How to Present like a TED Speaker in 3 Simple Steps

TEDTalks are wonderful things. They are not your everyday speeches. They demand a high level of knowledge, confidence and refinement to connect with the audience.They are paradigm shifting, they are short, they are inspiring and they are highly engaging. John Bates, of Executive Speaking Success also believes that successful TED talks do three things that many people don't often realize.1) They make you feel like an insider:Benjamin Zander makes you actually care about his topic and bring you into it like you are an insider, and you'll love it. He does this through stories, experiments, and interaction.Story: Benjamin starts out with a story, and gets the audience to see quickly that a situation can be seen very differently based on perspective. The story was about two salesmen sent to Africa is the 1600’s to see about the opportunity to sell shoes?. One sent a telegram back to Manchester that said “Situation hopeless. No opportunity. they don't’ wear shoes.” The salesman send back a telegram saying “Glorious opportunity, they don’t have any shoes yet!”Experiment: Benjamin gives a live presentation where he plays a piano demonstrating how the piano sounds when being played by a 6 year old, all the way to 11 years of age. He makes the audience feel like they are there next to him the whole time. His experiment shows people that they know more about music than they might realize.Interaction: When you watch his talk, notice how much time Benjamin spends in the audience. He comes off the stage numerous times this makes the audience, and even the online viewers feel like an insider.2) They make the listeners the heroes:At TED just a few days ago Al Gore LIT UP the stage. He makes the case for optimism on climate change and makes us the heroes if we want to be.When Tony Robbins gave his TED talk titled, “Why we do what we do,” he empowered the audience to be the hero for themselves. He downplays his role, keeps the advice simple, and makes his listeners and viewers feel like they have the ability to be their own hero through decisions that they make every day.3) They are much more authentic and vulnerable than usual:Brene Brown is the Queen of Authenticity. Listen to her talk and see how it feels (scary!) to be authentic. She gave a TEDx talk and then got a Vulnerability hangover. She argues that it is vulnerability is the root of innovation, creativity and change.She gives an example of a TED presenter who shared that he created a life saving medical test. When he shared with audience on stage that he solved it, they all cheered. Then he said, “but it failed.” The crowd was not silent. He went on to share how it took him 32 more times of trying until he got something to work. His authenticity was powerful, and helped him to connect to the audience.Brene also talks what she calls the “big secret about TED.” She says that it is like a Failure Conference. She notes that very few people in the audience are afraid to fail, and no-one who gets on this stage has not failed. You have to be vulnerable to share failures, and that is why it is so important on the TED stage.And, as a bonus, Jill Bolte Taylor, who initially didn't want to share about her spiritual awakening because she was afraid it would make her look bad as a scientist! Her TED talk "My stroke of insight," is a must see, and great example of why vulnerability is so powerful.If you are interested in learning how to talk like a TED speaker from John Bates and other speaking coaches, he is holding an all day training workshop this Sunday February 28th, 2016 at Cross Campus in Santa Monica.All proceeds will benefit Ideas Worth Spreading, Inc., a 501 (c) 3 federal non profit. So, your training fee is tax deductible.WHENSunday, February 28, 2016 from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM (PST)WHERECross Campus - 929 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90401REGISTRATIONTo attend this event, you can register here: http://bit.ly/1pdsrvehttp://executivespeakingsuccess.com/http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion?share=119537c760http://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_the_case_for_optimism_on_climate_change?share=1ab7224d26http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do?language=enhttp://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame?share=11b2808a19http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight?share=1eec0b4395