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Megan Washington starts her ted with a personal revelation, “I have a problem”. This statement immediately establishes  a connection with her audience because everyone can relate to having a problem. As she dives deeper enhancing said connection  even further by letting them into a little but enormous and important part of her world; life with a speech impediment. She recounts  how this impairment has shaped her life and how she ended up embracing the stutter. despite her challenges, her ability to make a profound connection, makes and amazing public speaker. Not only that but she continues to inspire her audience by singing a graceful and angelic song. It is this little piece of herself she shares with the audience , making a deep connection with the audience that make her a great public speaker.

- Mahimn

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Throughout the Ted Talk, Megan did not let her stutter alter her ability to publicly speak. She constantly engaged with her audience, maintained eye contact and embraced her stutter. Megan maintained eye contact periodically. This is a factor that makes me believe she is a good public speaker. She also showed confidence when speaking about her stutter. Rather than seeing it as an obstacle, Megan jokes about it, easing up the audience. Her ease to make jokes and connect with the audience are also things that make her an effective speaker, even though she does not enjoy public speaking.
- Dyal

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Megan Washington emphasized on utilizing personal experiences and humor to create meaningful connections while captivating listeners. Megan mentioned she thought once she grew up her stutter would go away. However, eventually coming to the realization that it is something she has to live with, she adapted and embraced the situation. Despite her speech impediment, Megan carries herself in a confident manner and is an excellent public speaker. For instance, something that really stood out to me was the story she told about how someone she encountered with a stutter thought she was mocking him when pronouncing his name. This is because it portrayed the struggles she faces yet the approach was more comedic.
- Sia D

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She utilizises specific tatics such as singing and using other words so that she doesn't stutter. Which allows to communicate witht audience clearly. She also uses moments throughout her life to connect with the audience on a deeper level and maintain their attention such as when she were to other people with speech impairments. These moments clearly highlight how presentation can be manipulated into ways not only to suit you but the audience as well. To keep them engaged and listening.
-Jayden

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Ted Talk - Megan Washington, Story Selection 

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Ted Talk - Megan Washington, Story Selection 

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The story selection that Megan Washington used really helped captivate her audience to interact as she explained her experiences of living with a stutter and opened up about her own battle with the condition. Her presentation became more relatable to the audience as a result. Megan Washington emotionally involved the audience by sharing a personal experience. These stories not only enabled a deep connection with the audience but also emphasized the main point of her speech, which dealt with the fear and anxiety related to public speaking.

- Zaran I.

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Megan understood that what she goes through isn't a major problem in the world, that there are much worse things to focus on. She kept it real talking about she wants to use her own voice, and not sing her sentences, and she showed she cared about everyone that had to suffer through any problem. Overall, she used her empathy to  form a more human connection with the audience and everyone who would watch the video, for years to come.
-Gurshabd

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Megan Washington was able to use wits in order to connect to the audience. She did this through the use of personal stories and telling them in a humorous way. This includes her stuttering significant other and “Seve”. Through this, she could connect to the audience despite her speech impediment. Thus, being able to communicate a very enticing Ted talk.

Yousef M

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When Megan first addressed the audience, she let them know that she had a stutter. She then proceeded to talk and engage confidently with the audience despite her stutter. She was clear, well spoken, and if she got stuck on a sentences or word, she quickly recovered without drawing attention to herself. Her speech had a good contrast of serious topics and fun ones. She was entertaining the entire time and spoke in a way that kept the audiences' attention.
-Taelor

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The communication underlay with a given speech impediment only furthers the well-spoken conveyed importance of a confident public speaker. Washington overviews her past concepts of adulting that with time, the in-significance of her stutter would perish. She speaks of her belonging to the public speaking industry, where she relieves the indictment of speech impediment to enlighten the confidence in her true tones. The ability to continue expressing her sincere works to minimize her stutter through years of speech therapy connects an emotional reliance on the audience' crucial for worthwhile speaking. The message delivered by an uplifting representative for the stuttering community ultimately succeeds her as an effective presenter.
- Salisa

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In this Ted Talk, the main speaker - Megan Washington talked about her experiences of having a stutter throughout her life. One thing that made her an effective public speaker was how she related her topics back to the audience and engaged with them. Although she had a speech impairment, Megan told stories from when she was younger and related her talk to real life events that she has faced like meeting with another person who had a stutter. This highlighted the way that Megan viewed simple topics such as meeting someone new, and how it differentiates from someone who does not have a stutter. This tactic allowed her to keep the audience engaged while also making her an effective public speaker.
- Ananya

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Throughout the Ted Talk you can see Megan Washington is confident in herself as she tries to embrace her stutter rather than see it is a difficulty. In one part of the video Meghan states how she thought her stutter would go away as she got older but now that she is older she came to a realization that it would not go away. Knowing this Meghan shows that she has learned to accept her stutter and found ways to cope with it as she speaks loud, confidently and with a sincere tone.  Due to her embracing her stutter it is visible that she is more confident in herself to speak in front of a large public audience.

-Aadi A

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In the TedTalk, Megan Washington used her stutter as her strength. She explained her weakness in a humorous way, which engaged the audience. Her voice was powerful and projected straightforwardly, which helped the audience understand and connect to the topic.
- Kalgi

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Megan's Ted Talk accomplished a lot of things correctly despite her stutter.  Her ability to use her stutter to connect with the audience by outlining her daily problems stood out to me as a particular aspect of her Ted Talk. She talks about how difficult it is for her to say someone is name in comparison to us in this highly motivating speech, and the audience is then allowed to reflect and contrast their own lives with Megan's with the difficulties she deals with every day.
-Armaan J

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Many people would consider a stutter as a weakness and rather make fun of it. Yet she takes this as a chance to use it as a strength by not being afraid or panicking by it. In her talk she uses her stutter to make the audience laugh and to further engage them to make it an effective ted talk.

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The speakers personal anecdotes allow for a connection with the audience to better help them understand the point. Also, even though she had a stutter that impacted her speech, she remained confident through out her speech and her song. She did not allow the stutter to hold her back and limit her capabilities. - Yuvraj

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The audience can tell that Megan Washington is speaking from the heart. Her tone of voice is very sincere, giving a sense of purpose to the speech. This is helpful in gaining the interest of the audience, and adding depth to what she is saying. Her voice is passionate, rather than passive, which is very engaging. Additionally, her use of personal anecdotes is effective. She told personal stories that were quite meaningful. Therefore, Megan Washington's sincerity and passion for her topic made her speech shine.

- Rosanna

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Mehgan Washington captivated her audience's attention with her phenomenal use of interaction. By using jokes and anecdotes throughout the presentation, she thoroughly engaged her audience. She used jokes to keep the mood of the presentation light. An example of this could be when she told the joke about talking to another "Stutterer". This kept the audience entertained by keeping them in a humors mood. The second is with personal experiences, which helps the audience relate with Mehgan. a personal experience she mentions during the presentation is when she was introducing a band and she would stutter when saying the name "Steve", so she ended up saying "Seve" throughout the introducing. This helped the audience relate with her. In conclusion Mehgan Washington's use of anecdotes and humor helped captivate her audience despite her speech impediment. - Lakshay

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Makes an emotional connection with audience

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Makes an emotional connection with audience

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In this Ted Talk, the speaker talks to the audience about her experience with having a stutter throughout her life. By discussing how her stutter has impacted her life, she builds an emotional connection with the audience, arising interest in what she has to say.
- Dhyana