Rob's Speech

Alright...so I attended the speech that Rob gave this afternoon. I was expecting refreshments, but those weren't there, so I decided to focus on the speech instead. It was a good one! He only appeared nervous before he started speaking, but once he began, you could tell that it was a subject that he was passionate about and interested in. The speech began with introducing what "arkay" was and how it came to be. Overall, it was his dissertation from school, and it was a combination of theology, philosophy, and media. Rob talked about the school that he attended in the Swiss Alps, which was really interesting to hear. The student to teacher ratio was about 14:1, and his favorite teacher was Giorgio Agamben. 
After the introduction, Rob went on to talk about the movement of media, and how it is progressing. Quite honestly, he lost me for a bit when he was talking about the pictures with all of the wonky lines...no idea what was going on there. Refreshments arrived at 4:10, but I did not get up to get any because I didn't want to be "that girl". The scientific aspect that I found the most interesting was actually the condom research. Bill Gates has an idea going to make condoms from this new carbon based "wonder material". The condoms made will be cheaper and more effective so that global usage becomes more world wide and more frequently. 
From that point on- Rob went into the concept of "printing" people and other 4-D aspects of our reality life. I have come to the conclusion that I don't care if it is printed or not, I would definitely eat that pizza. No doubts about it!

A Few Notes...
-The guy sitting in front of me was thoroughly annoying me. He wouldn't sit still and kept turning around...I was slightly distracted by him.
-Now that I think about it, I should have grabbed some cheese cubes for the way home.
-I was stuck in traffic for an hour trying to get home to Superior. I think I should get some extra credit for that or something...

Quotes I Enjoyed...
"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on." -William S. Burroughs
"These days, tales of what Facebook did with its users during the singularity are commonly used to scare naughty children in Wales." -Cory Doctorow
"Just put some A1 on it. We printed the A1 also." -Rob Larson

TED Speech

Joshua Walters

-2011

-This man is a performer...

-Also has been diagnosed as Bipolar

-It feeds his entertaining skills

-His breakthrough episode was when he thought he was actually Jesus

-Sent to a psyche ward

-He has some of the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen.

-Learned to embrace his mental skillness

-Hypomania, engine out of control

-Just be manic enough, so that investors looking at you, want you.

-Maybe no one is really crazy, maybe everyone is just a little bit mad...

-How mad you are depends on how lucky you are.

Henry Evans

-Grew up near St. Louis

-Had 6 siblings

-After high school, he went to Notre Dame 

-Married his high school sweetheart

-Had 4 kids

-Became paralyzed after a stroke

-Became fascinated with technology to help those severely disabled

-Can use a computer with slight head movements

-Your disability doesn't make you any less of a person

-"Check out my sweet ride"

-Henry fully embraced his disability, and turned his life back into something worth living.

-Technology to fly an air drone from 3000 miles away.

-This drone can communicate through motions.

-Advanced technology can provide life.

-Never give up. When life gives you lemons, turn it into something worth while!

The Love Project

Rob Speaks Friday-Let's Prepare!

Here are some things that we can all do to prepare for our speeches! POW!
-Practice
-Having water available supposedly makes you look more professional while speaking.
-Rob will also have mints so that he doesn't stink while talking to people after the speech.
-He will also have a tie on-to keep it classy
We will know it is just "Tom Foolery", but to the real world, it will appear confident.
-Have an outline
-It is acceptable to sit down during a speech if you are speaking for more than 10 minutes
-Scope out the room, and know who your audience is

SIDENOTE: Rob seriously contemplated wearing his clown nose. This isn't looking so good...

ON FRIDAY! 
If we go to Rob's speech, we get 25 XP.
If we write a critical analysis about the speech on our blog, we get 50 XP.
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At 3:40, get there at 3:30!

Rob likes to drink coffee before he speaks, because "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"-Rob because if you're nervous, you can at least be jacked up and ready! 

Realistically, if he brought his little baby Ruth with, he would have a lot more people at the speech.

It is okay to be nervous, and chances are you will probably forget all of the preparation steps that we have learned, but hopefully, you have enough knowledge to just wing it.

$1,000,000 Idea Speech: Sources Cited

EXERCISE FIVE: SOURCES CITED

Works Cited

"About St. Jude Children's Research Hospital." Pediatric Cancer Genome Project. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2013.

"Danny Thomas Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2013.

"Patient and Artist Quotes." Stjude.org. St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2013.

"Quick Facts about St. Jude." Stjude.org. St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: A Place for Miracles. Fox News. Fox News Network, 29 Nov. 2013. Web. 03 Dec. 2013

$1,000,000 Idea Speech: Speech Outline

EXERCISE THREE: SPEECH OUTLINE

 

Introduction: Introduce the topic, and explain what you will be telling the audience.

A.      Briefly explain the inspiration behind choosing the topic.

B.      Give background information on St. Jude’s.

C.      Present the thesis. Tell the audience what you will be discussing during the presentation. Give 3-5 reasons as to why the million dollars should be given to St. Jude’s.

 

Body: Go into detail of the main points of the speech.

A.      Families do not pay a single cent to St. Jude’s for treatment and care of their child.

a.       81 cents of every dollar goes directly towards treatment and research

b.      St. Jude’s costs 1.8 million dollars to open daily

c.       Donations are the primary financial staple

d.      St. Jude’s treats 260 child patients each day

B.      St. Jude’s protocols have increased childhood survival rates in terminally ill patients from 20% in 1962 to at least 80% today

a.       St. Jude’s is continually improving research and methods

b.      Incredible staff (list a few doctors-Nobel prize)

C.      Personal Experience

a.       Currently going to school for Biology, in preparation for Medical School

b.      Ideally, I would love to go into pediatric oncology-which is specifically treating child cancer patients

c.       Have lost family members to cancer, and it truly a heartbreaking experience. No parent or family should go through the loss of a child to terminal illness. St. Jude’s is constantly developing new techniques with intention of ridding these diseases in full

 

Conclusion: Tell the audience again why St. Jude’s is deserving of the one million dollars. End with quote from Danny Thomas. “All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1,000,000 Idea Speech: Background Information

EXERCISE TWO: BACKGROUND INFORMATION

 

            Saving a child’s life is worth far more than one million dollars, and by donating to the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Edina, Minnesota, I can be doing just that. St. Jude’s is a non-profit hospital that never charges a family for the care and treatment of a sick child. With that in mind, the hospital costs 1.8 million dollars to open and run every single day. Without public donations, St. Jude’s would not be possible. I have witnessed many cases of cancer in my family and with family friends. Seeing how painful the disease is, both physical and mentally, absolutely breaks my heart. No human, let alone a child, should have to endure cancer, and with progress by St. Jude’s, the survival rate in children with various forms of cancer has increased drastically through advanced research and treatment. This treatment is possible with donations. For every dollar given to St. Jude’s, 81 cents is donated to treatment and research for patients, which is why I would donate the entire sum to St. Jude’s.

            St. Jude’s has some of the top medical doctors in the United States working to progress research in childhood illnesses. Dr. Peter Doherty, an immunologist at St. Jude’s won the Nobel Prize in 1996 for development and understanding of viral infection and cancer treatments.  Aside from cancer, St. Jude’s is also treating childhood AIDS, and was the first institution to develop a cure for sickle cell disease via bone marrow transplant. The money I would be donating would be going into the hands of world-renowned doctors that have powerful capabilities in healing children. Knowing that St. Jude’s would be enabling children to survive these terrible diseases is reason enough to donate to their cause.

            I have never wanted to do anything more than to be a doctor. One of my main interests is oncology, which is the treatment and research of cancer. Having experienced that damage that cancer can do to people you love, it is important for me to make a career that can help people, and possibly save cancer patients. Cancer and other terminal illnesses are both aspects we may not be able to control getting; however, with development and research, they are becoming things we can slow down or terminate all together.  With continuous donations, I have full confidence that St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital can progress their research and advance their survival rates to even higher percentages in the years to come. While treating 260 patients each day, St. Jude’s is developing and progressing every day in hopes of ridding childhood cancer and catastrophic illnesses all together.

            There may be nothing more heart breaking than witnessing a child fighting a terminal disease, and as of today, there is not a full blown cure or prevention for these illnesses, and St. Jude’s wants to change that. Donating one million dollars to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital would not only be contributing to a phenomenal cause, it would be fueling a passion of mine, one that can save people’s lives. In a career, I have never wanted anything more than to help people, and I know by donating to St. Jude’s it could be a beginning to a wonderfully rewarding career.