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content"<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although what we consider to be a “great” talk can vary from context to context and person to person, there are several common ingredients that can help us identify when a talk is great. These include:</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Accomplishing its purpose -  </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great talk is one that has a clear purpose and is able to reach its audience in the way it was intended to </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simplicity - </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great talk is simple and clear. It focuses on one key message and doesn’t try to cover a large array of different points</span></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vibrant Stories - </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great talk tells vivid and resonating stories that help its audience visualize and feel what is being said</span></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A beginning, middle and end - </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great talk has a structure that helps its audience follow along and understand each point</span></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connection with the audience - </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great talk shares information that is relevant to its audience and is delivered in a way that builds a real connection with them</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enthusiasm and authentic passion - </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great talk is one where its speaker genuinely finds the topic so fascinating that they need to share it with others</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These ingredients will be discussed in more detail in the following sections of this guidebook.</span></p>"
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