create your own Ted talk
We have watched a number of TED talks throughout the course of the semester. In this assignment you will be creating your own original TED talk. The topic is completely up to you. The only condition is that is that the material and content be school appropriate. Any questions or concerns please ask before hand.
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The TED commandments.
The essence of a TED Talk is contained in”The TED Commandments,” guidelines given to folks who aim to speak at a TED conference: 1. Thou shalt not simply trot out thy usual shtick. 2. Thou shalt dream a great dream, or show forth a wondrous new thing, or share something thou hast never shared before. 3. Thou shalt reveal thy curiosity and thy passion. 4. Thou shalt tell a story. 5. Thou shalt freely comment on the utterances of other speakers for the sake of blessed connection and exquisite controversy. 6. Thou shalt not flaunt thine ego. Be thou vulnerable. Speak of thy failure as well as thy success. 7. Thou shalt not sell from the stage: neither thy company, thy goods, thy writings, nor thy desperate need for funding; lest thou be cast aside into outer darkness. 8. Thou shalt remember all the while: laughter is good. 9. Thou shalt not read thy speech. 10. Thou shalt not steal the time of them that follow thee. |
ted talk slide GUIDELINES: |
When speakers choose to use slides, conference organizers have official advice on how to edit them:
- A single word or line of text can have more impact than a paragraph.
- Text-heavy slides distract listeners from processing what a speaker is saying.
- In general, choose images over text.
- Slides should be easy to understand.
- Keep graphs visually clear.
- No slide should support more than one point.
- Cut any slide that does not have a clear purpose.