Julia Sweeney performs the first 15 minutes of a monologue entitled `Letting go of God'. I didn't really enjoy this TED talk. Well, it was fine... but I guess I didn't know it was a monologue until afterwards. It is amazing how you can tell the difference between a performed monologue and someone doing a normal presentation.
We all know that `presentation voice', where peoples voice actually changes a little when they do public speaking. You notice that a little... but I think it just looks performed/scripted as opposed to natural.
In Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds talks about how we actually respond/listen to someone who speaks in a conversational voice. We are somehow able to pick up the subtle difference. We naturally listen more attentively to a conversational voice, because normally in a conversation you are involved, and it is a dialogue... so you are just naturally tuned in.
That being said, what she had to say is something that probably needs to be said. It is also the kind of stuff that will upset some people.
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