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If we want to overcome fear, then we need to understand what makes us fearful? We are afraid of speeches and may be worried that a failed speech will cause everyone to negatively evaluate us. Of course, the reason for everyone ’s fear may not be the same, this is just a possible incentive. In a time of knowledge economy, the author shows the importance of connectivity of knowledge and unification of knowledge. Old theories are replaced by more deeper and broader theories that tied together more than one area of knowledge. With a throughline from the get-go – On my recent trip to Cape Town, I learned something new about strangers – when you can trust them, and when you definitely can’t. Let me share with you two very different experiences I had. If you have never done a book talk before with your class, the best way to introduce it will be to demonstrate one yourself based on a book you enjoy. This way, the students will be able to easily understand the format and replicate it with their own books. The great thing about a book talk is that it benefits the entire class, not only the student who is presenting at the time. It exposes the students to a wide variety of genres and authors that they may not previously have been familiar with. A book talk can be the equivalent of a movie trailer, inspiring students to try an unfamiliar category of book.

Definitely a book for public speakers. Of course, being in TED Talks is different when you are in normal public speaking forum like a workshop in the office where you facilitate the whole day or when you are delivering a lecture at school. A TED talk last only for about 15 mins and there has to be a single idea that the speaker and the TED Talks organizer want to share. I heard that attending a TED Talks event is expensive so I just content myself viewing these excellent videos on YouTube. Jay’s most favorite things are hanging out with his pals, getting kisses from Grandma, riding in his dad’s cool car, and getting measured by his mom with pencil marks on the wall. But as those height marks inch upward, Grandpa warns Jay about being in too big a group with his friends, Grandma worries others won’t see him as quite so cute now that he’s older, and Dad has to tell Jay how to act if the police ever pull them over. A good exercise is to try to encapsulate your throughline in no more than 15 words. And those 15 words need to provide robust content. It describes the precise idea you want to build inside your listeners. Let’s think again of a talk as a journey, a journey that the speaker and the audience take together, with the speaker as the guide. But if you, the speaker, want the audience to come with you, you probably need to give the a hint of where you are going. And then you need to be sure that each step of the journey helps get you there. In this journey metaphor, the throughline traces the path that the journey takes. It ensures that there are no impossible leaps, and by the end of the talk, the speaker and audience have arrived together at a satisfying destination.

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I like to watch TED Talks as it is a creative way to share ideas, to learn from the prominent experts from every subject of knowledge and to get inspired. And it was a great opportunity to read a book about TED Talks insights and experience drawn from the best speeches.

If we become parents in the future, then we should consciously exercise the children's speaking ability in their spare time. Even if there are only two children in the audience, their father and mother. I think this is also a very good opportunity to exercise public speaking.People tend to be closer to what they are familiar with. This is true whether it is for people or things. So, not so much, we still know a lot of truths and still have a bad life, but rather, we have not repeated these truths enough times in our hearts. A book talk is an activity used in many classrooms of all ages to generate excitement and discussion around books. It involves students giving a short (2-3 minute) presentation to the class about a book they have enjoyed. Across 93,000 words, it reflects on an incredible journey that started on the banks of the River Clyde. Frank and honest, Marti dissects himself throughout the book with an endearing and brutal honesty. “There was always that element, that devil on my shoulder” reflects Marti in the book. “I’m a smoker who doesn’t smoke, a drinker who doesn’t drink, an addict who doesn’t take drugs”. When the story starts, Samkad is most worried about receiving the Cut (something similar to circumcision that happens to boys in their tenth year on the cusp of manhood) and his slightly complicated friendship with a girl called Luki. He has never met anyone from the world outside of his tribe.

The story is a virtual reality, and its abstraction makes it better to unite humans than concrete single events. Although we have not experienced some kind of happiness in a person, we can share the joy of others. Although we have not experienced some kind of pain, we can also sympathize with the sufferings of others. An educational story may want to reveal the truth to people, but it will not straightforwardly tell the answer. I think humor needs to be supported by wisdom. Random humor may be more difficult than answering a question accurately. Because when you answer a question, you often think about it in the past. The scenes that the humor has to deal with may be unexpected, and we must respond promptly within seconds. It's kind of like writing narratives when we were kids. The teacher repeatedly emphasized that we must sublimate the theme at the end, not just the event itself. At the time, I felt that this requirement was very formal, so I was puzzled why it was necessary to extract a meaning. Now I think there can be an answer. Because if you only focus on describing the problem itself, it doesn't make much sense to the reader, because he didn't personally experience the things you experienced. I only listened to it once and may forget it later. I have only heard it 10 times and may think of it occasionally. When we have heard it 100 times, we may recall it when we use it. And after hearing it 1000 times, this principle may become our unswerving creed in life. The whole process of discussing books will also generate excitement for reading within the classroom. As Donalyn Miller, author of The Book Whisperer said “Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading.”

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In Chinese education, speech is usually not a very important component. Based on my personal experience, I think that for most students, there is little chance to exercise their public speaking ability before entering undergraduate. It is a very difficult thing to hope that our education system will change in the short term. But I think we can start with the family. It is a true art and a great expertise to deliver a talk just in 18 minutes. Therefore, this book is a great guide and a roadmap from the head of TED, Chris Anderson, with many insights what it takes to deliver a great and inspiring talk.