4. Grabbing the Audience’s
Attention
David starts of his speech with a question that
strikes attention: “Do any of you have a family
member who has a mental illness”, then softens his
discussion with an appropriate joke about studying
fruit flies and using that research to treat humans.
5. David discusses the importance of finding the
real source behind a mental illness as opposed
to just shoving Ritalin down your throat. He uses
the analogy of changing car oil by opening a can
and dumping the oil all over the engine block.
Some of the oil will fall where it’s supposed to but
most of it is just go go where it’s not supposed to.
