This past Saturday I gave a talk at the TEDxBeirut event about cartoons (duh)! WHAT A BLAST that was!
The entire event was such an amazing experience. I want to take this chance to thank Patricia, the curator, for putting together this wonderful event and for giving us a chance to express our ideas. I also wanted to take this chance to thank the coaches (don’t worry I won’t add your family names for privacy concerns) Roland, Sarah, Rim, and John! You guys were spectacular at giving us advice on how to talk, how to move on stage, and finally how to express our ideas properly.
To the speakers. Each one of you did such an AMAZING job. I won’t forget the fun we had during rehearsals and how we tried to calm each other’s nerves (which failed miserably might I add). Also, who’s idea was it to eat 3 bananas before the talk to “calm” our nerves? Did anyone try that?
To those who didn’t or couldn’t make it, I urge you to go next year. It’s amazing to see an event that had nothing to do with politics (especially in Lebanon) and was purely based on expressing innovative ideas.
FINALLY, YES another HEAD EXPLODING COMIC! I haven’t done this in a year! I really missed doing those!
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You were amazing on stage!
I was thinking the same thing when we went up and was just like…..eewwweee I don’t need to see that……
Never easy to speak in a big room. If your head stayed attached, I would say you made it through successfully.
Didn’t actually happen but better late than never… you’re (at least your comic form) living up to your bio
That’s why public nudity isn’t that big a problem in practice, you DON’T want to see quite a few people naked. And on another note, the second panel is why I’d love to have a teleprompter, I never memorize things well or forget them too easily.
The safe thing was that we did have one, so that didn’t happen. She was great on stage!
She was indeed!
Haha!
I knew this was going in your head!
Great talk, keep up the good work!
I’m so glad I made it to TedxBeirut ..it was an amazing experience.. & u were just great
Hahaha! Well, some heads did explode on the day of the event. They exploded with laughter! Awesome talk! You were awesome!
-Aisha
This idea about imaging the audience in their underwear was created just for men
Did you lose weight from the first strip to the last one?
You can always imagine them without anything at all.
I prefer this method.
Sareen alabet YouTube bs I could not find the session recording. Would love to watch it..! =) ideas?
Hey there! Unfortunately the videos come out in one month…i know i know, we just have to be a little patient hehe
Grats on giving a great talk
Public speaking is easy when you have a huge ego and know your material. The Col *always* has both.