TED Talks – Cannonball Read 17

Ugh fine I like Brene Brown

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown

March 16, 2021 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

I work to not be this person, but I definitely have a touch of the “if everybody likes x maybe I don’t want to like x” stubborn streak. I’ve identified it as sort of a pointless attitude (I mean, I’m only hurting myself) and I strive to be more “let people live” but the overwhelming popularity of Brene Brown had me hesitate to pick up this book. That, and the fact that I was certainthat her writing was going to make me confront some things […]

Unlock Your Inner Wonder Woman in this Encyclopedia of Podcast Topics

March 1, 2018 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Many people may be familiar with social psychologist Amy Cuddy from her famous TED Talk given in 2012. In that talk, she advised people to strike a Wonder Woman pose before big events and opportunities. Her idea was that body language doesn’t impact just how others see us, but also how we see ourselves. As of the time I’m writing this review, the talk has had nearly 46 million views. Pretty popular! As a result of the popularity of the talk, Cuddy wrote a book in […]

In case you ever need to talk like a TED Speaker…

December 30, 2016 by bonnie 1 Comment

This semester coming up, I’ll be teaching a Communications class for the first time ever. Also: I never took a Communications class, because I did the Honors track in college. I was and still am a little nervous about teaching the course, but I’ve got some ideas for the course, including a TED Talk each student must create. With this in mind, I was excited to see that Chris Anderson, head of TED, as he describes himself, had written a book on public speaking, as […]

A great book unpacking the power of TED in your talks

June 24, 2015 by bonnie Leave a Comment

So, if you read my last CBR post, you’ll remember that I’ve been on a nonfiction kick (unusual for me, but I’m looking for good pedagogical techniques and other skills). My friend A had also recommended Carmine Gallo’s Talk Like TED, so I thought that it might be worth a try. Plus, I also teach a multi-modal oral literacy unit in my Composition II course in the spring, so I thought that having tips designed on TED Talks would be helpful. At first, I thought […]

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