TED presentation Style

From Presentation Zen site.

The top ten TED Commandments

• Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick.
  
• Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before.
  
• Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion.
  
• Thou Shalt Tell a Story.
  
• Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy.
  
• Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.
  
• 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.
  
• Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
  
• Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
  
• Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee.