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coaching clients. I ended up giving a TEDx Talk  Please give us a preview of what

       a few years later, and since then have coached         you will share at the District 7
       loads of people to give TEDx talks.
          I love coaching TEDx speakers because I’ve  Spring Conference on May 5-6, 2017

       formulated a very specific process to get someone         With TED talks being as popular as they are,
       to articulate a good idea in their life and to be
       able to support it in a way that the audience can      believe that people really want to learn how to
       really bring it to life for themselves. The one  incorporate the magic format of TED into their
       thing that I‘ve learned about being a TEDx coach       own presentations and speeches.
       is that any idea can be interesting if you present
       it in the right way.                                      In the Friday night, pre-conference session,
          The one gotcha that most people who want  I‘m going to talk specifically on how to get a TED
       to speak at TED don’t realize is that TED is not       Talk and prepare a TED Talk. I‘m also going to
       looking for speakers at all. Many people who try
       to present an idea at TED say “hey I‘m a great         share some ideas on how to prepare speeches
       speaker”. They don’t care about speakers, they  using a TED model to get it done faster and make
       care about ideas only. They are looking for great      it more powerful.
       ideas.
          My greatest moment as a TEDx coach is when             As the keynote on Saturday, I‘m gong to share
       I coached 91-year-old, WWII veteran, Frank  my TED Talk Essential Elements so that anyone
       Moore. His life and his message needed to be           can liven up or learn how to give better presenta-
       told to the world. He talked about how life is as
       perfect as you make it. It was a beautiful talk.       tions and speeches with this format.
       He got a double standing ovation, and was the
       number 3 trending topic on Twitter the day he             Register today for the District 7 Spring
       gave his talk. It was an amazing transformational      Conference Your Road to Extraordinary
       experience for me to work with him and help
       him craft his talk.                                    today at d7toastmasters.org/spring2017/
















































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