This article originally appeared in www.businesscollective.com. Whether you’re giving a boardroom presentation, an elevator pitch or a conference speech, you have to know how to surprise and delight ...

As the annual TED conference is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary next week, the popularity of TED talks has never been higher–viewers now download or stream presentations on TED.com up to 2 ...

No speaker at TED is allowed to talk for more than 18 minutes. TED organizers have found that 18 minutes is the ideal amount of time to have a serious discussion without putting your audience to sleep ...

The date is chosen. After applying or being recommended, you hear that you have been chosen to do a Ted Talk. You know, Ted Talk...THE Ted Talk...that phenomenal moment when you have to put together ...

TED talks can be amazing. People get drawn in, spend time, consider what the speaker says. Their popularity can run into the tens of millions of views. Only, not all TED talks have the same effect.

I found myself completely stumped when I applied to be a TEDx speaker. For months I wrestled with the notion of delivering the talk. I followed these 7 steps to land on my topic of vulnerability. I’m ...

Ideas are the currency of the 21st century. You can have brilliant ideas—truly revolutionary ideas—but if you cannot persuade others to act, those ideas don’t matter. Today, thanks to the world-famous ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Storytelling is a tradition as old as humanity itself. Stories unify us, drawing us out of our world and into that of someone else. We ...

I’m a big fan of TED. I’ve walked away with a better understanding of the human psyche, a better business acumen and some truly astounding enlightenments about the future of science and technology.

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, ...

Seventy percent of employed Americans who give presentations agree that presentation skills are critical to their success at work, according to a new Prezi survey. My first reaction? The other 30% don ...