How to Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World's Most Inspiring Presentations, Revised and Expanded New Edition
- 3h 6m
- Jeremey Donovan
- McGraw-Hill
- 2014
DELIVER THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR LIFE--AND LAUNCH YOUR CAREER
A nonprofit dedicated to ideas worth spreading, TED challenges the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers to give "the speech of their lives" in 18 minutes or less. The more than 14,000 talks on TED.com have been viewed over 1 billion times and include those by such luminaries as Tony Robbins, Dan Pink, and Sheryl Sandberg.
Now you can learn how to give a TED-style talk to achieve your personal and business goals.
How to Deliver a TED Talk provides more than 100 invaluable tips--everything from opening with an explicit statement of audience benefits to framing your idea as an action-outcome response to a question worth asking. Whether you're presenting to an audience of 1 or 1,000, this book is an indispensable resource for any public speaker.
About the Author
JEREMEY DONOVAN is a TEDx organizer and speaker. He serves as group vice president of marketing at Gartner, Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory company with $1.6 billion in annual revenue.
In this Book
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How to Deliver a TED Talk—Secrets of the World’s Most Inspiring Presentations, Revised and Expanded New Edition
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Foreword
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Introduction—Confessions of a TED Talk Addict
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Choosing an Idea Worth Spreading
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Organizing Your Talk
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Telling Your Story
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Crafting Your Catchphrase
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Opening Your Talk
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Transitioning Between Parts of Your Talk
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Concluding Your Talk
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Projecting Emotion
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Enhancing Your Language
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Adding Humor
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Mastering Your Verbal Delivery
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Managing Your Nonverbal Delivery
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Moving Around the Stage
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Creating Inspiring Slides
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Using Video Effectively
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Using Props
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Using a Lectern
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Dressing for Success on Stage
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Getting Selected to Give a TED Talk
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Preparing Without Fear
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Being Introduced Effectively
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Helping Your TED Video Go Viral
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Stop Reading and Start Speaking
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Afterword
