If you've never seen a TED video, you've been missing out big time! Put down the remote control, and go to http://www.ted.com/ to watch some of the most inspiring and engaging presentations you will ever see.
Apparently, each TED speaker gets sent a tablet of stone with the following 10 presentation guidelines engraved on it. There has to be a Sanctus equivalent surely, or at the very least a carcking service idea in here?
1. Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick.
2. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before.
3. Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion.
4. Thou Shalt Tell a Story.
5. Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers forthe Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy.
6. Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thyFailure as well as thy Success.
7. Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desperate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
8. Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
9. Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
10. Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee.
1 comment:
That's why TED talks are so interesting... if only all presenters/speakers had such rules to follow...
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