1. Your elusive creative genius

2.  There are no people
who are geniuses, but
instead that everyone
has a genius.

3.  Elizabeth Gilbert used
a story that people
could relate with to
capture the audience.

4.  She kept the attention
of the audience by
using stories and
comedy to keep
everyone interested.

5.  Elizabeth used the 4th TED
Commandment the most
in her speech.

6.  Thou Shalt Tell a Story.

7. 5
 I rank it with a:

8.  At first I wanted to give her a 4 simply
because I never give out 5’s. But when I was
trying to find ways with which she could raise
her dynamism, I found myself at a loss.

9.  She held my attention for the entire 20
minutes, and I was able to relate to her. I
found her jokes funny and found myself
enjoying her speech.

10.  Like Garr Reynolds and Nancy Duarte
said, Elizabeth used story in her speech so
that the audience did not get bored watching
her talk.

11.  Telling jokes is good to
help the audience stay
attentive and awake. An
amused audience is a
happy audience.

12.  While Elizabeth did
use jokes and
stories in her
speech, like Sir Ken
Robinson, I think
that Ken used
perhaps too many
jokes. His speech
seemed almost like
a comedy.

13.  Use storytelling, experiences from your life
that make your speech feel less like a speech.
Something that the audience can relate to.

14.  Use jokes. Making the
audience laugh means
that they enjoy your
speech.

15.  Elizabeth Gilbert: your elusive creative genius
 http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html
 Images taken from google image searching.