The document provides guidance for speakers at an upcoming TEDx event at BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus. It discusses understanding the audience, sharing stories over information, designing effective presentations without overusing slides, and techniques for engaging delivery including writing for the ear, maintaining energy, connecting with the audience, owning the stage, and enjoying oneself. The overall message is that ideas need to be effectively communicated and stories can inspire audiences more than lists of facts.
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TEDxBITSGoa speaker training kit
1. Speaker Training Kit
19th February, 2012
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
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4. Ideas need help
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5. One of the most tragic things
in the world is a powerful idea
stuck inside the head of someone
who cant actually explain it
to anyone else.
Chris Andersen, TED
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10. TEDxBITSGoa Audience Map
Students, corporates, Goan community
To Listen to your story
A desire to get inspired; a story to look up to
Be passionate about your own story; allow
them to interpret it their way
i.e Just listen/interact/participate
Might get bored/shift expectations
Sharing the passion that has driven your
lifes story
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11. PLANNING
Reach your Audience
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13. PLANNING
Share your own story
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14. Information Story
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15. Resonance waveforms of ideas
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16. Components of a TEDx story
Desire for The BIG Process of Effect of
change IDEA Change change
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17. Story for the audience
Analytical and Logical Emotional Tweet-worthy or quotes
10%
52%
38%
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28. Design, dont decorate
Design: To make or work out a plan for
Decorate: To adorn, embellish, beautify
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30. Stories to image
Move beyond the clich辿.
Throw out the first thing that you think of.
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33. Words to diagram
Identify the relationships described in the text
Represent those relationships in a diagram
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35. DESIGN
Arranging Elements
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36. Eye Flow
What do you look at first?
Distinct elements guide the eye
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37. Contrast
Your eye is drawn to the thing that is different
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38. Hierarchy
Treat things according to their importance
Annotate the proper parent and child relationships
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39. Rule of Thirds
Important compositional elements should be at
the intersections of the lines.
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40. White Space
Embrace white space. It focuses your attention
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42. DESIGN
Motion
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43. 際際滷 Animation
It should add meaning
Use it to your advantage
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44. DESIGN
Unity
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45. Consistent look and feel
Consistency adds confidence in your message.
It also makes the information easier to digest.
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51. 1. Write for the ear not the eye
Shorter, simpler sentences.
Clear signposts.
Different structure start strong.
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52. 2. Keep the energy up
Dont bore people.
If you dont care, no one else will.
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53. 3. Connect
Engage with the audience.
Connect to the theme, to the other speakers.
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54. 4. Own the stage
Dont hide in the corner.
Take the stage and own it.
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55. 5. Have a great time
Dont stress.
Enjoy yourself.
Laugh.
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57. THANK YOU
Organizing Team @TEDxBITSGoa
*we sincerely thank Cheryl Chung and Nancy Duarte for the indispensible help provided
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