Talk Like TED

The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

By: Carmine Gallo

Narrated by: Carmine Gallo

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

Ideas are the currency of the 21st century. In order to succeed, you need to be able to sell your ideas persuasively. This ability is the single greatest skill that will help you accomplish your dreams.

Many people have a fear of public speaking or are insecure about their ability to give a successful presentation. Now public speaking coach and best-selling author Carmine Gallo explores what makes a great presentation by examining the widely acclaimed TED Talks, which have redefined the elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public speaking. TED - which stands for technology, entertainment, and design - brings together the world's leading thinkers. These are the presentations that set the world on fire, and the techniques that top TED speakers use will make any presentation more dynamic, fire up any team, and give anyone the confidence to overcome their fear of public speaking.

In his audiobook, Carmine Gallo has broken down hundreds of TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED presenters, as well as the top researchers in the fields of psychology, communications, and neuroscience to reveal the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations. Gallo's step-by-step method makes it possible for anyone to deliver a presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable.

Carmine Gallo's Top 10 Wall Street Journal best seller Talk Like TED will give anyone who is insecure about their public speaking abilities the tools to communicate the ideas that matter most to them, the skill to win over hearts and minds, and the confidence to deliver the talk of their lives.

The opinions expressed by Carmine Gallo in Talk Like TED are his own. His audiobook is not endorsed, sponsored or authorized by TED Conferences, LLC, or its affiliates.

This program is read by the author.

©2014 Carmine Gallo (P)2013 Macmillan Audio

Gallo cuts to the chase...

I enjoy watching TED talks and enjoy making presentations at work and at my local Toastmaster Club. Any advice I can get to improve my talks is always welcome. This book reflects hours of canalization of the greatest TED talks to reveal the commonalities of those greatest speakers.
We start out with 3 laws of the “most engaging and persuasive presentations:”
*Emotional –Touch My Heart
*Novel- Teach Me something New
*Memorable- Present Content in Ways I’ll Never Forget

I first read Gallo’s book 10 Simple Secrets of the World’s Greatest Business Communicators in 2005. That book helped me improve my speaking with such practical and easy to apply tips that everyone noticed my improvement immediately. He had me when he said something I have always agreed with. When I would attend a seminar or training session and a new speaker would begin, I would always begin with a groan: oh no, more dumb jokes. Brain science now knows that we decide within a few seconds if the speaker is credible and if we are going to pay attention to him/her.

That’s where the TED talks come in. They all start in the middle of the speech! They get right to the most interesting part of their topic and work backwards or sideways! How can you NOT listen!

So after studying all these great speeches, Gallo comes up with 10 commonalities, aka Secrets, that I can apply immediately. He talks about using my passion for a topic, developing the ability to tell an intriguing story, internalize and rehearse my content paying attention to my vocal delivery, developing a catchy, current title, delivering a jaw-dropping moment, keeping even serious content light so the brain can remember and digest it, the importance of timing, painting a mental picture in the mind of your audience, narrowing your topic and how rehearsing develops authenticity.

My next presentation will astonish people.

Great content to help you improve your impact

I found the quality of the content to be excellent, no fluff, just meaningful material. Carmine recorded the audio personally which I found to make it a better listening experience than most audiobooks.

Great book

it was a very informative book I enjoyed learning all there is to know about how others have done TED talks. I will definitely be using these methods in my next presentation.

worth repeating for sure

Amazing book! TED Talk has provided me increase confidence and clear narrative to aid me in my next speaking opportunities. The stories and examples of many different talks are encouraging. TED Talk will be on repeat every Wednesday for my Wellness Wednesday talks. I recommend this book for beginners to advance speakers.

What an amazing book!!

Hello Carmine, My name is Tony Taylor. This is one of the best books I have ever read. I would love to have you on my show Leaders Lead as a guest. My audience would love to hear about your journey.

Really liked the Content

Although this seems like a big push for TED, it really captures the fundamental antidotes necessary to lift your presentations to the next level. A true performance from beginning to end.

Awesome

If you want practical direction on how to improve your public speaking skills this is the book to read. Loved it.

Easy to listen to and retain

Easy to listen to and retain the information! Orated very well! Loved it! I highly recommend this for anyone speaking to any size of group!

That sums it up!

Loved IT! i just wish i would've taken more notes! I'll have to listen again!

Easy to follow and inspiring

I really appreciate how the chapters are set up to align with the points of the book. Each chapter was inspiring with stories relevant to the points.