TED目前已累積1500則以上的精采演講，主題包羅萬象，每則影片平均點擊次數超過百萬次。來自世界各地不同領域的專業人才和深藏不露的絕妙素人，如何利用短短的十八分鐘，講述知識與概念的精隨？精彩演說的祕密到底是什麼？
★分析經典TED演講，看大師示範如何征服觀眾
在台上暢談創新教育的肯．羅賓森爵士（Sir Ken Robinson）如何讓觀眾三十秒一小笑、一分鐘一大笑？
漢斯．羅斯林（Hans Rosling）如何讓觀眾聚精會神聽他談論嚴肅的公共衛生議題？
★選擇主題、建立架構、組織內容、設計視覺，一步步全面破解TED技巧
TED Talk也有十誡？清晰簡要讓你一讀就懂；加上你的人生小故事，就是最扣人心弦的演講！
★開場第一句要講什麼？雙手要擺哪裡？更多不能忽略的魔鬼細節
不到演講結束，不要說「謝謝」！「請你跟我這樣做」能炒熱氣氛？誤會大了！
★技巧都學會了，還有必備的Sense？演講達人不藏私，全部告訴你
不可狂妄自大、不可隱瞞失敗、不可違規超時，才是講者王道！
DELIVER THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR LIFE--AND LAUNCH YOUR CAREER
A nonprofit dedicated to ideas worth spreading, TED challenges the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers to give "the speech of their lives" in 18 minutes or less. The more than
14,000 talks on TED.com have been viewed over 1 billion times and include those by such luminaries as Tony Robbins, Dan Pink, and Sheryl Sandberg.
Now you can learn how to give a TED-style talk to achieve your personal and business goals.
How to Deliver a TED Talk provides more than 100 invaluable tips--everything from opening with an explicit statement of audience benefits to framing your idea as an action-outcome response
to a question worth asking. Whether you're presenting to an audience of 1 or 1,000, this book is an indispensable resource for any public speaker.
"Not just for TED talks, it's a great book for any presentation you have to make. If you want to deeply engage and impress your audience, this is a quick, informative, and brilliant guide."
-- PETER BREGMAN, TEDx talker and author of 18 Minutes
★本書中譯版《TED Talk 十八分鐘的祕密》由行人出版。
作者簡介
傑瑞米．唐納文（Jememey Donovan）
傑瑞米．唐納文是TED講者，時常籌辦TEDx演講，也是致力發展公眾演講及領導能力的知名NGO團體Toastmasters International的長期成員。同時擔任每年收益一．六億美元的全球知名資訊科技研究及顧問公司Gartner Inc.的行銷副總監，擅長領導成功的商業團隊進行新產品研發、行銷研究及商品管理。
JEREMEY DONOVAN is a TEDx organizer and speaker. He serves as group vice president of marketing at Gartner, Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory company
with ＄1.6 billion in annual revenue.
