We all learn through imitation, or to use a fancier word, role-modelling. One of the best pathways to becoming a more effective business presenter is to analyse famous public speakers and learn what makes their presentations fantastic and what they are doing that is detracting from their messages.

This can be very intensive work and, as a result, only the most motivated make the time to invest in analysing a presentation second-by-second. So, as a service to you, we at The One Minute Presenter have undertaken to do some of that heavy lifting for you and present our Speech Analysis series of reviews of high profile public speakers. We will cover a range of speakers and presenters - some famous, some obscure but all have a message that they are bringing to a wider world. As we encourage message-based presentations, these critiques are an important tool for you to understand the good, the bad and the ugly of public speaking skills.

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Enjoy the reviews, they are in-depth and longer than our typical online articles. Please feel free to suggest speakers or presenters that you would like us to review.

All the best,

Warwick and The One Minute Presenter Speech Analysis Team

Speech Analysis on The One Minute Presenter

TED TALK SPEECH ANALYSIS#3

Name: Sir Ken Robinson (creativity expert, educator)

Speech Title : Bring on the learning revolution

Delivered: TED, Feb 2010

Key strengths: use of metaphors, taglines

Areas to improve: audience interaction

Read The One Minute Presenter’s analysis of Sir Ken Robinson’s speech.

TED TALK SPEECH ANALYSIS#2

Name: Sir Ken Robinson (creativity expert, educator)

Speech Title : Schools kill creativity

Delivered: TED, June 2006

Key strengths: humour, clarity of message

Areas to improve: sharper conclusion, considering appropriateness of humour

Read The One Minute Presenter’s analysis of Sir Ken Robinson’s speech.

TED TALK SPEECH ANALYSIS#1

Name: Jamie Oliver (chef, activist)

Speech Title : Teach every child about food

Delivered: TED Prize, Feb 2010

Key strengths: passion, connection, visual metaphors, memorable opening and close

Areas to improve: more stage control, less obvious use of note cards, time control, moderating tough tone

Read The One Minute Presenter’s analysis of Jamie Oliver’s speech.