Godin Vs. Shirky

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Listening and watching both the Godin speech and Shirky speech, I noticed a couple of significant differences between the two speakers. Along with those differences, I noticed a couple of similarities. Godin and Shirky were both aiming towards the same goal; try to persuade the audience towards their specific means. What I mean by this is that, for example, Shirky was trying to have his listeners not only understand the powerfulness of the internet, but also understand how it is evolving. He wanted his people to understand how important the amount of information and swiftness of that information gets to certain groups or individuals. Godin had that same type of speech, but was going in a different direction. He wanted people to understand the importance of the internet and other forms of communication, but along with the communicating, he wanted to have people understand the importance of tribes or groups.

Both of the speakers did a good job in communicating their beliefs to their audience. Godin took a more humorous path, while Shirky used more of a scenario and real-life situation path. Godins' speech, to me, was more catchy than Shiky's simply due to the humor. Although Shirky did put in a couple funny comments in his speech, he did however grab his audience by giving specific examples from real life situations. Both were effective methods to have their audiences harnessed in with attention. And both speakers did a good job with presenting their information.