![]() ![]() One of the biggest reasons we turn down applications to speak at TED is when they offer compelling anecdotes but no central idea that wraps their narrative together. But they don’t automatically give the audience something they can walk away with - such as insights, actionable information, perspective, context, hope. They may entertain or intrigue or boost your ego. ![]() Your overall goal as as speaker is to give, yet personal stories sometimes fail to do that. ![]() Your throughline is taken care of - it’s simply the narrative arc of the story.īut there’s one trap that you must avoid. A personal story will also create empathy with your audience. The personal story is the simplest, easiest-to-prepare type of talk after all, you know your story and you know more about it than anyone else in the world. Many of us overstuff them with details that are important to us, but a wider audience just doesn’t need to know.īuilding your talk around a single story can offer huge benefits. Before speaking in front of a group, it’s really worth fine-tuning our stories - including the stories from our own lives.
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