First of all, if you never heard about TED conferences, it’s large speaking event, made in sake of ideas worth spreading. There is main TED conference, and a lot of independently organized TEDx talk events. Maybe you watched Tim Urban about procrastinating on TED, it has millions of views. It is big honor to be TEDx speaker, great for your portfolio in any career.

And I think it’s a best start point for a speaker career, if you are a TEDx speaker, for any event organizers it’s quality signature, and you can easily apply to be speaker on events.

So what are the steps for you to perform TEDx talk?

Step 1: find an idea, worth spreading, in your life experience.

I am 100% sure, that you had some transformations in your life. Or life changing experiences. Or maybe, you just have happy 10 year marriage and can share family relationships tips. You may learned some new useful skills, and imaginehow cool is teaching others. Whatever it is, I am 100% sure that you have it in your life, and it is worth spreading.

Tip: type your detailed bio in ChatGpt and ask it what is worth for TEDx talk.

Step 2: getting people’s feedback and practice speech.

The easiest way is to tell it to a friends like a story. For examplemine story was “I was introverted, shy and lonely, but I met that cool psychologist, I did this practices, worked on myself, and later I met my wife, and proposed on stage in front of 3000 people”. People will start asking, what specific techniques you used, how you build a relationship, and this questions are best material for making a speech.

Tip: If your friends are constantly asking you something, then you have special magic, worth sharing on TEDx talk.

The best advice for practice – find a local Toastmasters speaking club, join them, and make a speech there. Note that toastmasters limit is 7 minutes for a speech, and TEDx speech may be 15-20 minutes, but you can record longer version on a video at home.

If you have any troubles or questions on this step, you may consult a mentor, like me. I enjoy teaching fellow introverts to shy.

Step 3: find at least 10 TEDx organizers in your area. Contact them.

All TEDx upcoming events are listed on main TED.com website. You should find events near you, and find organizing team. Usually they have contacts on TED website. For me, organizers were from Perm city library. And later for my 2nd talk, from Moscow.

Now, when you prepared speech material on step 2, you should contact organizers, and tell them about your speech idea and why it is worth spreading on TEDx. Connect with at least 10 people, and they will invite you to be a speaker. Perfect, if you will have video recording of your speech, and some Toastmasters achievements.

That’s all:) share in the comments if you have any questions, I am willing to answer.

My TEDx talk YouTube link is below: