The TED Commandments – rules every speaker needs to know

Systems thinking

  • Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick

    • Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before

    • Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion

    • Thou Shalt Tell a Story

    • Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Skae of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy

    • Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.

    • Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desparate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.

    • Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.

    • Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.

    • Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee

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