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What makes someone charismatic? What makes a successful TED talk?

We embarked on a big experiment where 760 volunteers helped us analyze hundreds of hours of TED talks. We were looking for patterns between the most popular videos and the least popular videos and we were shocked by what we found. Find out which patterns we found in the most popular TED talks.

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00:00 Intro
00:38 Verbal v. Nonverbal communication
01:13 Hand gestures
01:49 Scripts kill your charisma
02:16 Smile!
02:49 You have 7 seconds

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Vanessa Van Edwards is a national bestselling author and founder at Science of People. She is also a recovering awkward person.
She is the bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People which has been translated into 15 different languages. Vanessa’s unique approach has been featured on CNN, BBC, CBS, Fast Company, Inc., Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, Today Show and many more.

Vanessa shares tangible skills to improve interpersonal communication and leadership, including her insights on how people work. She’s developed a science-based framework for understanding personalities, decoding body language and improving people skills to help people communicate professionally, socially and romantically.

Vanessa works with entrepreneurs, growing businesses, and trillion dollar companies; and has spoken to thousands of audiences at TEDx London, MIT and CES to name a few.

Science of People looks at the hidden forces that drive our behavior. It’s mission is to help people achieve their goals faster and understand what makes people tick.
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