You can read many more speaker tips in our comprehensive TEDx Speaker Guide (PDF).īut perhaps the biggest do: Be willing to laugh at yourself and learn. This section of the Blog of APA is designed to share pedagogical approaches to using humorous video clips for teaching philosophy. And of course: Don’t offer up purely anecdotal evidence. You might think that if you had someone who loved you, your life would be a lot better. Don’t talk about your talk, introduce too much specialized vocabulary, fail to admit controversy, or paint a picture that’s either too utopian or too dystopian. You feel lonely and believe you’ll never find a loving partner. Some other what-not-to-dos represented in these spoofs: don’t whisper, don’t nervously pace, watch the “jazz hands,” and don’t cling to your props for dear life. PARADIGM SHIFT: Develop a successful mindset, shift your paradigms, build your self-image and rewrite your unconscious and subconscious mind for wealth. But this talk hits a bigger speed-bump when the speaker says of his invention, “In a few years, there’s no question will transform our lives.” This kind of big promise just raises skepticism and smacks of inauthenticity. The reason for the microphone: so you can talk normally, as if you’re having an engaged conversation with a friend. The lessons: Don’t yell, and definitely don’t over-promise.Įvery now and then, a speaker strides on the stage and uses a forceful tone that leaves the audience … disconcerted. The spoof: Onion Talks: Loudness Equals Power As hilarious as this video is, “SoHobo” reminds us a bit of Derelicte.) (A sub-lesson for this spoof: Don’t steal ideas from Zoolander. The major assumptions of the paradigm shift theory include: Changes are inevitable as the world is not static, the consequences of the paradigm shift can be good or bad depending on how the.
Our motto, which I just made up: Say it, don’t display it. In general, we ask speakers to use as little text as possible on their slides, and to be especially wary of unnecessary bulleted lists. So if you type it in your slide, people aren’t fully paying attention when you say it. The lesson: Don’t do that thing where a bulleted list appears on your slides just as you say the very same words.ĭuring a talk, the audience processes what they see on a slide and what they’re hearing in two separate channels. Know your talk forwards and backwards to the point where the flow of words becomes second nature. The only way to fight the feeling: practice, practice, practice. (Watch the TED-Ed lesson “The Science of Stage Fright” to see how it isn’t so much a mental challenge to be overcome, as a physical reaction to be adapted to.) But walking onstage drunk or high, or overeating from the snack table backstage, is not how you conquer your nerves. It’s completely natural to be nervous before speaking in public. The lesson: Neither mind-altering substance, nor the munchies, will help you feel more prepared to give your talk.
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