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 […]

Speaking Tips from TEDTalk #5: How to Live Before You Die (Steve Jobs)

TEDTalk Countdown: the #5 most-watched video on TED: Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University, 2005. Video. Transcript. The Big Idea: “Follow your heart.” The overall construct of the speech: Three stories which each make a point that support the overall big idea. Story 1: “Connecting the Dots” Jobs talks about dropping out of Reed […]