The first TED Talk I watched was How To Live Passionately—No Matter Your Age. The speaker was a 71 year old spanish woman, which made me a little skeptical at first, but the moment she had the floor she made a joke about her old age, and the impact it has had on her body (wrinkles, sagging, etc.). She made a lot of hand gestures and had fluency eye contact. However, her voice was a little softer, which made me feel like she wasn't living quite as passionately as she says she is. 

     The next TED Talk I watched was from a female, Australian singer with a stutter, entitled Why I Live In Mortal Dread Of Public Speaking. She talked about how her stutter made her hate speaking, and some of the treatment she has undergone as a child to aid her stutter. However, she read her speech mostly off her iPhone, which forced a lake of eye contact. Also her body language screamed ‘guarded’ and ‘closed’ because her arms were tucked in at her sides, her shoulders shrugged, and she swayed nearly the entire speech. 

     The last TED Talk I watched was How Movies Teach Manhood, which was presented by a middle-aged man with two children: a daughter and son. He was more or less the best of the three speakers because he spoke loudly and clearly, his hand gestures were very natural and fluid, and he had good posture. His point was clearly understood because I wasn't so focused on criticizing what his body and voice were doing, so I could really focus on what he was saying.