The TED Commandments – rules every speaker needs to know
It’s Sunday. This means a few things.
1. Men and women are walking out on stages all across this country to communicate through song and speech.
2. Men and women are walking out on stage all across this country and are pulling stuff out their bootie because they know people will show up.
3. Hundreds of thousands of people are hoping that someone will deliver a life changing message today.
Sunday is the day when more stages are filled with more people than any other day of the week.
As I type this Jamie Dickens is bringing the heat on the Buckhead Church stage.
That’s him in the picture.
He’s killing it. Amazing. Maybe he read these already.
For those of you who communicate in any way, shape or form, these should challenge you.
Every speaker at the Ted Conference must follow these rules. And they actually do!
The TED Commandments – rules every speaker needs to know
1. Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick.
2. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before.
3. Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion.
4. Thou Shalt Tell a Story.
5. Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy.
6. Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.
7. Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desperate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
8. Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
9. Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
10. Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee.
The message is too important to not be intentional.
Keep preaching preachas!!!
Los.
Yeah, I'm forwarding this to the teachers at gateway
Jamie really was on target. By the way, the singing was great, opening song, outstanding
Love it…need to keep that in mind for some upcoming church talks and conferences I'm speaking, and or facilitating at…
rhett
Loved #2 there….
Hey Los, I like the way you think. I've been working through these one by one on my blog if anyone is interested. Here's #5: http://www.harbingerofsoul.com/2009/06/08/ted-5/
I know plenty of guys who need to know these. Including myself… Thanks Los!
Great stuff. This is good for a lot of speakers but probably mostly me.
I think the ego thing is sooo important today. The men (or women) "bringin' it" every week can no longer talk down to the congregation. Most people today do not want that sheep mentality. I know I want more. I do not want to be in the herd that walks off the cliff simply because the head sheep said to! I want to branch out & reach out and my pastor should be the same way. Don't preach to me on Sunday & then hide in your house. We need to be shoulder to shoulder in this battle. Love this post! What a great reminder for those pastors who are looking to get down & get dirty.
What if thou happens to accidentally or even intentionally toot on thine stage?
If it's as a result of #2, you're in trouble.
I mean rule #2. Not #2… well, I guess you're in trouble either way…
Rules 2 and 8, for sure! (And I think the speaker following would be the one in trouble!
Ummm not sure how all this works but this guy had the same blog post title with awesome content in 2008. Weird. Good stuff either way. http://www.timlonghurst.com/blog/2008/05/16/the-t... I heart Ted.
wow :: makes me def rethink ever standing in front of another human being :: brought it strong
Perfect – hilarious and right on the money.
those are great…that is why I love TED. Those talks are often times more inspiring than most of what you hear at churches. Sad but true.
If you're preaching, then I think you need at least to have these two rules:
1) Always preach Jesus. Every single sermon. Every. Single. Sermon.
2) Never preach anything that wouldn't be true if Jesus hadn't come, died, and rose.
I do believe those first started kicking around in my head courtesy of Ed Stetzer…
I like everything in this list. The only tweak I would make is this:
Sharing a desperate need for funds is not selling anything. It's challenging the people of God to worship God not just with their words, but with their wallet. Money where your mouth is. God wants to turn us into the generous givers he desires us to be. A preacher that doesn't ask for money is robbing his congregation of the opportunity to worship fully, in spirit and in truth.
Now, sure, you need to clarify your motives when you challenge folks to give. But you must challenge them. Especially Americans. We bow down at the altar of the dollar way too often. It's nice to see our dollars submitting to the King every now and then.
preach,worship,teach, create, amplify,change diapers from the heart, from the Word, and to change lives
Thou shalt speak forth revelation truth, not mere sense knowledge truth…
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