Talk Like TED : The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds (CD-Audio)

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This clear, simple book could be boiled down into a handful of guidelines and fill two sides of a page, but it is expanded with anecdote, repetition (each main point is repeated at the beginning and end of each chapter), text boxes, and descriptions of how popular TED speakers implement the main ...

from geirsan

This book has its good points and confirms what we already know about public speaking. As a remInder to focus it is good. But it is written in a way that really puts me off the author as a selfy, pompous guy who needs to get into name dropping and bragging to prove his qualifications. After readi...

from Daniel.Estes

After the umpteenth mention of the word "passion" in the first chapter alone, I was ready to call it quits. An excess of clichéd biz-speak and one too many iWorshipful mentions of Steve Jobs are examples of how Talk Like TED behaves more like an infomercial for TED than an actual how-to guide for...

from paven

The tips in this book are solid. I used some of them as a teacher and trainer. I will use this book as a study book when preparing for future talks until I know the tips by heart. The next things I will take on is * telling stories * limit the talks to 18 minutes * use images instead of text