Find Your TED-Worthy Idea

to get booked in 2022.

You know that speaking at TED or TEDx can help you build your platform, be seen as an expert, and make a difference in people’s lives...

But you’re stuck. You might be thinking:

  • Who am I to be giving a TEDx talk? There are so many others who are more qualified. I’m not the expert!

  • Is my idea TED-worthy? Someone else has already spoken about this.

  • I’d like to speak on a TEDx stage, but I don’t even know what I’d talk about!

  • Do I even have a TED-­worthy idea in me?

  • And even if I did...How do I get there? I don't even know where to start!

In this 2-hour live, interactive workshop, I’ll help you…

start taking action (not just taking notes) so you can...

  • Discover your idea worth spreading even if you don’t know it just yet.

  • Find your idea that will grab TED’s attention.

  • Make your idea clear and concise, where you may have struggled to express your mastery (How do you put a lifetime experience into a 4-18 minute TED talk?)

  • Navigate the new criteria TED is looking for in 2022 (hint: the rules have changed)

A few topics we'll cover...

  • Discover...

    how to convey your heart’s mission. As we break out into small groups to hear your truth reflected back and breakthrough creative blocks.

  • Find out...

    if you have an idea worth spreading --and if not, what to do about it. So you can start taking steps forward from an idea to making an impact.

  • Explore...

    your inner wisdom as to why the world needs to hear your message. Because your voice is the most valuable tool for advocacy.

  • Work through...

    Soness’s 7 Questions for Ideas Worth Spreading. Some speakers have multiple ideas and it's hard to narrow down. This guides you through what you can make progress with today.

  • Ask...

    Ask Soness, the coach to 140+ TED & TEDx speakers, a TED Worldwide Talent Search and 4-time TEDx speaker, and as the head speaker coach of multiple TEDx events, what she looks for in speakers as a curator.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • [Step 1] Welcome! First do this...

    • [Step 2] 3 Questions to find clarity in our journey now (bonus points for videos)

    • [Step 3] Dates & Times + Zoom registration links

    • What to expect

      FREE PREVIEW
  • 2

    Workbook

    • Workbook downloads & Links
  • 3

    Discover your core message

    • Video to be released.

  • 4

    Why does the world need to hear your message?

    • Video to be released.

  • 5

    Questions for your Idea Worth Spreading

    • Video to be released.

  • 6

    Find your idea that will grab TED’s attention

    • Video to be released.

  • 7

    What you need to know about auditions

    • Video to be released.

  • 8

    Principles for Innovative Speaking

    • Video to be released.

  • 9

    Navigate the new criteria TED is looking for in 2022

    • Video to be released.

  • 10

    Talks referenced in the workshop

    • Reference talks
  • 11

    Slides

    • Slides--Copyright 2021-2022 Show-N-Tell.Us a production of Your Speaking Journey (for reference not for copying for your personal/professional use)

Dates & Times

Option 1:
December 16, 🇬🇧 London 9 AM | 🇯🇵 Tokyo 6 PM | 🇦🇺 Sydney 8 PM | 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 1 AM
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Option 2:  
December 18,  🇬🇧 London 9 AM |  🇯🇵 Tokyo 6 PM | 🇦🇺 Sydney 8 PM | 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 1 AM
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Option 3:  

December 18, 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 5 PM | 🇺🇸 New York 8 PM |
December 19, 🇦🇺 Sydney 12 PM | 🇯🇵 Tokyo 10 AM | 🇬🇧 London 1AM

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Option 4:  

January 5, 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 5 PM | 🇺🇸 New York 8 PM |
January 6, 🇦🇺 Sydney 12 PM | 🇯🇵 Tokyo 10 AM | 🇬🇧 London 1AM
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Option 5:  
January 7 🇬🇧 London 9 AM | 🇯🇵 Tokyo 6 PM | 🇦🇺 Sydney 8 PM | 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 1 AM
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Option 6 & 7:  To Be Announced

There will be a replay of teaching content and  Q&A (without the participants' breakthrough work) a week after the workshops.

WHO IS YOUR INSTRUCTOR?

Hi. I’m Soness.

I am The #1 TEDx speaker coach 

That’s not me saying that—just ask Google, speakers, and event organizers across the globe.  I’ve trained over 140 TED & TEDx speakers around the world.

As the Head Speaker Coach for multiple TEDx events, I make sure our speakers connect, engage and move audiences. 

As an international speaker, I’ll show you how my clients and I get booked to speak without having all the things a speaker is “supposed” to have such as expensive headshots, over-the-top speaker pages, all those extra things that stop you from doing what you are meant to do:  sharing your message with the people who need you most.  You are starting off and this will give you the right steps to get booked to speak both on-stage and online .... as you. Just as you are.  

As a former associate professor of International Business Communication skills, having authored 2 university textbooks on presentation skills and published in 3 academic journals on communications. You may have seen my weekly communications TV show on NHK or FOX TV. 

So, I get where you are coming from as a speaker. I spoke at the TED Worldwide Talent Search, 4 TEDx events, and I speak globally both on-stage and online.