Commencement Speech: Matt Damon

His humanitarian work demonstrates a high level of human consciousness and social action. Once Damon was focused on that, the first eight minutes of fawning to the MIT crowd and the pointless pandering ceased and Damon was in his element, in an area where he has made a difference, and he has even though in certain guest appearances he has starred in, he opts for a sense of humour rather than full-blooded seriousness, the kind we see in fervent activists. The House of Lies clip is a good example of Damon knowing when to laugh, and when to take life seriously. 

What is important here is noting the difference when he is laid back and not really caring what the audience think, to the complete opposite where he walks the walk that he talks.   Like any speech this commencement can be evaluated in the way Toastmaster members learn to evaluate.  At the Sheridan Club level a commencement speech is still a speech, so each club member can evaluate it as if they are evaluating a speech from one of the 15 advanced manual series anyone who is eligible to begin the advanced speaker series (bronze, silver and gold)

The advanced speech program is offered to those who complete a 10 speech program called Competent Communicator.  While none of the 15 manuals deal directly with how to deliver a commencement speech, there are elements found within them that can help, depending on the 6 manuals a club member chooses from any of these 15 advanced manual speech options.  Each manual consists of 10 speeches.