May 12, 2009
Making TED-style Presentations

Presentation Zen: Making presentations in the TED style

The TED Commandments:

# Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick.
# Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before.
# Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion.
# Thou Shalt Tell a Story.
# Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy.
# Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.
# Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desperate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
# Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
# Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
# Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee.

Posted by Dave at May 12, 2009 03:52 PM