Personalize your subject by letting the listener know why you think it is cool.Show your enthusiasm, and your motivation. They are contagious.

Explain Your Motivation

Focus on the bigger picture, instead of explaining in length every nitty-gritty detail, which people will find hard to absorb.Too much information can dilute your message.

Don't Explain Too Much

Being extremely accurate isn't that important as being clear, concise and simple.A basic understanding of a concept, if done right, can later be built upon for a more comprehensive picture.

Clarity Over Accuracy

<ol><li>Start off in the right place: explain the information in terms that they already understand</li><li>Don't explain too much: focus on the bigger picture</li><li>Go for clarity over accuracy: being extremely accurate isn't that important as being clear, concise and simple</li><li>Explain your motivation: Why are you saying what you are saying</li></ol>

4 Principles for Effective & Clear Communication

Everyone's got a different background, everyone's got a different set of knowledge, and it's our job to explain the information in terms that they already understand.As you start to explain, ask questions like "Is this making any sense?" And don't worry too much about whether you're telling the audience something they've already heard before.

Start In The Right Place

This post is part of TED's "How to Be a Better Human" series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. "Have you ever had this experience?" asks physicist Dominic Walliman in a TEDxEastVan Talk.

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