Speak Different | How To Give Persuasive Presentations

You know, Let's get started with a quote.

Chris Anderson, if you've ever seen a TED Talk, Chris Anderson, his title was the head of TED.

He was in charge of TED for a long time.

I think he's given it up now, but he's responsible.

If you've ever seen a TED Talk or you know about TED Talks, it's probably because of Chris Anderson.

He took it over at some point and really made it what it is today.

But he wrote a book.

about how to give effective presentations.

And he said, your number one mission as a speaker is to take something that matters deeply to you and rebuild it inside the minds of your listeners.

Your number one mission as a speaker is to take something that matters deeply to you and rebuild it inside the minds of your listeners.

So the obvious question then is, how do you do that? That's your number one job.

How do you rebuild something that's inside of your head How do you get that inside of somebody else's mind? How do you recreate that in the minds of other people? And so that's the question, how do you do that? And so I want to start with two more questions, which is, okay, well, how do you do that? Well, let's look at when people have potentially done that.

Well, so two questions.

What's the best presentation you've ever seen? Maybe it was at work.

Maybe it was at a conference.

Maybe it was a TED Talk or in some kind of other environment.

What's the best presentation you've ever seen? Maybe it was in some kind of school setting.

Maybe your teacher did an amazing presentation.

Maybe a fellow student did an amazing presentation.

We're going to talk about student presentations in a little while.

What was the best presentation you've ever seen? And then what made it so good? Why was it good? the best presentation you've ever seen.

So there's a lot we can learn from that, right? How do you recreate something in the minds of other people? Well, let's look at when somebody has done a good job of that with you.

And if you look back, if you reflect on that, what are some things that you can learn from that? And so What I want to do is share a story about a time that that happened to me.

You know, Let's get started with a quote.

Chris Anderson, if you've ever seen a TED Talk, Chris Anderson, his title was the head of TED.

He was in charge of TED for a long time.

I think he's given it up now, but he's responsible.

If you've ever seen a TED Talk or you know about TED Talks, it's probably because of Chris Anderson.

He took it over at some point and really made it what it is today.

But he wrote a book.

about how to give effective presentations.

And he said, your number one mission as a speaker is to take something that matters deeply to you and rebuild it inside the minds of your listeners.

Your number one mission as a speaker is to take something that matters deeply to you and rebuild it inside the minds of your listeners.

So the obvious question then is, how do you do that? That's your number one job.

How do you rebuild something that's inside of your head How do you get that inside of somebody else's mind? How do you recreate that in the minds of other people? And so that's the question, how do you do that? And so I want to start with two more questions, which is, okay, well, how do you do that? Well, let's look at when people have potentially done that.

Well, so two questions.

What's the best presentation you've ever seen? Maybe it was at work.

Maybe it was at a conference.

Maybe it was a TED Talk or in some kind of other environment.

What's the best presentation you've ever seen? Maybe it was in some kind of school setting.

Maybe your teacher did an amazing presentation.

Maybe a fellow student did an amazing presentation.

We're going to talk about student presentations in a little while.

What was the best presentation you've ever seen? And then what made it so good? Why was it good? the best presentation you've ever seen.

So there's a lot we can learn from that, right? How do you recreate something in the minds of other people? Well, let's look at when somebody has done a good job of that with you.

And if you look back, if you reflect on that, what are some things that you can learn from that? And so What I want to do is share a story about a time that that happened to me.