Learn How to Give a TED Talk at North Shore Business Forum's Meeting on Friday, 12/4/2015, Acapulcos, Cummings Ctr Beverly.

Have you ever dreamed of giving a TED or TEDx talk? Do you give presentations at work? Do you do any public speaking? understanding the principles and techniques used by TED speakers will help you dramatically improve your ability to craft and tell a compelling story, engage and inspire your audience, and be more comfortable on stage.

Dyan will be sharing insights from her experiences giving four TEDx talks (one of which was featured on the home page of the main TED website, where it has had 365,000 views). She will also talk briefly about what it was like to write and narrate a video lesson for TED-Ed, cover how to get your foot in the TED door, how to structure your talk and craft your message, and what TED expects from their speakers. Learn how you can contribute your expertise to TED, TEDx, TED-Ed, and other platforms under the TED umbrella - and get your important message and unique ideas out into the world!

The NSBF is a really wonderful group of local businesspeople (most of whom are entrepreneurs) who meet every other week at the Cummings Center in Beverly, MA. The $10 fee includes a full breakfast, networking, and a 30-minute presentation. Doors open by 7:15, the meeting starts at 7:30 am, and it is done by 8:30 am - although folks are welcome to stay longer to network one-on-one if they want to. Hope to see you there next Friday! (And if you have any friends or colleagues who you think would be interested in this topic, please share this invitation with them! Thanks!)

Visit www.nsbforum.org for more information.

About the Speaker: Dyan deNapoli is a penguin expert, TED speaker, and the award-winning author of The Great Penguin Rescue, which is based on her experiences helping to manage the rescue of 40,000 penguins from an oil spill in South Africa. Library Journal named it “one of the best natural history books of 2010” and the New York Post called it “an eco-thriller with a happy ending.” After a nine-year career as a Penguin Aquarist at Boston’s New England Aquarium, deNapoli founded her educational company, The Penguin Lady, to teach children and adults about penguin biology, behavior, and conservation, and to raise funding to protect endangered penguins. DeNapoli has spoken at four TEDx conferences, and has written and narrated an educational video about penguin conservation for TED-Ed. Dyan has been the guest expert on numerous TV and radio shows in the US and abroad, including CNN, the BBC, and CBC Radio Canada. To learn more, visit www.thepenguinlady.com.

The North Shore Business Forum, Inc. (NSBF) is a group of small business owners from Boston’s North Shore who meet on the first and third Friday of each month for informal lectures given by business owners on a wide variety of topics. Members give a 30-second introduction of their business at each meeting. All business owners are welcome: future, past, profitable, experienced or beginning. Meetings are from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. (registration starts at 7:15) at Acapulcos, 900 Cummings Center, Beverly, MA. The $10.00 admission fee includes a breakfast buffet. No pre-registration necessary.

Contact: Brett Kirkpatrick, NSBF President, 978-239-6335, Email:events@nsbforum.org.

The “Meeting After the Meeting” Returns!

The North Shore Business Forum is re-instituting the concept of having members share their expertise with other members on an informal basis, in brief, no-cost sessions after its Friday morning networking meetings.

If you are an NSBF member with an interest in offering your own “Meeting After the Meeting” session in the future, please see NSBF President Brett Kirkpatrick at one of our meetings, or email him at events@nsbforum.org .

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