How to Write a TED Talk - A Hollywood Scriptwriter's Approach

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If you got accepted to give a TED talk and now you’re on the journey of writing a TED talk then, first of all, congratulations! It’s such an exciting experience. And to make your preparation easier I invited one of my favorite people to go to when it comes to writing – Kristina Paider.

Together we discuss how to write a TED talk. A Hollywood Scriptwriter’s Approach.

And today we’ll cover what to begin with when you prepare your TED talk, how to start and end your talk and mention all those small details that you better pay attention to when you write a TED talk.

Kristina is the creator of The Hollywood Approach, which helps people get clarity, create a bad ass game plan and expedite results on the stories they are telling – and living.

As a writing coach and editor, she helps people apply the same techniques used by Hollywood screenwriters to books, keynotes, marketing, TEDx talks, and also… real life!

Her clients include a wide range of heroic characters and companies from luxury hotels, medical teams, researchers, authors, speakers, CEOs and high performers in 34 countries and counting.

You will learn:

How Kristina became a writing coach
How to go with what you know when you write a TED talk script
How to find the right stories to share especially when you have a lot of them
Know upfront how long is your talk and keep it up to 15 minutes
A three-step process that Kristina uses to write a TED talk
Where people often get stuck when they write a TED talk
How to combine several stories in one TED talk to make it more powerful
The nuances of crafting a TED talk for an audience you want to reach when your talk will be published, not those who will attend a TED event offline
How to start and end a TED talk
What you shouldn’t include in your TED talk

Resources from this interview:

Learn more about Kristina Paider on kristinapaider.com
Listen to another Kristina’s episode How to Write a Keynote Speech that Encourages an Audience to Take Action
Connect with Kristina on Facebook, LinkedIn

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Marina Barayeva

Marina Barayeva is an international speaker and coach who helps women entrepreneurs become recognized experts and confidently sell their services. She is also a TEDx speaker, has presented to audiences in Asia and North America, and has been featured in such media as ArtPeople, CCTV, China Radio International, and others.