You will compose an Ignite-Style speech, which is a 4-5 minute live speech with 15-20 slides. A 5 minute speech is usually around 500 words.
REQUIREMENTS:
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4-5 minutes and 15-20 slides
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Limited to minimal text on your slides (not entire paragraphs)
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Include automatically advancing slides (you will not be able to advance your own slides during the presentation )
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Include carefully selected, non-pixelated imagery.
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I suggest images with a creative commons license, such as ones from the website https://unsplash.com/
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You may use one small note card with text written on one side. (NO cellphones as notecards. You will be marked down if you focus too much attention on your notecard.)
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Your Slideshow must be formatted as a Google Presentation.
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Include a Works Cited list at the end of the slides.
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Incorporate your personal experience in some way. This speech should demonstrate and articulate your unique point of view.
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Your presentation should weave in research.
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You need at least 3 sources and 1 needs to be a scholarly source. You are using these sources to support your ideas, so the dominant voice should be your own!
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You need to address what’s at stake in your topic and why your audience–or your classmates–should care.
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Incorporate rhetorical strategies of Ethos, Pathos, Logos.
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Description:
The “Why You Should Embrace Failing Forward: The Humorous and Empowering Path to Success” presentation is an engaging and insightful exploration of the power of failure as a catalyst for growth and achievement. Through a blend of humor and serious examples, this presentation aims to debunk the stigma surrounding failure and showcase its transformative potential. With a lighthearted approach, funny anecdotes of famous individuals’ failures will serve as inspiration, highlighting how failures can lead to eventual success.
The slides will effectively support the central claim by utilizing humorous cartoons, memes, and videos to underscore the importance of learning from mistakes and adopting a growth mindset. Additionally, the presentation will feature case studies of businesses that turned failures into opportunities for innovation and resilience, encouraging the audience to embrace failing forward as an empowering strategy.
Throughout the presentation, the emphasis on humor will create a positive and engaging atmosphere, allowing the audience to approach the topic of failure with a fresh perspective. By exploring the concept of failing forward in both a funny and serious manner, this presentation aims to inspire and motivate individuals to view failures as stepping stones on the path to success and personal growth.
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Use the pictures below, and feel free to add more pictures, add many as you want.