RON FINLEY:A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA

His talk is about his story of growing up in South Central LA and seeing the limited options

Of quality healthy foods available. So he began using vacant lots and patches of grass to

Grow gardens all throughout the city. Through that he was able to start his organization

To educate people on the importance of growing your own crops.

To capture the attention of the audience he painted a picture of

what his community wasLike prior to his gardening program.

AND THE LIMITED OPTIONS OF AVAILBLE

FOOD. MAINLY UNHEALTHY FAST

FOOD OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE

Ron’s PLAN

As a speaker Ron scores a 5 for Dynamism as he used some really

Useful statistics to maintain the engagement of the of the

Audience.

He stated that in South Central alone there are enough vacant

Lots combined to equal….

26 CENTRAL PARKS

HE ALSO PRESENTED THE CHALLEGE OF GETTING INVOLVED…

AND ALSO SPOKE ON THE BENEFITS HIS COMMUNITY

HAS SEENSINCE THE

COMMENCEMENT OF HIS ORG.

Ron Finley conveyed his message inA very powerful way. He did so as Nancy Duarte tips, to tell it through A story.

Ron didn’t depend solely on statisticsAnd dry facts, he let the audience Into his world with his story of being Father and active member of the South Central community. Doing so,He was able to really make the facts Stick out, because he made his storySo RELATIBLE.

From watching Ron Finley’s speech,I have learned the importance of Being confortable with myself. RonSeemed to have mastered the art ofConveying his message with few to noStuttering, “ums”, or “uhs”. I have This is one of the keys to presenting Something and not letting thoseThings subtract from the actualInformation.

The very first apparent difference I notice between Sir Ken Robinson and Ron Finley wasThe difference between the cadence of the two speakers. Sir Ken had a fast pace banter styleOf speaking which worked well withHis accent. While Finley presentedA smoother slower pace speechThat added an interesting tone to His story.

Something both gentlemen did very well equally is maintainThe interest of the audience by making jokes and telling funny

stories to keep the crowd laughing. It Help me stay pinned to each talk

as I craved for the info becausethe heaviest of topics were mademore digestible.

Advice I have for my classmates, is not to lose sight of what you have to say worrying aboutIf people will like what you will say. If you don’t doubt yourself, few others with find reasonTo do so.

RON FINLEY:A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA