http://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence#t-23395
http://www.ted.com/talks/shubhendu_sharma_how_to_grow_a_tiny_forest_anywhere#t-13658
In the first speech by Clint Smith, who is a teacher himself, he does a phenomenal job with his speech about "The Danger Of Silence". During the speech, he utilizes his hands to help communicate with his audience. Instead of awkwardly swaying back and forth or standing there with his hands in his pockets, he uses his hands when he talks to help communicate and help express the points he is trying to make. Another one of the good qualities in his speech is that his eye contact throughout the entire speech is great. He makes eye contact with his audience, but at the same time he does not stay focused in on one individual for too long. By using his hands to communicate and having exceptional eye contact, Smith has a very good speech with a very little amount of mistakes. In the other video by Shubhendu Sharma, he does a very good job with his introduction and telling his audience a little bit about himself. By doing this he connects more with his audience and gets them to listen to his speech more. One minor flaw that I noticed in his speech was that at times he tended to talk rather fast and it almost seemed that some of his words were being tied together. It could just be the accent that Sharma had, but if he slowed his speech down just a tad it would have been a lot more effective. Sharma, just like Smith, also had very good eye contact in his speech which i believe is one of if not the most important factors in giving a well rounded speech. Making eye contact with people gets them t focus in on you more which then leads to them paying more attention to your speech and what it is you are trying to get across.
