"Hi Everyone, ah, Thank you for your time today. It’s, ah, very daunting to get up here after those wonderful talks this afternoon. Ah, I’m here to talk to you about the next generation of the Internet, the way we see it, ah, in particular, the mobile internet, um, I have mobile internet here with my notes, (held up his phone) hopefully the mobile internet keeps working …"
He continued his talk with many more ums and aahs. I wondered if he had prepared and rehearsed his presentation. He cleared up that question by admitting that he had created his presentation on his phone while on the plane. Clearly, he didn’t rehearse.
He seemed proud of that lack of preparation and yet the TEDx organizers still let him speak.
Naturally, I couldn’t stand listening to anymore. I quit that TEDx video after 2 minutes…
There was nothing in his opening to grab our attention, demonstrate that we should listen to him or even respect him.
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