20170218, Article, Taichung

[Jasmine0316]

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Time：第 380 會，2017年2月18日（週六）下午2:30~5:30
Place：
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Agenda
14:30~15:30 Session One
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Session Two
17:15~17:30 Happy Time

Host: Kevin Huang
Assistant Host:

Topic:
9 Public-Speaking Lessons From The World's Greatest TED Talks
Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2014/03/04/9-public-speaking-lessons-from-the-worlds-greatest-ted-talks/#71d44c7812ea

Reference:
The most popular talks of all time
https://www.ted.com/playlists/171/the_most_popular_talks_of_all


Please Note:
Venue:台中市南屯區 大業路182號 Mos Burger二樓
Thanks a lot for your attention.

Questions:
1. Have you ever delivered a speech or attended a speech competition? What was/were your speech topic(s)? Why did you choose this/these topic(s)? What is your greatest presentation if you are a frequent speaker? Have you got any feedback from the audience? How to benefit from your presentation experiences?

2. How do you overcome stage fright? How do you deal with an awkward silence? What to do when you talk too fast or too slow? How to hook your audience? How do you practice your presentation techniques?

3. A good story can make the audience connect with the speaker on an emotional level. Are you a good storyteller? Who are the greatest storytellers? Or, what are the most inspirational TED talks? What are the most impressive plots to you?

4. What will be your TED talk topic if you get a chance? Why do you choose this topic? What makes your ideas worth spreading?

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[Jasmine0316]

Dear Taichung Happiers,

How huge our “TEDdy” is actually could be beyond our imagination and expectation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9w2We3_RM0

Everybody loves TED talks like kids love The Teddy Bear. Why TED? Well, we definitely need public speaking skills at home, at work, and at the organizations we are connected with. American writer and lecturer Dale Carnegie (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) called for the consciousness of its consequence. “Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life.” Having offered a long-term contribution to cultivate Happiers, our host Kevin Huang is expecting us to master the art of public speaking. Let’s find our hidden TEDdy and turn our fear of public speaking into our fuel for a more fulfilled life.

Open our eyes for new possibilities—public speaking is an opportunity to expound and expand ourselves. "Apparently", this cute little brother just can’t stop feeling the TEDdy inside himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz5TGN7eUcM Yet, it is such a perplexing paradox that we always want to stomp our feet and cross our arms while preparing and presenting public speaking. Anyway, it’s time to lean sideways and peek behind great speakers’ backs. What a confident speaker truly demands is proper, persistent practice for further creation and connection, rather than fancy, complicated techniques. Alice Boyes Ph.D., a former clinical psychologist in New Zealand, penned prominent yet practical tips to boost speaking confidence. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-practice/201304/5-tips-how-gain-confidence-public-speaking Besides, please share your sense of humor out loud. Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) gifted us an amusing admonition. "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you." Yes. Laughter matters. So, deliver your humor as often as possible. http://valeriefuson.com/using-humor-in-public-speaking/

Open the audiences’ hearts—the best strategy is storytelling. Grammy Award-winning songwriter Alexander Gregg asserted that “There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience.” Storytelling is the most compelling and convincing way to open the audiences’ hearts, because storytelling emphasizes with familiar and unfamiliar contexts and melts our hearts in the world we’ve never been to. Stories fly our values into the audiences’ hearts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-KtR4vM4eg Hey, if all we know about the success of storytelling comes from skills, we are rather ignorantly missing out. Only characters finally complete success. This TEDdy has a story to tell………., and he is patient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBMlKV07egw All right, relax, please. Enjoy this simple fun game “3 word stories”, which we can practice anytime anywhere. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DCataNWjw-Q

Open our arms—for ourselves and our audiences. Everyone is Mark Twain, and everyone is Tom Swayer. We have storytellers inside us, and we are what we tell about. To open our arms, embrace ourselves and our audiences with simple, positive words, and conversational language (“If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place.” – George Eliot). To open our arms, perform speeches and stories with clear and correct pronunciation (the most efficient practice: The Big Black Bear tongue twister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An0JfH6i5Yw ). To open our arms, pause, when you feel the time is right. Yes, open our arms, because our TEDdy can be very brave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDVO0G3K4EI Furthermore, it really takes B-R-A-V-E to be brave for “Bravo”! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-abrahams/speaking-up-without-freak_b_9234014.html

“Speech is one symptom of Affection” (by Emily Dickinson)

Speech is one symptom of Affection
And Silence one --
The perfectest communication
Is heard of none --

Exists and its indorsement
Is had within --
Behold, said the Apostle,
Yet had not seen!

Compose a big happy circle for collective confidence; we don’t have to be perfect to speak better. Latin writer Publilius Syrus simply put “Speech is a mirror of the soul. As a man speaks, so is he.” Yet, before speaking, have we learned how to listen to our audiences and ourselves? Open our ears to listen to each other. Start the adventure--find the hidden TEDdy--a beautiful soul is just the way you are. Join us. Thanks!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnLAyQqiL_M





With Gratitude,
Jamine

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