by Paolo | 23 February 2020 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
Be happy, the guest of this #LearnFromTED is Shawn Achor, actually be twice happy! Happiness is exactly the topic of this talk, furthermore it is the cue to see how you can appropriately and effectively use humour in your presentations. As usual my advice is to first...
by Paolo | 2 December 2019 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
Effectively explain a complex concept is not always easy, even more when the audience is not familiar with the topic. Learn how to do it with this #LearnFromTED example thanks to Laurie Santos. The discipline is behavioral economics, a relatively new branch of economy...
by Paolo | 28 October 2019 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
I often talk about Lawrence Lessig in my public speaking courses (I hope he’ll not sue me for that). He’s a great speaker and talks about interesting topics, in this episode of #LearnFromTED we’ll see storytelling and a creative approach to slides....
by Paolo | 5 October 2019 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
Bono is the guest of this #LearnFromTED! What can you learn for your presentations from a rockstar? Well, if you have desire of pride for your public speaking he’s the one you can look upon as someone to watch without a vertigo. Jokes aside his talk at TED back...
by Paolo | 10 September 2019 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
First time guest of #LearnFromTED is Hans Rosling, albeit not a new acquaintance on my site. I show clips from his presentations in my Successful Presentation and I mentioned in few posts: talking about laser pointers or how to make data cool. This time we’ll...
by Paolo | 16 July 2019 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
#LearnFromTED with storytelling and an extraordinary guest: Isabel Allende. A tale of passion. The opening is serious, almost clumsy in non-verbal communication (voice, facial expression) and in content: “It’s really scary to be here among the smartest of...
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