Ready. Set. Go. (A Manifesto for 2026)
This year, resolve to share your ideas better — with one sentence, one design, and a little more space.
Your Introduction Isn’t Your TED Talk
When speakers introduce themselves like they’re receiving an oscar, something breaks in the room.
Why We Keep Making Bad Slides (Even When We Know Better)
We’ve all been to conferences where the slides tried to kill us.
The lines I forgot
I prepared obsessively. I still forgot some lines. And it was still a success.
No slides. Just story.
Tomorrow I’ll walk on stage with no slides, just a story I know by heart. Here’s how I learned it.
Don’t leave your audience hanging
If you raise a question, you better answer it. Let’s talk about payoffs and Chekhov’s gun.
If your opening slide looks like this… we need to talk
Let’s stop killing curiosity with title slides that scream “This will be boring.” Here’s what to do instead.
Present like a person, not a pitch
TED-style delivery can inspire - or erase you. Here’s how to stand out without selling out.