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Worst TEDx luck ever

I have spoken at four TEDx conferences over the past three years. None have turned out exactly as I had hope.  In 2013, I delivered a talk at TEDx Litchfield called “Speak Less. Expect More.” The talk actually went extremely well. A representative from TED told me that he loved it and thought it had a…

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11 thoughts on yesterday’s TEDxBU event, including observations from the restrooms and my advice for future TED speakers.

A few observations from yesterday’s TEDxBU talk at Boston University. 1. I will never understand what possesses organizers like Ben Lawson and Salma Yehia to give up hundreds of hours of their time to pull off an event like this. I have spoken at four TEDx events in the past three years, and in each…

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