The Magic Box

Overall I really enjoyed J.J. Abrams magic box speech. I thought that he did a great job of using humor to keep his audience involved and interested, however he did it in such a way that it did not take away from the seriousness of the speech. Another thing that I liked about the presentation was how he used something small like the magic box as a visual, it was just enough to peak your interest and make you wonder if he was going to open it or not. His videos were also very good as they once again kept the audience interested but at the same time had relevance to the speech. With these good things in mind I do think he could have made the speech better by cutting down on his use of the word “um”. At the beginning of the speech he used the word continuously and it became very distracting, I will say however that once he got farther into the presentation and established a flow he used the word a little less. Another thing I would do differently if I was him was I would not have had a video playing while I was talking about something important this was distracting at times as your attention was on the video and not him. The main thing that I think can easily be transferred into the business world from Mr. Abrams presentation was his use of visual aids. In the business world it is important to have visual aids in your presentations so that your audience can better visualize what you are describing.