{"id":71438,"date":"2020-08-13T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.online-tech-tips.com\/?p=71438"},"modified":"2024-06-20T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:37:10","slug":"what-is-a-ted-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.online-tech-tips.com\/what-is-a-ted-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a TED Talk?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A TED<\/a> talk is a fascinating explanation of a Technology, Entertainment or Design (TED) topic by experts at the cutting edge of their fields. Well, that was the original idea, but the modern TED Talk has grown to encompass science, philosophy and just about any other area of human inquiry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED Talks are therefore less defined by the subject matter it deals with and more by how it packages and shares that content. What are TED talks? Do TED talks have real depth, or are they the fast food of the intellectual world?<\/p>\n\n\n

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A (Very) Quick History Of TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The TED conference has been around since 1984! Long before streaming internet video was a thing. The first conference showcased things like the compact disc and the Apple Macintosh. Despite having intellectual royalty, cutting-edge ideas, and devices on show, the first TED conference was a total failure financially. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It lost so much money that it would be another six years before the second TED Talk. It would take until the 2000s before TED Talks really started to gain traction and the rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Makes TED Talks Special?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not quite possible to distill the typical TED talk into a reproducible formula, though you\u2019ll find plenty of articles on the net that try to dissect the \u201canatomy of a TED talk\u201d, usually with the promise that you too can learn to be as compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The easiest way to understand the TED style, is actually to strip all the substance out. Leaving only the style. Which is exactly what CBC Comedy has done in this hilarious sendup of TED and TED-like talks. <\/p>\n\n\n

\u2018Thought Leader\u2019 gives talk that will inspire your thoughts | CBC Radio (Comedy\/Satire Skit)<\/div><\/div>
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