Month: November 2019

The TED talk that I watched was on the Illuminati. The Illuminati is something that has been around for a long time and is still allegedly going on in today’s society. This talk basically just went over the history of the Illuminati and where it originated from.

Some important ideas I took from this speech is when the Illuminati started which was in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt. He was a church professor that was  stressed out about the ideologies of churches back then. He then took his ideas and views and started a secret society now known as the Illuminati.

He started this based off a group called the Freemasons and recruited people off of their high rankings in that group. This group was also based on people with wealth and class. Many believed these societies tried to undermine religions, but the main idea if this group was just to keep religion away from governance. Right when this group had a strong influence on the government, all societies were banned. Today, there are still theories and multiple conspiracies that people of high social status especially in the music industry are still involved in the Illuminati.

In this talk the speaker has great transition and a great flow while speaking. He is very clear and you can understand what he is talking about. The pictures go along with what he is saying as well and are visually clear.

Link to TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/chip_berlet_are_the_illuminati_real/transcript

This speech is given by Mitzchilouise S. Baylosis. She was a finalist from from Batasan Hills High School. This speech is for the extemporaneous speech contest.

I feel she did a great job on this speech for not using any notes or text. The speech was well delivered. She didn’t have her head down or was not looking around, her eye contact was always towards the audience. For being as small as she is, she also projected her voice and made it sound loud and clear. She did not stumble or mess up any words which again I think is amazing for not even using note cards or any sources. She also did not look stiff at all using hand gestures as a sense of engagement.

The speech really hits home on the persuasive appeals, though. She is told to convince the audience to watch her favorite movie or T.V show. She picks the movie that is the most emotional  and appeals to the senses. The plot of the movie she picks is about a young boy with disabilities, but who loves to draw and is very good at. But she explains how society and his parents doubted him because of his disabilities and his inability to be normal. She then say “just like we need senators, and a president, we need those kind of people in this world.” This then makes people actually think about what she is saying and relate it back to politics and how their life would be different without it. It also forces them to put themselves in someone else’s shoes and show empathy. I think this speech was very well given.