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Connection
Make eye contacts and smile just with a couple of people before starting, use humor to break the defence or ice, be genuine on the story and be relevant to the idea.
Sometime self depreciation works too.
— Oct 04, 2025 12:05AM
Make eye contacts and smile just with a couple of people before starting, use humor to break the defence or ice, be genuine on the story and be relevant to the idea.
Sometime self depreciation works too.
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you will eventually find meaningful happiness from something that is important. if theres ever, be bold and step out of comfort zone, do it, and make an impact from public speaking
— Oct 25, 2025 11:34AM
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Ted talk is about making ideas assessable, and to connect ideas to show it in broad view
— Oct 22, 2025 10:31AM
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Use technology/innovation moderately, at the end of the day, substance/idea over style
— Oct 19, 2025 10:54PM
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Stand still let body relax and emphasize the important points, stand still no rocking one leg one to another, move intentionally, add variety to pitch
— Oct 19, 2025 08:40PM
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wear something you are confident
nerves: use body breathe, leg hold to the floor, find friends face, backup plan to tell story or ask questions, THIS MATTERS be passionate on delivering the idea, I VE GOT THIS, rmb the power of vulnerability
— Oct 16, 2025 11:28AM
nerves: use body breathe, leg hold to the floor, find friends face, backup plan to tell story or ask questions, THIS MATTERS be passionate on delivering the idea, I VE GOT THIS, rmb the power of vulnerability
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open with curiousity, close with narative, reinforce, personal commitment, values and visions,
— Oct 15, 2025 11:08AM
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Rehearsal - until it is second nature and you can focus on the meaning, be comfortable or
— Oct 13, 2025 08:02AM
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Scripting:
you should tease the arrival of the next slide, that brings us to the future of cities eg.
Nobody minds you to pause, the key is to relax
Just make sure all sentences count and are interesting
— Oct 13, 2025 07:54AM
you should tease the arrival of the next slide, that brings us to the future of cities eg.
Nobody minds you to pause, the key is to relax
Just make sure all sentences count and are interesting

