Faith Jegede tells the moving and funny story of growing up with her two brothers, both autistic — and both extraordinary. In this talk from the TED Talent Search, she reminds us to pursue a life beyond what is normal.
I suspect this was well-rehearsed and yet seemed so natural, so conversational.
Do you want to speak to inspire?
We could all do well to learn from this man and the presentation -
repetition,
a mantra,
storytelling skills,
timing,
structure ...
Images are becoming the new language of content communication.
As David McCandless says ... "We are being blasted every day, all of us are being blasted by information design. It's being poured into our eyes by the web and we're all visualisers now, we're all demanding a visual aspect to our information and there's something magical about visual information."
The fact that "a picture paints a thousand words" is now mainstream.
As speakers, we use them in our social media. We use them in our blogs. We use them in our presentations.
"By visualizing information, we turn it into a landscape that you can explore with your eyes, a sort of information map. And when you’re lost in information, an information map is kind of useful." says David McCandless.
If you've watched this TED talk than you will know ... if not, then watch right now, and know ... that David McCandless inspires with his presentation style, and his amazing ways of designing infographics.
Be reminded of, and inspired by, the possibilities for you as a presenter, and renew your enthusiasm for creating graphics that will allow your audiences, the visitors to your websites and your social media peeps to understand that you have the power to create meaning for them.
For women - You are one of a kind. BE that one of a kind. The kind is woman. The kind is human. Belong there in all the glorious imperfection of women and of humanity. But hang on, also, to the one of that kind that is you.
I was prowling around Youtube this afternoon (as one does on a Sunday when the grey day does not permit any exploration outdoors!!) and found this beautifully lucid, simple and yet strangely powerful way of putting together an elevator pitch. I love it. Next networking meeting, I'm going to try it out ...
What if you could spend both your work and personal life in The Zone?
Created by Bruce Kasanoff, author of How to Self-Promote without Being a Jerk, available at: goo.gl/xP6F3Z
