How to Deliver a Great TED Talk: Presentation Secrets of the World's Best Speakers

Maybe one of the clearest books on presentations I've ever read. Incredibly simple and easy to read but covering up a broad range of subjects. Full of practical tips, actual examples as well as personal experiences. Just brilliant. It's outstanding how it wraps you up without visual aid or pictures only message. Other books on presentations can explore more deeply some specifics as how to build a story or how to design your slides, but if you are looking for a big picture, for a road map of presentation, this can be your book

There are some great tips in this book about techniques to use for giving effective and engaging presentations. I've found them helpful and have actually started using many of the suggestions.The bad news about this book: it is very poorly edited. At the end of each chapter, there is a summary of the sections as a short prompt, I think it was the end of the first chapter, but the summary didn't even include all of the topics. In another chapter, the summary was in a completely different order than how it was presented. In other places there were duplicate words/phrases and other formatting issues. It felt hastily thrown together. How were these glaring issues missed?

This book is the one book that covers everything you need to know to give presentations. The book is extremely concise and gets right to the point. Of all the books I have read on giving presentations, this is by far the best.

Prior to reading this book, I was already a decent (but not necessarily good) presenter. Having had been forced to develop somewhat of a comfort with crowds because of my work, I was at least mostly at ease in front of people. What I learned from this book was that my fundamental speaking skills were not my shortfall (that is, what was keeping me from being a more effective speaker), but rather the structure of my presentations. After putting what I gleaned from this book into practice, not only did the reactions I received drastically improve, but I also developed a solid sense for what makes an enjoyable (and instructive) presentation. Presentations become exciting for the speaker when they stop being a task, and instead become a way to communicate meaningful concepts. This book will help you provide value through your presentations.

As a professional speaker and speaker's trainer, I have read many books on the topic of public speaking. How To Deliver a Great Ted Talk, by Akash Karia, is an excellent primer for those who want to learn the formula for structuring a great talk. The outline that the author has provided is simple to follow and it can be used to prepare for any talk. I like that he has linked to some of the more popular Ted talks as it gives the reader a frame of reference for the subject at hand. One can learn the basic fundamentals of speaking from this book. However, like other activities such as dancing, swimming, or riding a bicycle you can read about it all day long but in the end the only way to become proficient, is to do it over, and over, and over again.

As the bad reviews say, yes, this book is poorly edited. Spelling, grammar, table of contents mistakes, etc. However, WHO CARES!!! (Not me!) - because the content is excellent.I had to create a keynote address for a group of about 500, and this book was invaluable. I've presented MANY times over the years, but had never done a talk quite like this one. The details for this particular presentation are not relevant... the main thing is that I had to pull out all the stops to make this a stellar talk, right from the heart, it had to be engrossing and it had to touch people's hearts.I created the outline of my talk while working my way through the book. It took me a few days, and then I practiced for many months. I just gave the talk yesterday and am VERY happy to report that it went great. I could not have done as good a job if I hadn't had this book.After the talk, over a dozen people came up to me in tears, thanking me for my presentation, saying how engrossed they were, and how it made them reflect on their own lives.Ignore the reviews that complain about the need for edits. Yes, it needs to be edited, but not getting this book because of its editing needs is equal to cutting off your nose to spite your face. You will be better off with this book than without it.

A very well written guidebook for any presentation with cited examples and TED Talks link within the text. I liked how lucidly the author has presented a book for a novice like me. I have not yet completed reading it but have been through first 120 pages and already am drafting 3 talks on the suggested framework. Gives tips on what to provide and what to avoid. I wish if the author had put up some links to his own talks that we could watch alongwith.

Very good, many stuffs, now practice, practice, practice. The book structure is very good. All ok. Now next book. Thanks.

It’s very easy to understandSimple languagePractically we can prepare our talk best.Highly recommendsBest book in this topic

Super Awesome book for those who want to learn and develop in public speaking.I highly reccomand this fantastic book!

After some years addressing people from many countries and cultures, I finally found a book putting together all those elements needed to deliver a proper speech. Thanks for that, as said, it made me really reflect on how to deliver my message in a better way.