TED TALKS: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking - Hardcover

Anderson, Chris J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1443442992 ISBN 13: 9781443442992

Publisher: Collins, 2016

Synopsis

The inside secrets to giving a first-class presentation from the man who put TED talks on the world’s stage

Amid today’s proliferating channels of instant communication, one singular skill has emerged as the most essential way to communicate - a brief, polished, live-audience video talk. Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has tapped the world’s most brilliant individuals to share their expertise. Anderson discovered early on that the key to getting an audience to sit up and pay attention is to condense a presentation into 18 minutes or less, and to heighten its impact with a powerful narrative. In other words, to tell a terrific story.

TED Talks is chock full of personal presentation suggestions from such TED notables as Sir Ken Robinson, Mary Roach, Amy Cuddy , Bill Gates, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dan Gilbert Matt Ridley, and dozens more - everything from how to distill your speech’s content to what you should wear on stage. This is lively, fun read with great practical application from the man who knows what goes into a great speech. In TED Talks, Anderson pulls back the TED curtain for anyone who wants to learn from the world’s best on how to prepare a top-notch presentation.

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About the Author

Chris Anderson is the curator of TED. Trained as a journalist after graduating from Oxford University, Anderson launched a number of successful magazines before his attention to TED, which he and his nonprofit acquired in 2001. His TED mantra, “ideas worth spreading”, continues to blossom on an international scale. He lives with his family in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1443442992
• ISBN 13: 9781443442992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288