Who will you stand up for this International Women’s Day #IWD2023? From Pacific Islanders to working parents, trans women to Asian women, here’s nine ideas from 2023’s TEDxLondonWomen speakers. Women exist at the intersection of so many identities. The idea that the challenges that women face are singular, is ludicrous. Today, I’m excited to share that our TEDxLondonWomen2023…
“I felt very privileged to be on a journey with these incredible people, and play a small part in bringing ideas that can really move the needle into the public arena.” This July, I took a really exciting step. After 12 years curating and coaching TEDxLondon, TEDxLondonWomen and TEDxEastEnd events, I was delighted to collaborate…
The dust has settled from #TEDxLondonWomen 2023. Here are 23 thoughts for 2023 that keep percolating for me: On Speaking In the run up to a big talk you’ll hit a wall of self-doubt where you think you’ve made a terrible mistake agreeing to do it. You need to push through that. Script it, practice…
I had a session with a new client last week. He’s a pretty brainy guy and I’ve seen him tell great stories. Thirty minutes in, he said to me, a bit deflated: “I don’t know… I don’t think I can ever be a captivating storyteller, I have a really technical background and I’ve always been…
We have all been at events where the AV fails; it can be frustrating for the organisers, distracting for the audience and disappointing for the speakers. Often the technical aspects can feel overwhelming if you don’t have a technical background. So what can you do and what do you need to know? When I started…
Last week I was fortunate enough to get to see the opening session of TED 2016: Dream. It got me thinking about TED’s famous tag line – ideas worth spreading. What makes one talk stand out, what makes you share a talk and tell your friends about it? Why did I immediately share one talk…
Since starting my own business a year ago I have been asking myself this question quite a lot. After a decade of working in the charity and human rights sector where I was so solidly defined by the causes I was working on, it was daunting to figure out what I was about now. Of…
TED talks are compelling, they keep your attention, they can communicate complex ideas simply, they inspire and they are ultimately about sharing a great idea. The format is simple – one idea, 18 minutes maximum, no reading or complex slides. But how do you create and give a talk a great talk (or how do…
Love them or hate them, it seems that panel discussions are here to stay as a format for conferences and events, but so often they are a source of stress for organisers, anxiety for speakers and frustration for audiences. Disjointed discussion, domineering hosts, pointless questions and hostile audience members aren’t a recipe for a success.…
Curating your sessions, the order in which people speak, can be as impactful as the speakers on stage. Organising TEDx events for the past five years has changed the way I think about a speaker line-up. However, when I first started to organise events, I never really thought about the order in which people spoke.…