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Talk Like TED

The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

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Talk Like TED

By: Carmine Gallo
Narrated by: Carmine Gallo, Fred Berman, Kathleen McInerney
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Discover the secrets to a perfect TED Talk and learn how to deliver an exceptional presentation with internationally respected communications coach and Harvard University instructor, Carmine Gallo. With a new introduction from the author.

‘A smart, practical book that will teach you how to give a kick-butt presentation’ – Daniel H. Pink, No. 1 bestselling author of Drive and To Sell is Human

TED Talks have redefined the elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public speaking around the world. And yet the techniques that top TED speakers use are the same ones that will make any presentation more dynamic, fire up any team, and give anyone the confidence to overcome their fear of public speaking.

Bestselling author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, Carmine Gallo has broken down the top TED Talks and interviewed the most popular TED presenters to uncover the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations, including

  • Unleashing the master within
  • Delivering jaw dropping moments
  • Sticking to the eighteen-minute rule

And more. Through these nine secrets, Gallo provides a step-by-step method that makes it possible for anyone to create, design, and deliver a TED-style presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable.

Talk Like TED will show you how to create presentations around the ideas that matter most to you – presentations that will energize your audience to spread those ideas, launch new initiatives, and reach their highest goals.

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A worth while read. slightly self indulgent but has some good techniques for confidence in speaking.

A worth while listen

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What did you like most about Talk Like TED?

Straight forward and easy to follow. All of the stories weaved into each other instead of a list of bullet points and instructions.
Also liked the fact that I have already seen many of the Ted talks mentioned so I could visualise the performance

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Not heard any others but his voice and delivery was good

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, It has taken me over a month but I managed to take things from each of my sittings listening to it

Any additional comments?

I am looking forward to putting some of these tips into action.

Looking forward to giving my next presentation

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Great book!
Really useful and clear! This is vital for anyone who is a great speaker and anyone who wants to become a speaker! Tips were helpful and the it was narrated brilliantly! Do read and gain some good knowledge.

What a book!

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Loved listening to the audio for the second time. I have bought the paperback, also reading for the 2nd time. This is a must read for anyone looking to deliver presentations that don’t just land but inspire people to take action.

Simple, inspiring, beautifully put together

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A truly and inspirational book on how to look at public speaking from the inside out

Outstanding start to public speaking

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A very beautiful and inspiring book if you wish to win the hearts of your audience through your presentation. It teaches you how important good communication is if you are to actually get your message across. As I was listening to this book I was envisaging implementing these public speaking techniques to my presentations at work and I could already see the difference it would make: I am clearly inspired, motivated and eager to try something new straightaway - the effects of a good self- development book.
At the end of each chapter the author gives you a TED note wich summarises the main points in each chapter. It helped me grasp the content easier and remember more:

- Be inspired first if you are to inspire others - your true inspiration will rub off on other people.
- Tell a personal story to connect with your audience ("brain coupling") - don't lecture.
- Be authentic but keep in mind that authenticity doesn't come naturrally, it takes practice: record yourself and ask for feedback; speak in a conversational tone, slow the rate of your speech.
- Believe in yourself to break any incongruence between your words and actions.
- Use "eager non verbal style" - don't let your hands hang below your navel, use gestures within your "power sphere" (from your waist line up to your eyes), make solid eye contact and stand tall.
- Develop "command presence": eliminate your fidgeting, tapping and jiggling.
- Go for the Novel, be creative and introduce "jaw dropping moments" for more dopamine in  the brains of your audience - the chemical that helps you retain information (if exciting).
- Unleash "an emotionally charged event" with an element of surprise.
- Lighten up your presentation with videos and photos.
- Use humour to give the brain a mental break and to lower defence.
- Establish a limit to your presentation to provide a framework for creativity to flourish.
- Keep your presentation to 18- 20 minutes and simplify it - the human mind can only consumme about three chunks of information.
- Give your audience a multi-sensory experience, visualise your context, give auditory senses with your pitch, volume, rate, intensity, articulation; make your audience feel what they hear and see.
- Stay in your lane, be authentic, open and transparent and put in some time.
- Leave your audience on a high note.

All these techniques are backed up by neuroscience research and credible science.
Nevertheless, I still tend to believe that some people are naturally inclined to public speaking and thus, they are naturally authentic while the others who are trained to be authentic carry along a trail of cunning.

A must read if you deliver presentations.

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Loved it. It has changed my v perception on presentations. Will read it again. Definitely

Exactly what I expected

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Had some very interesting and useful techniques on improving your presentations with a VERY heavy focus on TED style presentations.
A shame there was no conclusion to the (audio)book to recap the main topics he covered in the story.
Was well told with correct emphasis, pacing and tone.
Would definitely recommend to those wanting to improve their presenting.

Interesting insight into presentation technique

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This is by far one of the most helpful and interesting audio books that I have ever experienced- thank you

Absolutely superb

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Really enjoyed this. I was completely inspired, full of great ideas and confidence building too. Thank you

This was such an inspiring listen.

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