Presentation Skills Secrets:Delivering the Talk of Your Life

Learn from a TED and TEDx Speaker the Secrets of Talk Development and Storytelling to Transform Your Communications.

Created bySteve Garguilo

Last updated 12/2015

English

What you'll learn

Deliver highly effective and resonant presentations
Craft meaningful communications to any audience
Clearly articulate their ideas to get them across
Understand how to use storytelling to their advantage
Design great visuals and put an end to horrible PPT slides
Stand in front of any room and command it
Utilize a repeatable process again and again for all communications

Course content

11 sections • 84 lectures • 2h 19m total length

Welcome1:17
Welcome to the course!
About the Course2:19
Learn a bit more about what this course entails.
About the Instructor0:42
Learn about the instructor, Steve Garguilo.
Agenda1:33
We'll go over the agenda for the course.
Learning Outcomes1:13
We'll talk about the specific learning outcomes for the course.
Carrying the Journey Forward0:51
We'll talk about "Carrying the Journey Forward" and how to make sure you apply your learnings. Go ahead and also open up the PDF.
Talk Development Overview2:33
Learn about the discipline of Talk Development, what this course is based on.
Talk Development's Roots in TED & TEDx2:49
Learn how Talk Development spawned out of the success of TED and TEDx.
Observe & Listen0:44
Watch some examples of great talks to pick up what makes them great. (Links in "External Resources").
Observe & Listen Debrief2:56
Reflect on what was great about the talks we just watched.

Overview of Two Guiding Principles1:39
Two Guiding Principles will be foundational for the course: The Power of Why and The Structure of Great Storytelling.
The Power of Why5:00
Learn why "Why" is the most powerful word for putting together your communications.
The Structure of Great Storytelling3:24
Learn about the structure that is consistent across great storytelling.
Steve Jobs's Sparkline1:00
The Sparkline depicting Steve Jobs's 2007 iPhone announcement.
Wrapping up Guiding Principles2:37
Debrief the first 5:12 of Steve Jobs's talk, then debrief the Guiding Principles.

Overview of Step 12:21
Learn about Step 1 of the journey: Decide where you're going.
Tool: I want to change the way people think about _______2:20
Learn a great tool for getting started on your journey.
I want to change the way people think about _______1:00
Use this tool to get started.
Tool: Begin by writing1:54
Learn another great tool for getting started on your journey.
Begin by writing1:00
Use this tool to get started.
Level the statements2:35
Learn how to take your starting point from the previous two tools and "level" it correctly to move forward.
Tool: Funnel of Focus1:54
Learn one of two tools for leveling your starting point.
Tool: The Five Why's1:52
Learn one of two tools for leveling your starting point.
Concluding Step 10:44
Wrapping-up Step 1 to reinforce the key learnings.
Let's Act: Work through Step 14:17
Work through all the tools from Step 1 in real time.
Reflect: What did we learn?0:37
Reflect on your "Carrying the Journey Forward" sheet.
Carrying the Journey Forward3:00
Create your Action Plan moving forward.

Overview of Audience Analysis3:57
Learn about the importance of your audience and how to think about them.
Tool: Audience Map1:05
Learn how to capture specific information about your audience.
Audience Map1:00
Use this tool to identify information about your audience.
Let's Act: Work through Step 21:57
Work through all the tools from Step 2 in real time.
Reflect: What did we learn?0:41
Reflect on your "Carrying the Journey Forward" sheet.
Carrying the Journey Forward3:00
Create your Action Plan moving forward.

Overview of Content Gathering1:15
Learn about gathering content for your communication.
Analytical vs. Emotional2:32
Learn about the two primary types of content.
The Information Dump1:23
Learn the best way to start to extract information from your head to gather content.
Tool: Post-It Breakdown2:13
Learn a great way for categorizing information.
Tool: Mindmapping1:25
Learn another great tool for categorizing information.
Continue to Gather Content1:31
You want to really, really agonize over this step and collect as much as possible. Some thought starters to capture more content.
Information Dump Questions1:00
Questions to use to help with your "information dump".
Let's Act: Work through Step 32:03
Work through all the tools from Step 3 in real time.
Reflect: What did we learn?1:06
Reflect on your "Carrying the Journey Forward" sheet.
Carrying the Journey Forward3:00
Create your Action Plan moving forward.

Overview of Editing0:45
Learn the first steps of reductive thinking, starting to edit together your communication.
Signal vs. Noise1:33
Learn to distinguish what content to keep.
Stickiness1:38
Learn the concept of Stickiness, popularized by "Made to Stick" by Chip and Dan Heath.
SUCCESS Model2:09
Learn the SUCCESS model, a great model depicting ways to make something sticky.
Examples of Stickiness2:26
Learn great examples of stickiness.
Tool: Make it Sticky4:02
Learn how to take a piece of content and make it stickier.
Let's Act: Work through Step 41:02
Work through all the tools from Step 4 in real time.
Reflect: What did we learn?0:32
Reflect on your "Carrying the Journey Forward" sheet.
Carrying the Journey Forward3:00
Create your Action Plan moving forward.

Overview of Storyboarding0:46
Learn about storyboarding. Learn how to start getting your content together in a cohesive way.
Observe & Listen1:00
Watch some examples of great starts to pick up what makes them great. (Links in "External Resources").
Observe & Listen Debrief2:22
Reflect on what was great about the starts we just watched.
Tool: Emotional Variety & Sequencing1:23
Learn how to create emotional variety and learn how to sequence your content.
Emotional Variety & Sequencing1:00
Use this tool for storyboarding.
Let's Act: Work through Step 51:43
Work through all the tools from Step 5 in real time.
Reflect: What did we learn?1:05
Reflect on your "Carrying the Journey Forward" sheet.
Carrying the Journey Forward3:00
Create your Action Plan moving forward.

Overview of Multisensory Augmentation1:19
Learn the definition of multisensory augmentation, and learn how to use it for your communications.
Important Considerations for Multisensory Augmentation6:21
Learn all about multisensory augmentation and how to use it.
Tool: Engaging the Senses1:39
Learn how to really engage different senses during your communication.
Engaging the Senses1:00
Use this tool to help you determine what senses to engage with your audience.
Slide Development Best Practices6:06
Learn best practices for how to develop great slides.
Glance Test1:00
Test to see if your slides are effective. Use this for the next section.
Slide Development Before & After8:44
Learn how to take "average" slides and make them great.
Let's Act: Work through Step 61:33
Work through all the tools from Step 6 in real time.
Reflect: What did we learn?0:44
Reflect on your "Carrying the Journey Forward" sheet.
Carrying the Journey Forward3:00
Create your Action Plan moving forward.

Overview of Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse0:49
Learn about the importance of rehearsal and some of the best ways to do it.
Over-Preparing vs. Over-Rehearsing1:41
There's a very important difference between these two things! You don't want to be doing one of them.
Rehearsal Tips4:22
Learn tips for rehearsing effectively.
Presence Tips4:45
Learn tips to ensure you have a great presence when delivering your communication.
Presence & Live Event Tips1:00
A summary of the most important tips.
Let's Act: Work through Step 71:34
Work through all the tools from Step 7 in real time.
Reflect: What did we learn?0:59
Reflect on your "Carrying the Journey Forward" sheet.
Carrying the Journey Forward3:00
Create your Action Plan moving forward.

Requirements

Students should have decided that they want to change how they communicate. Ideally, students are coming in with a specific talk or presentation or communication in mind. Think about an upcoming communication that you need to deliver. Take the course with that in mind.

Description

Ever wonder how people who give TED Talks put together such compelling, resonant presentations? This course will guide you through a journey to help you put together an incredible talk. The seven step "Journey of Talk Development" is something that you'll be able to use for every communication you deliver for the rest of your life to ensure that you're incredibly effective.

This course is structured to be highly interactive so you can actually work on your talk or your communication as you take the course. In addition to the video lectures, I have designed a series of PDF worksheets to help guide you, and have complemented that with the best of the best resources from other experts and elsewhere online.

At the end of this course, you will have an easy-to-understand toolkit at your disposal to use for every communication you put together, and you'll be ready for the TED stage to deliver your idea to the world.

Who this course is for:

This course is meant for people who want to be able to get their ideas across effectively. We all communicate every day with many types of stakeholders. And we're all victims every day to poor communication. This course is for people who want to be in a position to craft resonant, compelling messages. This course is not for people who want quick tips on how to feel better in front of a room or people who want quick tips on how to incorporate a story. This course is for people who want to be incredibly intentional about all their communications, and learn how every piece of it is incredibly important.

Presentation Skills Secrets:Delivering the Talk of Your Life

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Course content

Introduction10 lectures • 17min

Guiding Principles5 lectures • 14min

The Talk Development Journey2 lectures • 2min

Step 1: Decide Where You're Going12 lectures • 24min

Step 2: Audience Analysis6 lectures • 12min

Step 3: Content Gathering10 lectures • 17min

Step 4: Editing9 lectures • 17min

Step 5: Storyboarding8 lectures • 12min

Step 6: Multisensory Augmentation10 lectures • 31min

Step 7: Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse8 lectures • 18min

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Description

Who this course is for: