How to present Like a TED Lecturer
Ever since I watched my first TED lecture I harbored a secret (now not so secret!) desire to be able to give a talk like a TED lecturer – if only! How do you even attempt it? As a former member of Toastmasters I could see from the business people I watched speak, that being an engaging speaker was a career skill that both me and my clients could benefit from. Over the summer I generally catch up with my reading and I often ask my colleagues what they recommend (a good way of sorting the wheat…
A quick boost if you've just been knocked back!
© Marilyn Barbone | Dreamstime Stock Photos Even the most successful people have failed. I was amazed to read recently that Nobel prize winner Sir John Gurdon who created ‘Dolly the sheep’ was given no encouragement to pursue a career in the sciences, if anything he was actually told that it would not be a good idea. His teacher said, “ I believe he has ideas about becoming a scientist. On his present showing this is quite ridiculous, if he can’t learn simple biological facts he would have no…