Coaching more than 300 TEDx speakers for their presentations
SPEAKER
COACHINGPresentation DESIGNStorytelling
From 2009 – 2014, I offered individual coaching to the speakers at TEDx conferences in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich.
Over the course of several sessions with me, more than 300 speakers learned to redesign their speeches from scratch and rehearsed their delivery until they were cool and confident.
As anyone who’s ever watched a TED talk knows, the best speakers are clear and concise, touching and inspiring.
In short: The bar is set very high.Knowing this, the organizer of Germany’s local TEDx events enlisted me to prepare each of its speakers for the stage with coaching, presentation design and more.It takes a great deal of preparation to craft a TEDx talk until they are concise and entertaining.
Speakers not only need to convey their expert knowledge to the 500-strong audience, each talk should also touch and inspire.
Again and again, the speakers I worked with told me that our coaching sessions left them feeling thoroughly prepared, ready to deliver their talks freely and with ambition.
Training with the Story Embodiment™ method allowed them to completely internalize the message they wanted to convey. This transformed their time on stage into an intense, inspiring experience for both the speakers and their audience.Over several sessions, we worked together to hone their talks to one cohesive story and refine the narrative.
The audience impact of this coaching was clear and palpable – not only on the day of the event, but in the weeks and months to follow, with videos of many talks becoming viral hits.
