Back in 2015, Saturday Night Live writer Will Stephen laid this bare with a speech at TED Talks about how to sound smart in a TED Talk.
TED is to be commended for making the masses think a little deeper, but it’s also fair to say that it’s bite-sized Talks are a little reductive.
Stephen still writes for SNL, recently contributing the ‘Drake’s Beef’ sketch.
With speakers having to pack their insights into as little as five minutes, various speech and body language tricks are necessary to make an impact on the audience and this often leads to overwrought dispatches.