1、before i die i want to.there are a lot of ways the people around us can help improve our lives. we dont bump into every neighbor, so a lot of wisdom never gets passed on, though we do share the same public spaces. now, i live in new orleans, and i am in love with new orleans. my soul is always sooth
2、ed by the giant live oak trees, shading lovers, drunks and dreamers for hundreds of years, and i trust a city that always makes way for music. (laughter) i feel like every time someone sneezes, new orleans has a parade. (laughter) the city has some of the most beautiful architecture in the world, bu
3、t it also has one of the highest amounts of abandoned properties in america. i live near this house, and i thought about how i could make it a nicer space for my neighborhood, and i also thought about something that changed my life forever. in 2009, i lost someone i loved very much. her name was joa
4、n, and she was a mother to me, and her death was sudden and unexpected. and i thought about death a lot, and this made me feel deep gratitude for the time ive had, and brought clarity to the things that are meaningful to my life now. but i struggle to maintain this perspective in my daily life. i fe
5、el like its easy to get caught up in the day-to-day, and forget what really matters to you.2009 so with help from old and new friends, i turned the side of this abandoned house into a giant chalkboard and stenciled it with a fill-in-the-blank sentence: before i die, i want to . so anyone walking by
6、can pick up a piece of chalk, reflect on their lives, and share their personal aspirations in public space. ? i didnt know what to expect from this experiment, but by the next day, the wall was entirely filled out, and it kept growing. and id like to share a few things that people wrote on this wall
7、. so this neglected space became a constructive one, and peoples hopes and dreams made me laugh out loud, tear up, and they consoled me during my own tough times. its about knowing youre not alone. its about understanding our neighbors in new and enlightening ways. its about making space for reflect
8、ion and contemplation, and remembering what really matters most to us as we grow and change. - - two of the most valuable things we have are time and our relationships with other people. in our age of increasing distractions, its more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective and reme
9、mber that life is brief and tender. death is something that were often discouraged to talk about or even think about, but ive realized that preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. thinking about death clarifies your life. - tedwhy ted talks are better than the last speec
10、h you sat throughtedthink about the last time you heard someone give a speech, or any formal presentation. maybe it was so long that you were either overwhelmed with data, or you just tuned the speaker out. if powerpoint was involved, each slide was probably loaded with at least 40 words or figures,
11、 and odds are that you dont remember more than a tiny bit of what they were supposed to show. ppt40pretty uninspiring, huh? talk like ted: 9 public-speaking secrets of the worlds best mindsexamines why in prose thats as lively and appealing as, well, a ted talk. timed to coincide with the 30th anniv
12、ersary in march of those now-legendary ted conferences, the book draws on current brain science to explain what wins over, and fires up, an audience - and what doesnt. author carmine gallo also studied more than 500 of the most popular ted speeches (there have been about 1,500 so far) and interviewe
13、d scores of the people who gave them.-ted(talk like ted: 9 public-speaking secrets of the worlds best minds)ted3-ted30much of what he found out is surprising. consider, for instance, the fact that each ted talk is limited to 18 minutes. that might sound too short to convey much. yet ted curator chri
14、s anderson imposed the time limit, he told gallo, because its long enough to be serious and short enough to hold peoples attention . by forcing speakers who are used to going on for 45 minutes to bring it down to 18, you get them to think about what they really want to say. its also the perfect leng
15、th if you want your message to go viral, anderson says. ted18ted?-4518-recent neuroscience shows why the time limit works so well: people listening to a presentation are storing data for retrieval in the future, and too much information leads to cognitive overload, which gives rise to elevated level
16、s of anxiety - meaning that, if you go on and on, your audience will start to resist you. even worse, they wont recall a single point you were trying to make.-18tedthen theres powerpoint. ted represents the end of powerpoint as we know it, writes gallo. he hastens to add that theres nothing wrong wi
17、th powerpoint as a tool, but that most speakers unwittingly make it work against them by cluttering up their slides with way too many words (40, on average) and numbers.ppttedpptpowerpoint40-the remedy for that, based on the most riveting ted talks: if you must use slides, fill them with a lot more
18、images. once again, research backs this up, with something academics call the picture superiority effect: three days after hearing or reading a set of facts, most people will remember about 10% of the information. add a photo or a drawing, and recall jumps to 65%.ted(picture superiority effect)10%65
19、% one study, by molecular biologist john medina at the university of washington school of medicine, found that not only could people recall more than 2,500 pictures with at least 90% accuracy several days later, but accuracy a whole year afterward was still at about 63%.(university of washington sch
20、ool of medicine)?2,50090%63%that result demolishes print and speech, both of which were tested on the same group of subjects, medinas study indicated, which is something worth bearing in mind for anybody hoping that his or her ideas will be remembered. tedtedtedtedtedtedtedtedtedtedthese 10 tips are
21、 the heart of a great ted talk.1. dream big. strive to create the best talk you have ever given. reveal something never seen before. do something the audience will remember forever. share an idea that could change the world.2. show us the real you. share your passions, your dreams . and also your fe
22、ars. be vulnerable. speak of failure as well as success.4. connect with peoples emotions. make us laugh! make us cry!5. dont flaunt your ego. dont boast. its the surest way to switch everyone off.8. if possible, dont read your talk. notes are fine. but if the choice is between reading or rambling, t
23、hen read!9. you must end your talk on time. doing otherwise is to steal time from the people that follow you. we wont allow it.10. rehearse your talk in front of a trusted friend . for timing, for clarity, for impact.tedted19841990ted spaceodna-google-u2bono-ted-craig venter nicholas negroponte ben saunders steven pinker- al gore tedted 1810ted10ted18118451818
