Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

If you can’t explain your big idea in 140 characters or less, keep working on your message. The discipline brings clarity to your presentation and helps your audience recall the one big idea you’re trying to teach them.

You’ll become a more interesting person if you’re interested in learning and sharing ideas from fields that are much different from your own

True persuasion occurs only after you have built an emotional rapport with your listeners and have gained their trust.