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Pankaj Sharma and Kate McIvor at TEDxPerth
As a Speaker Coach for TEDxPerth, I get to work with some interesting people, helping to develop their messaging and presentation skills. This article features two of my TEDxPerth speakers–our event closers for 2018 and 2019–watch Kate McIvor and Pankaj Sharma closing the events with such passion and emotion.
Sophie Zadeh’s TED-Ed Lesson: Are there universal expressions of emotion?
Sophie Zadeh's TED-Ed lesson: Are there Universal Expressions of Emotion? The lesson looks at the history of discovery of facial expressions, what expressions of emotion look like, the purpose of facial expressions and why we make facial expressions.
Video Interview: Universal facial expressions of emotion
Courtney Waller interviews Sophie Zadeh about her TED-Ed lesson: Are there universal expressions? They discuss the history of emotion, display rules, animal and human expression, botox on expressions, how to trigger emotions, macroexpressions and microexpressions.
Sharing some good news: I'm working on a TED-Ed animation!
Yippee, I got the go ahead to share my good news with you! I've been working on a script for a TED-Ed animation and it's finally coming to fruition. The TED-Ed team have brought in the director, animator and narrator/actor to work their magic and bring it to life. This is a huge thrill for me, since I've been a TED obsessive for years. My TED-Ed lesson animation is about emotional expression– universal expressions, so over the next few weeks, I'll be posting some supporting information on the subject on my blog.
If you aren't already familiar with TED-Ed animations, here's one by Peter Mende-Siedlecki, I think you may find it interesting- it's about first impressions, which are incredibly important for setting us up for successful interactions. It's less than 5 minutes long.