Speaking Tips from TEDTalk #2: How Great Leaders Inspire Action (Simon Sinek)

TEDTalk Countdown:  the #2 most-watched video on TED. Video and Transcript The Big Idea: People don’t buy what you do.  They buy why you do it. The overall construct of the speech:  Persuasive, using logic, research and anecdotes Not perfect: His opening rhetorical question took me off-track at the start. “How do you explain when things […]

Preview: Public Speaking Tips from the Top 10 TEDTalks

Short, but powerful talks.  Although typically fewer than 18 minutes long, TEDTalks pack a punch:  unique ideas presented with passion. Inspired by a recent NSA-MN Chapter meeting speaker, Hayley Foster, who spoke about creating TED-style talks (post here), I decided that I (and you) could probably learn some public speaking tips from TEDTalks.  For the […]