Think Fast. Talk Smart | Matt Abrahams | TEDxMontaVistaHighSchool

I must admit it.. Im getting addicted to these ted talks ..with good reason..

4 Key points: 1) Approach -Think of speaking as a positive opportunity to share your ideas with people 2) Audience -What does your audience need to know from you? What do they already know? What do they expect of you? What's their attitude about your topic? 3)Context -Context is important: What time is it? What emotional state is your audience in? What emotional state do you want to put them in? Where are you physically? 4) Structure Structure your talk to keep people engaged! Try: a) Past - Present - Future: This is what the situation was, here is what it is now, here's how we want to change the situation for the future b)Problem - solution - benefit: Here's the problem we're facing. Here's the solution I recommend. Here's the benefit to be expected c)What - so what? - now what? : Here's the issue. Here's why you should care. Here's what we should do.

dont judge TED talks anymore. They are here to share, you are here to learn. Never judge if you find out something bad. If it isn't good, forget it, then find another thing better for you. dont judge them. cause they are sharing here to help you!

“Don’t listen to respond,listen to understand”

As a foreign language learner, his speech was very easy and clear for me to understand!

Anyone from 2024

Summary: The 4 tools for getting a message through to an audience 1. Approach - Think of any perplexing situation as an opportunity to share what is it that you're thinking, not a threat to who you are. - Henceforth you become more open to such situations. 2. Audience - Understand what your audience needs by categorizing those needs as their knowledge of the subject, their expectations for what you'd do, and their attitudes towards what you're saying. - Appreciate the audience, tailor your message to suit their needs. 3. Context - Oftentimes, we find ourselves in different positions as we pitch our message. - Pay attention to all the involving factors be it the timing of your message, your tone of voice (whether you're speaking or writing, emotional content matters just as much as the informational content), and the location in which the message is delivered. 4. Structure - We as humans remember things 40% better when they are structured. - That's how we can learn to group together pieces of information just like we used to remember cell phone numbers. - Structures set expectations for the audience while the message is being delivered, therefore it helps to have a map for your speech/ essay/... - "How to help you know what comes next" Here are examples of some types of orderly message organizations: + Past-Present-Future structure (chronological order) + Problem-Solution-Benefit structure (one of the most persuasive) + What-SoWhat-NowWhat structure (one of the most versatile)

Who is here September 2020 raise your hand am actually enjoying this

Step 1: Approach 2:00 Step 2: Audience 4:11 Step 3: Context 7:54 Step 4: Structure 10:51

I must admit it, I'm getting addicted to these Ted talk, because it help me practice my English listening, and because it motivates me.

Bro his speaking is so clear!! Its like unbelievably clear to where you feel your ears pop up like a husky to really tune in

WOAH forget just scraping the surface of TED talks by only checking out the ones with 1 000 000+ views... this RIGHT HERE is where it's at people! I just spent an hour or two watching talks with less than 10 000 views and these people are brilliant and deserve every second of your attention as much as the ones in the more popular videos! Keep sharing TED, love you <3

That Girl Scout girl is an absolute genius

I started listening to TEDx Talks a few days ago to improve my communication skills and i must say I LOVE IT HERE! I'm learning so much. thank you to all TEDx speakers.

This man speaks so clear and easy to understand foreign students. This is the best clear speech I've ever listened

I hated my communication teacher, she pushed me to talk more and be social. She never talked about what this man talked about in this video. This is going to change my life

The main reason why public speaking is fearsome is because you become an easy target. It's you, alone, against a crowd. Being outnumbered is never a good position to be in. That's why leaders and people in power have many security measures, quite often including life threatening mechanisms, such as all kinds of weapons. But also, most people are raised within a society with laws, and law enforcers. All kids from an early age are domesticated, they learn they get punished for defying figures of authority. They get physically punished, psychologically punished (shamed, grounded, ridiculed, deprived of personal rights). Eventually most people reach a certain level of domestication, and behave in a "docile enough" manner. Still, its is dangerous to be alone, or to be a minority. People who go on stages are generally alone at the stage, but there's a whole mechanism behind them. There's the power of the organization. There are bouncers, there are police officers who might be called. There are many kinds of actual, real time, present restrictive/protective mechanism, as well as potential, accessory ones. So, the real why MOST PEOPLE are afraid of putting themselves in the spotlight, is because most people are not in power. Most people subconsciously (or consciously) know they are socially weak. Most people don't have guns, most people don't have bouncers, most people don't have a solid safety system around them. On the other hand, people who were raised in more safe environments, who were trained not to fear attacks, can generally become "more confident", as they don't have the life threatening sensation of being outnumbered. There are also the ones who become confident because of progressive acquired power, in a figurative comparison (an analogy) , it's like people who get used to being beat up, lynch-mobbed, and simply toughen up, and get used to being in life threatening situations. Normally kids that practice fighting sports, or heavy contact sports, become more confident overall, and specially become somewhat fearless in terms of physical injuries, when most average people are somewhat fearsome of getting hurt, getting into physical fights, etc. And I haven't watched the video yet... these thoughts just came to mind from the 2 first minutes.

This is the second time I heard him talk. He is brilliant! Thank you Professor!

I love public speaking and often watch presentations such as this one. Only they're NOT like this one! 16 minutes of pure gold. Amazing. Thank you so much.

That guy really has improved my skills for public speaking!!! ... and my aspirations too!!!