Interactive learning tool
Design a talk people can actually remember.
Tune the variables from Patrick Winston's MIT lecture: strengthen knowledge and practice, make the room work for you, keep language processors free, cycle core ideas, and end on contributions.
Inspired by Patrick Winston's “How to Speak” lecture.
By the end, you will know...
Three concrete moves that make your next talk easier to follow and easier to remember.
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Winston's recognition star
When the talk is coherent, make the idea famous with five memory anchors.
SymbolA simple visual handle for the idea.
SloganA phrase the audience can repeat.
SurpriseA counterintuitive turn that wakes people up.
Salient ideaOne point that rises above the rest.
StoryWhy it matters and how you got there.