Presentation Essentials: How to Share Ideas That Inspire Action 
Simon Sinek, Optimist and Author
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1. Trailer
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2. Introduction
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3. Storytelling: How to Begin
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4. Design Your Talk
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5. Presenting: Bring It All Together
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6. Tips for Presenting
9:41
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Project Description
Deliver a dynamite talk of 4 minutes or less.
ASSIGNMENT
Your assignment is to give a 4-minute talk in the style of TED. This will develop your storytelling skills so that you can become a more engaging and authentic presenter. For a topic, choose something you care about personally, or choose from one of Simon's favorite prompts: share advice for a future generation, persuade your audience to use a product, or share an idea you'd like to see in the world. Remember to tell a personal story.
DELIVERABLE
Embed the YouTube video of your talk in the project gallery of this class. Your final project should include a paragraph describing your process that you went through to arrive at your talk.
RESOURCES
- Watch Pixar’s Andrew Stanton’s TED talk “The Clues to a Great Story” for more on story structure
- Read How to Give a Killer Presentation on Harvard Business Review
- Explore Start With Why by Simon Sinek
- Read through the Tips and Tricks PDF (attached)
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