Tina Fey, the award-winning comedian and beloved creator of classics like 30 Rock, takes center stage with her insightful breakdown of her acceptance speech for the Mark Twain Prize. The conversation dives into her masterful blend of humor and sincerity, illustrating how she gracefully addresses tension while honoring those who paved the way for her career. Hosts explore the art of relatable storytelling and audience engagement, making it clear that a great acceptance speech is as much about gratitude as it is about entertaining.
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Context Matters
Consider the context of the speech, like the award and audience.
Balance graciousness with humor, especially in an award acceptance speech.
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Evolving Acceptability
Mark Twain's work, while celebrated, contains racist elements that are unacceptable today.
Content acceptability changes over time, so what's acceptable now might be viewed differently in the future.
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Women in Comedy
Tina Fey, a successful comedian, faced challenges as a woman in comedy.
She's considered a pioneer alongside others like Ellen DeGeneres.
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This adaptation of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by Joanne Suter retains the core elements of Mark Twain's original story while making it more approachable for students. The book follows Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim as they embark on a journey down the Mississippi River, confronting various challenges and social issues of pre-Civil War America. The adaptation includes eight pages of end-of-book activities to enhance the reading experience and facilitate learning.
Double digits! For episode ten of The Presentation Boss Podcast, it's another speech breakdown! Your hosts Kate and Thomas are experienced not only as speakers, but as presentation coaches. They love finding the strengths and weaknesses in a presentation and explaining why they work or need to be considered. Here's one of Kate's favourite speeches.
Kate has picked an industry award acceptance speech; Tina Fey and the Mark Twain Prize for American Comedy. Prepare for some laughs and to hear some great examples of audience focus, expression of personality and a few squeaks from Kate's baby in the background. He gets quite vocal toward the end!
What You'll Learn
• One of the greatest investments to become a great public speaker
• What an acceptance speech needs to achieve
• How humour can emphasise the importance of message
• How to acknowledge tension and controversy with grace and humour
• The various ways you can thank or recognise people that is enjoyable for the whole audience
• How to be relatable by including yourself in the audience
• The way to use a story to collapse time, condense details and inform of growth
• How to begin writing an award acceptance speech
Mentioned In The Show
• Tina Fey | 2010 Mark Twain Prize for American Comedy Acceptance Speech:
https://www.pbs.org/mark-twain-prize/shows/2010-show-tina-fey/
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• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/
• Email us! podcast@presentationboss.com.au
Quotes From This Episode
• "It's quite customary to thank the people who have helped get you there"
• "She's expected to do something a little more interesting"
• "And everyone in this room in particular would understand that"
• "It just shows how you can be sincere and gracious and thankful while being humorous and interesting"
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