Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover leadership and corporate presentations. The event drew extensive coverage in the media, accompanied by the usual ...

Based on my analysis of 500 TED presentations, here are five techniques for a winning pitch. 1). Tell stories to bond with your prospect. Telling stories is the single best way to make an emotional ...

Whether you’re leading a meeting or delivering a speech, note these actionable presentation insights from communication coach Carmine Gallo.

After analyzing hundreds of hours worth of TED Talks, author Carmine Gallo has gleaned some great tips for any public speaker who wants to present like a TED Talk pro. As the annual TED conference is ...

Talking for TED is one thing but talking like TED in all of your public speaking engagements is a sure way to impress everyone–TED and TED fans alike. TED speakers are intelligent, passionate and ...

The famous TED conference celebrated its 30th anniversary in March with its usual schedule of famous and not-so-famous speakers who delivered the presentation of their lives in 18 minutes or less.

TED talks have a format: take an idea worth spreading, condense it into a talk no longer than 18 minutes from one speaker on a stage. A new format, TED Circles, will bring more people into the ...

In 2009, the founders of Prezi asked TED curator Chris Anderson for 18 minutes–the maximum length of a TED presentation–to convince him to invest in the collaborative presentation platform. He did, ...