Live from the Desert.

To kick off this year’s TEDActive conference in Palm Springs, the TED staff held a special workshop day for TEDx organizers. I gave a brief presentation on speaker preparation to my peers and
I’ve included the slides (with notes) below.
The irony of these slides is that they weren’t seen at the workshop — the tech wasn’t working.  So I gave it without slides and I reminded the audience that a great story doesn’t need visuals but they can indeed help.

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