Behind the Scenes of My TED Talk

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And it's really hot in here. It's like 100 degrees outside and no amount of turning up the air conditioning is working. I am going over my TED Talk over and over, trying to like make tiny little incremental tweaks to improve, practicing. It just looks like this TED Talk is forever.

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I just finished doing an interview with Maria Shriver, and I'm gonna practice a couple more times here before I'm ready to head out. I have two outfits ready. I have this dress on, and I have a pink suit ready. I'm gonna bring the pink suit so me sitting around in it does not get it wrinkled,

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because I am not speaking until later in the day. So we'll see what I ultimately end up wearing. Did it. And stop. Only like 12 more hours till we get home. Only 12 more.

Behind the Scenes of My TED Talk

Sharon McMahon

Jul 24, 2024

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I was recently asked to give a TED Talk about democracy. The TED organization picked a handful of sites around the world to take part in a special series of lectures on this theme, and one of the selected sites was in Billings, Montana.

My talk was called Hope for Democracy, and I was the last presenter of the day. The audience and staff were attentive and kind, and when I arrived at the airport to leave, employees of two different airlines came up to me to say they had really enjoyed my talk.

I can’t share the speech with you yet, but the full video will be out in September, and I will be sure to let you know when it’s available. In the meantime, here’s a tiny peek behind the scenes.

What questions do you have about TED talks? I’ll do my best to answer in the comments!

Behind the Scenes of My TED Talk

And don’t forget: you can now get tickets to my book tour!

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