Key Insights: Nancy Duarte at the LinkedIn Speaker Series
- 1. Key insights:Nancy Duarte presenting in LinkedIN Speaker Series Key insights: Nancy Duarte presenting in the LinkedIN speaker series By: Kartik Singla Indian Institute of Technology(BHU), Varanasi
- 3. An American non-fiction writer A storyteller CEO of the firm Duarte Design.....A firm which helps to convey stories in the most interesting way!!!!
- 6. Finding out what is in the minds of the audience and hitting them at that frequency!!!
- 10. Every successful communicator OR storyteller follows a definite pattern during his/her address to the audience.. It resembles a square wave with steps pointing at two aspects: What is? and What could be?
- 11. What is? Refers to The present reality...the present world around us!!
- 12. What could be? Refers to what the future is like a whole new world of possibilities!!!!
- 13. The communicator shows a contrast between what is and what could be which making the future more alluring!!!!
- 14. Analysis of the talks by eminent/famous personalities by using the above pattern as an analysing tool:
- 15. Steve Jobs 2007 iphone launch talk The speech was 90 minute long. Almost every 20 seconds had the audience laugh or clap.
- 16. The pattern depicts that Steve Jobs had a heightened sense of What could be!
- 17. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech was named originally as The urgency of Now but later changed to I have a dream...... A 16 minute talk.
- 18. The pattern depicts the tight frequency between what is and what could be because Martin Luther used the phrase I have a dream repeatedly.
- 19. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru The speech was given in 1947 on the eve of Indian Independence. The speech is called the Indian version of I have a dream and named as Tryst with Destiny.
- 20. The pattern is perfectly shaped because Nehru constantly compared Indias sufferings(what is) with Indias triumphant future(what can be).
- 21. Richard Feynman A great explainer, always had a star moment in his talk which lasted really long. Gave his speech on Nanotechnology, which became an 8 day media sensation.
- 22. The pattern was observed with super tight frequency because richards talk was really technical and strongly communicative.
- 23. Margaret Thatcher Gave the famous Iron Lady speech. Verbally really strong and was really authoritative while delivering the talk.
- 24. The pattern shows sudden oscillations in what is and what could be as Margaret Thatcher was a master of contrast.
- 25. Jesus Christ Delivered his famous speech Sermon on the Mount. Longest continuous piece of oration ever found.
- 26. The pattern is the tightest one analysed because of the rapid switches made by Jesus with respect to a persons present deeds and their consequences in future.
- 27. Sun Yat-sen A revolutionary, helped overthrow the ching dynasty. Gave the famous Pan- asianism speech.
- 28. The pattern shows most of the time is spent in what is process as eastern culture believes in bringing the past forward as context rather than thinking about the past.
- 29. Eva Per坦n Addressed a crowd of 2 million people in argentina in 1946, as a 10 minute campaign talk for her husbands presidential election. Extremely caring for poor and the needful.
- 30. The pattern displays the contrast used by Eva between the elites and the shirtless.
- 31. Distance yourself from what is and Imagine the future...Believe in your vision!!
- 32. Summary Nancy Duarte: CEO of Duarte Design and above that an excellent communicator. The key concepts highlighted by Nancy in her talk were: Concept of Resonance, Concept of Idea and the Pattern followed by Storytellers. Every exceptional communicator in his/her speech mesmerized the audience by highlighting the contrast of what is and what could be. The analysis of some famous talks by eminent personalities showed a unique pattern in every talk but with a similarity of portraying their ideas to shape a better future.