This is a short speech by a man called Graham HIll that I really enjoyed watching. It’s titled “Why I’m a weekday vegetarian” and he talks about the circumstances of becoming a vegetarian and how it’s not so easy to transition to a meat-free diet when we live in a carnivorous culture. So he came up with a plan called Week Day Veg. Instead of being a vegetarian seven days a week, he’s one for five days. He explains it as “Nothing with a face Monday to Friday and on the weekend, your choice.” As a speaker, you have to keep the attention of the entire audience and especially with a topic concerning vegetarianism, a speaker has to be delicate in the way he delivers the speech. Some people immediately shy away from the thought of giving up meat once the conversation has started. But in this case, Graham Hill isn’t an extreme animal rights activist that tried to get the audience to turn full vegetarian. Instead, he gave the audience options that still worked in helping the cause. He didn’t discourage or scare the audience into making them feel bad about eating meat. He made them laugh and most importantly made them think. He kept their attention by explaining the benefits of reducing meat in your diet, benefits not just for the individual but for the animals and the environment as well. I liked how he kept his speech to the point and it could have been longer but it didn’t have to be.  I think he did a great job at creating an impact because he proposed a balance. I personally don’t eat meat but I think in today’s society for everyone to become a vegetarian is unrealistic but to balance your meat intake is possible and Hill took advantage of this point and delivered it well in this video.

Video: http://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian.html