What Is The Purpose Of Colin Powell's Speech Organized?

The Ted speaker that I chose to watch was Colin Powell, he was fantastic, entertaining and informative all at the same time. For me, it was a rarity to watch a speaker that had all the above-mentioned qualities. The way he engages with the audience showed me many things about public speaking that that I never recognized one needed until watching this video. I love how he opens his speech in a relaxed, funny, and joking manner. He begins by divulging something personal about himself (it does help that he is already a known public figure) , something that the audience is already aware of, which piques the audiences interest, but does it in a joking manner. What I thought worked really well in his introduction was the way he used the kids from different low income- one parent households to make a statement about how important it is to start off a kid the right way even before birth. I love how he uses one powerful word in his introduction, the word “structure “which defines the overarching theme throughout his speech.

• How is the speech organized? Does it flow smoothly?
The speech came off as being very organized as he seemed to have his introduction in place, time and a place for a joke, smooth delivery into the main part of the speech and then concluding by restating the purpose of his speech. In addition, you can tell how the …show more content…
One day in the very near future the citizens of the USA that are considered a majority will one day be a minority. Therefore, those who are currently minorities need to be prepared to take leadership roles and there is no better way than for parents of the minorities to begin raising their kids with structure at an early age. He states that after so many decades in the army and government he has realized that what the youth of this country or more specifically the minority youth are missing is,