From a young age, he’d been interested in electronics, teaching himself by, for example, taking apart his parents’ radio. Richard had noticed that placing lamps in a field didn’t deter lion attacks, but when he walked the field with a torch, the lions stayed away. His family raises livestock on the edge of a vast national park, and one of the biggest challenges is protecting the animals from lions-especially at night.

Instead, keep working until you have an idea that’s worth sharing.Ī little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. So if your thinking is not there yet, he advises, decline that invitation to speak. In fact, it’s fairly easy to “coach out” the problems in a talk, but there’s no way to “coach in” the basic story-the presenter has to have the raw material.

Put it together (play to your strengths and be authentic).Īccording to Anderson, presentations rise or fall on the quality of the idea, the narrative, and the passion of the speaker.

Plan the multimedia (whatever you do, don’t read from PowerPoint slides).

Work on stage presence (but remember that your story matters more than how you stand or whether you’re visibly nervous).

Plan your delivery (decide whether to memorize your speech word for word or develop bullet points and then rehearse it-over and over).

Frame your story (figure out where to start and where to end).

In this article, Anderson, TED’s curator, shares five keys to great presentations: For more than 30 years, the TED conference series has presented enlightening talks that people enjoy watching.

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