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Discussion on: What's a better way to start a conference talk than "Uh... okay, so I guess it's time to get started?"

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Fernando B 🚀 • Edited

Probably one of my favorite talks. He says good morning, how are you, quickly then introduces a quick starting point. Sir Ken has those funny moments to break the monotone style through out and keep the audience engaged, followed by strong points related to his talk.

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
go.ted.com/aREJqA

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Sean McPherson

That is a great talk! I'm going to set a goal to have that type of rapport with the audience down the road.

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Fernando B 🚀

Without slides too. He's probably had tons of experience from teaching.

I've watched so many talks where the intro is boring, and the host energy is so low that the audience barely gets engaged. I guess is an art in itself, I've always been shy so I would probably suck at giving a talk lol.