Here’s how to be brilliant: try hanging out with some other people, brilliant or otherwise. Richard Hall, in his excellent (or perhaps that should be brilliant) book ‘Brilliant Presentation: What the Best Presenters Know, Say and Do’ writes: ‘Brilliance lies in pubs and shops, not desks. This is a serious point. People working with other people […]
Watch this TED talk by Ken Robinson if you have the time (it’s 19 and a half minutes). It’s informative, entertaining and inspiring, and is the kind of thing I aspire to deliver. Here’s what I think are the most important aspects that you can learn from it: He knows the subject. He’s passionate about
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That’s the construction of a joke; the set-up is all the required information, and the punchline is where everything falls into place. Here’s what it means for you and your public speaking: After each piece of information, give its application. Sounds obvious perhaps, but unless you give the audience the reason you’ve told them this particular
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At my second comedy gig, much like James T Kirk doing the Kobayashi Maru* test, I skewed the odds in my favour (by inviting a lot of my friends). There were so many of them that the venue was at capacity, and they probably made up two-thirds of the audience. I did it because I
I think I’m different to most people, perhaps even slightly weird, and I love it. Michael Lazerow is responsible for an inspiring piece here on being weird, in which he writes:‘Normal is blah. You don’t want to be blah. Blah is boring. Boring people are forgettable. I like weirdos. They are interesting. They have crazy ideas. They have
