

4. This connects to me because I think it would be TOTALLY AWESOME to go and hang out at a place like one of the tutoring centers that he talked about. That was fantastic. I think it matters to education because if more education was done that way, in a fun, adventuring sense, then I think kids would be much more into it. It really plays into the whole 'making life more right brained' think Daniel Pink talks about in A Whole New Mind.