TED Talks Storytelling

23 Storytelling Techniques from the Best TED Talks

By: Akash Karia

Narrated by: Matt Stone

Master the one thing all great TED talks have in common!

What is the secret to delivering a great TED talk?

What is the magic ingredient that makes a TED talk captivating?

And more importantly, how can you use those secrets to make your presentations more powerful, dynamic, and engaging?

To try to answer these questions, I studied over 200 of the best TED talks. I broke each TED talk down in terms of structure, message, and delivery. Here's what I discovered: After studying over 200 TED talks, the one commonality among all the great TED talks is that they contain stories. Utilize advanced storytelling techniques to inject life into your presentations!

Essentially, the best speakers on the TED stage were the ones who had mastered the art of storytelling. They had mastered how to craft and present their stories in a way that allowed them to share their message with the world without seeming like they were lecturing their audience.

Discover the 23 storytelling secrets of the best TED talks! In this short, but powerful, guide you're going to learn how to use stories to make your presentations engaging and entertaining. Using case studies drawn from TED talks by Sir Ken Robinson, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, Susan Cain, Leslie Morgan Steiner, Mike Rowe, and Malcom Gladwell, you'll learn how to craft stories that keep your audience mesmerized.

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Critic reviews

"Every speaker can put these ideas into practice immediately - and they should!" (Dr. Richard C. Harris, certified speaking coach)

"Superb communication advice" (Larry Nocella, author of The Katrina Contract: A Novel)

Succinct and useful!

A quick and helpful read! It provides the right amount of information to get started on honing your presentation skills, with easy to recall pointers to further learning resources. Excellent narration by Matt Stone - a very worthwhile read!

Short and straight to the point great tips

As I Ted Talks fan, I've listened to so many great talks, and over the years I've pin pointed couple of techniques people used to give compelling talks with. This book not only spoke out my mind, but also listed couple more techniques which are very handy.

The book is short and straight to the point; I liked it.

Powerful, concise and motivating

What a great book in less than an hour, I feel empowered to write compelling stories to speak and share my brilliance with the world

It's a sales pitch for Akash Karia

This sounds more like a commercial for AkashKaria.com than story telling techniques. I enjoyed the speaker though.

Quick simple guide, but not for car based listening

To get the most out of this you need to hop from here to Ted talks. If you listen while driving this a bit of a hassle. The content is solid but slightly repetitive which given the short length was surprising. Literally the same words at times. Good intro to topic