Thu.Mar 24, 2011

Debbie Weil

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How to prepare an Ignite or TED talk: Q & A with Jill Foster

Debbie Weil

Preparing for the Ignite DC talk I gave recently was surprisingly challenging. Presentation junkies think of Ignite as a mini- TED , which ratchets the pressure up considerably. Like TED and TEDx talks (15 minutes), five-minute Ignite presentations are regularly given in dozens of cities around the world. Every Ignite talk follows the same format: five minutes, 20 slides, with slides advancing automatically every 15 seconds.

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