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What Makes a Great TED Talk?

What Makes a Great TED Talk?

6/01/20

Speechwriting, Strategy, TEDx

This post originally appeared on the TEDxMileHigh Blog, and can be found in full here. In recent years, TED has become the gold standard of public speaking, of publicity even. It used to be that having a New York Times bestseller was impressive. Now, people brag about their TED Talks. If you’re wondering what makes […]

Five Public Speaking Mistakes and What To Do Instead

Five Public Speaking Mistakes and What To Do Instead

5/01/20

How-To, Speechwriting, TEDx

This blog was originally published on the TEDxMileHigh blog and can be read in full here. Want to improve your public speaking in 2020? It’s just as important to know what not to do, as it is to know what to do on stage. As TEDxMileHigh’s Content Producer, I review hundreds of talks each year, […]

Can two speakers give a TEDx Talk together?

4/13/20

Strategy, TEDx

Two heads are better than one, right? Wellllllll, maybe not on the TED stage. The overwhelming majority of TED & TEDx Talks feature a single person, but two-person talks (duets) do exist. Per TED, “While we don’t have any rules that prohibit two speakers giving a talk together, we generally discourage it.” In this article, […]

The Top 7 TEDx Clichés & What To Do Instead

Are you pitching the same idea as everyone else? I’ve reviewed 10,000+ TEDx Speaker Applications. This is your guide to pitching an original talk.