#AudibleIdeas explores how to convey big ideas in a way that garners interest, entertains & creates opportunity for conversation.

1. #AUDIBLEIDEAS

2. Intro

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4. WE ARE
CREATIVE
PROBLEM
SOLVERS

6. Because of their ideas

8. Because it’s fun

9. TEDTalks & REAL LIFE

14. CURATING TEDxCLE

15. SPEAKER SELECTION
• Theme (Don’t start here!)
• Master List
• Solicit Nominations (300+ last year
alone!)
• Review Nominations
• Schedule Interviews
• Second Dates
• Final Decisions

16. SPEAKER PREP
• Coaching
• Drafts (non-negotiable)
• Rehearsal
• Slide Review

17. PILLARS OF A GREAT TALK

18. Homework
DO YOUR HOMEWORK

19. ESTABLISH YOUR EXPERTISE
Expertise

20. BREAK NEW GROUND & LIVE YOUR BIG IDEA
Be Original

21. “Many are quite hardheaded insisting on
setting a mood or winding up to a story in
ways that have brought them glory in the
past. It takes a recalibration of thinking to
adjust to this new situation, and in my
experience, many are not flexible enough to
be up to the challenge—without serious
prodding.”
-Hayley Foster, TEDxNASA

22. DEVELOP EMPATHY WITH YOUR AUDIENCE

23. YOUR ORIGIN STORY: KNOW IT, EMBRACE IT, SHARE IT

24. By, Joseph Campbell
FIND YOUR CENTRAL NARRATIVE

25. ESTABLISH DICHOTOMY
FACTS VS. FICTION HEROES VS. VILLAINS

26. FIND YOUR TONE

27. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

28. ENGAGING VISUALS

29. ELEMENT OF SURPRISE

30. PRACTICE & TIME

31. TUNE OUT

32. TUNE IN
CONTROL CONVERSATION

33. GOOD LUCK

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