How to Deliver a Killer Business Presentation. Meaghan Edelstein has gained national media attention through her blog, I Kicked Cancer's Ass, which she started to document her battle with end stage cancer.
She is an attorney, the founder of the non-profit organization Spirit Jump, and works for the Global Strategic Management Institute. Working with hundreds of speakers as an event producer, I’ve learned a lot about what makes a speaker truly great. 10 Ways to Prepare for a TED-format Talk. These 18-minute talks are hard to do.
It’s easier to blather on for an hour than talk for a tight 18 minutes knowing that if you go over, you (literally) will get the hook. The talks I give usually take me a comfortable 45 minutes but I needed to get the insights out in 18 minutes. The culling process forces you to convey only the most important information for spreading your idea. Six Minutes: Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Blog.