Many people may be familiar with social psychologist Amy Cuddy from her famous TED Talk given in 2012. In that talk, she advised people to strike a Wonder Woman pose before big events and opportunities. Her idea was that body language doesn’t impact just how others see us, but also how we see ourselves. As of the time I’m writing this review, the talk has had nearly 46 million views. Pretty popular! As a result of the popularity of the talk, Cuddy wrote a book in […]
In case you ever need to talk like a TED Speaker…
This semester coming up, I’ll be teaching a Communications class for the first time ever. Also: I never took a Communications class, because I did the Honors track in college. I was and still am a little nervous about teaching the course, but I’ve got some ideas for the course, including a TED Talk each student must create. With this in mind, I was excited to see that Chris Anderson, head of TED, as he describes himself, had written a book on public speaking, as […]
A great book unpacking the power of TED in your talks
So, if you read my last CBR post, you’ll remember that I’ve been on a nonfiction kick (unusual for me, but I’m looking for good pedagogical techniques and other skills). My friend A had also recommended Carmine Gallo’s Talk Like TED, so I thought that it might be worth a try. Plus, I also teach a multi-modal oral literacy unit in my Composition II course in the spring, so I thought that having tips designed on TED Talks would be helpful. At first, I thought […]