On June 6th,2010, Brene Brown gave a speech on ‘The Power of Vulnerability at TEDx

Houston at 7:00 pm and lasted for 30 minutes. The main audience was the youth, residents,

and some senior citizens with their families.

I never heard about the speaker before, and no one suggested anything about her

speeches. One day I was looking at the TEDx website and I got my attention on the topic

called ‘The Power of Vulnerability. The speaker was introduced before the speech began.

Mrs. Brown has a Ph.D. in Philosophy, and she is a vulnerability researcher and storyteller.

The way the speaker introduced herself as to why she is known as a storyteller instead of the

researcher and what topics she was going to cover seemed very enthusiastic and funny which

made her more attractive and communicative.

In the introduction of the speech, she used a picture quote that stated, ‘If you cannot

measure it, it does not exist, further explaining that the code to vulnerability is to see and lean

into the discomfort of people which was clearly stated. At the same time, she did not dispose

the audience to any favor towards her.

There were three main points she focused on, Connection, Worthiness, and Courage

which she collectively defined in a Topical organizational pattern as the ability to connect,

sense of worthiness, and compassion of courage respectively. These points were cleared

more as she used shame and fear as great convincing supporting material which is adequately

relevant. Though her source of citations was solely based on her work experience.
 After hearing her entire speech one can easily conclude that a conversation is more

effective when one understands the worth and importance of the speaker at the same time

persuade with love. The whole speech was informative as well as persuasive as she used

appropriate eye contact, vocality, and gesture. Though there were some aspects in her

delivery of speech that were weak such as she did not clear all the main points with an

incomplete explanation.

My overall impression of the speaker was amazing as she made me realize the

importance of vulnerability. In my opinion, I would rate her A (5) for her speech.

Brown, B. (June 6th, 2010). The Power of Vulnerability [Video]. TED Conferences:

https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?

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