Rachel Eschner – Motivational Video – Class 1 – Motivation – Module 3

I choose Amy Purdy as my motivational speaker because she went through a major setback in life but that did not keep her from accomplishing major things.

When Amy was younger she always wanted to live where is snowed. When she graduated high school she moved to a place where it snowed so she could snowboard. She also became a massage therapist

One night she felt sick almost like the flu and she was suddenly put in the hospital and was on life support. They told her she had a 2% chance of living.

She was later diagnosed with what is called bacterial meningitis. She lost her spleen, kidneys, hearing in her left ear as well as both of her legs below her left knee.

At first she was discouraged and though that her prosthetic legs were awful and thought to herself how will I ever travel the world again. She started to look at the positive side of things. She thought to herself, she can make herself any height she wants to be, and she can buy any pari of shoes in the sale section

She deiced to not let this ruin her life. She started to snowboard again, she went back to school , and went back to work. She even cofounded a nonprofit organization for youth and young adults with physical disabilities. She also received two back to back gold world cup medals in snowboarding.

The audio quality of this speech was very good and I could hear Amy talking very clearly and loudly! The intended audience of her video is for everyone, I believe that anyone can take away from this. She is living proof that there is no excuse to give up, and to fight through your setbacks in life. In terms of pattern of speech in this Ted Talk, Amy began with talking about her life as a kid and guided us through her life and how her sickness gave he setbacks and she continued to talk about how she overachieved them and what she is doing today.

Here is the motivational video I made! I used Amys Ted Talk and photos and videos that resemble motivation. I also added in music to go along with it!

I learned a lot doing this project! I learned how to use garage band for my first time! My friend who is experienced with it taught me! I also learned how to download just audio from a video. It was fun putting the audio together with the video and pictures as well to complete the full video!

For more information on Amy Purdy here is a website that describes it!

I think that Amy Purdy can teach anyone that you can overcome your obstacles and to not let anything be in your way. At first she was discouraged but decided to not let losing her legs ruin her life and look at the bright side of things. She went back to snowboarding then she went back to work and then she went back to school. She even won two medals for snowboarding.