Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Stage Fright

Preparing for my TEDx talk in Delhi next week, and reading the TED Commandments that the organizer just emailed over. The top four:

1) Dream big. Strive to create the best talk you have ever given. Reveal something never seen before. Do something the audience will remember forever. Share an idea that could change the world.

2) Show us the real you. Share your passions, your dreams... and also your fears. Be vulnerable. Speak of failure as well as success.

3) Make the complex plain. Don't try to dazzle intellectually. Don't speak in abstractions. Explain! Give examples. Tell stories. Be specific.

4) Connect with people's emotions. Make us laugh! Make us cry!

Umm.... if I wasn't nervous before, I certainly am now! Looks like I should get started...

No comments:

Post a Comment