CHRIS ANDERSON: WHAT MAKES A GREAT TALK?

TAKE-AWAYS

• No guidelines - be original!
• Go in 1/3 but explain to max
• Use examples to unpack story
• Be subtle - keep it FRESH
• Follow your passion

TAKE-AWAYS

• New view
• Created suspense
• Pauses
• Humor

“SAY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY, SAY IT, THEN SAY WHAT YOU JUST SAID."

• Present an attention-grabbing opening (controversy, puzzle, story, question).
• State the key point or thesis.
• State the objective or roadmap.
• Give analysis -- the meat of the presentation (use transition statements!).
• Sum up your points and conclude (tie back to introduction).

Reggie Watts disorients you in the most entertaining way

TAKE AWAYS

• Attention grabber
• Entertaining
• Be an original!