Book Review: Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds – Carmine Gallo



Here are the 9 secret ingredients of an effective and engaging public speaking: 


Unleash the Master Within – dig deep to identify your unique and meaningful connection to your presentation topic. Passion leads to mastery and your presentation is nothing without it.

Master the Art of Storytelling – tell stories to reach people’s heart and minds. try revealing your personal stories, if you can. 



Have a Conversation – Practice relentlessly and internalize your content so that you can deliver the presentation as comfortably as having a conversation with a close friend. 

Teach Me Something New – Reveal information that’s completely new to your audience, packaged differently, or offers a fresh and novel way to solve an old problem. 



Deliver Jaw-Dropping Moments – Deliver a shocking, impressive, or surprising moment that is so moving and memorable, it grabs the listener’s attention and is remembered long after the presentation is over.  



Lighten Up – Don’t take yourself (or your topic) too seriously. The brain loves humour. Give your audience something to smile about. 



Stick to the 18-Minute Rule – This time is long enough to be serious and shot enough to hold people’s attention. 

Paint a mental picture with multi sensory experiences – Deliver presentations with components that touch more than one of the senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. 



Stay in Your Lane – Be authentic, open and transparent. 




Now, you need not buy the book 🙂 

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