Despite only having seen one portion of her analysis of Greenpeace’s ad campaign during her elevator speech, Avery’s speech stood out for its thorough analysis and eloquent delivery. She undoubtedly maintained this quality in her full speech, and I’m even more impressed after hearing the full analysis.
Her introduction is engaging and relevant, connecting the image to Life360’s logo, effectively capturing the attention of her audience by finding a similarity that most people would miss. She then goes on to connect the campaign to commonplaces like the carbon footprint, which was the first thing that I thought of when I saw the ad; her invention, however, stood out when she connected the fingerprint to crime, highlighting how to ad makes us consider our actions as kinds of “crimes” against nature. She even connects it to the “digital footprint,” which is another modern and relevant take on the ad, and it makes perfect sense considering that young people are likely the target audience. Avery’s arrangement also stuck out to me, especially toward the end of the speech, when she tied her message back to the Life360 connection, allowing us to fully appreciate the ingenuity of that comparison. Her concluding line, which proposed that we are all responsible for protecting our collective “circle” (nature) was an impressive call to action and my favorite line in her speech.
Looking back on my speech after watching Avery’s, I noticed some similarities between our presentations, in addition to some parts about mine that I would change. I really liked her slideshow, and I think I would try to format mine using a couple more words on the slides like she did, as opposed to just images. I also think that her delivery was excellent, and she rarely paused or used filler words. I’m proud of the fact that I was able to keep a slow pace throughout my speech and maintain my vocabulary, just like Avery did, but looking back, I really like how confident and prepared she seemed. I would definitely work more on speaking so smoothly if I were to do it again. Finally, I loved the hand gestures that Avery used, and in the future, I will definitely try to incorporate more physical movements into my speech. I think that Avery’s speech was excellent from her delivery to her analysis, and I think that seeing someone else’s take on the assignment broadened my horizons in terms of my presentation.
I reviewed Avery’s elevator speech for a blog a few weeks ago. I thought it was really good and I’m glad her speech turned out well, too. Speaking smoothly is something I struggled with a little bit as well, so I’m glad to see I’m not the only one.
It was really cool for me to see the final product of Avery’s speech, as it feels like just yesterday, we were all commenting on her elevator pitch. You did a good job at pointing out that what made her speech so effective, was her ability to have the audience use their memory/experiences , to prove her point on environmental action. I think that just like Avery’s speech, your speech was also moving and well put together. Good job!
It seems like Avery’s speech was very well done and was able to elaborate on the ideas presented in her elevator speech that everybody was able to relate to, and even bring up some new commonplaces that nobody had really even thought of before. It’s great being able to look at everybody else’s speeches and take away those things that you might have missed from your own, which you can then incorporate into your next speech. Great reflection piece on Avery’s and your own speech.