I love TED. I listen to the talks there all the time. My next career goal is to present at TED some day. If any TED organizers read this, I'm a good speaker. Honest. Contact me. I promise to come up with something innovative for your next conference.
But, this is not about me, this is about Feedback. Natalie Merchant, formerly of 10,000 Maniacs gave a performance at the 2010 TED conference. Ted attracts, shall we say, not the most musically inclined audience and they don't quite get how to clap along to her song.
So, rather than suffer through with the audience provided beat slightly off, she stops and gives feedback. And she does it well. The feedback is at the end, it is with the song that starts at 21 minutes in, but the whole video is worth watching. If you're not familiar with Natalie Merchant you should be. She sings so well.
Now, note how she gives them feedback and they follow. She teaches them how to be an audience at a concert, and they learn. She'd make an excellent manager.
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