Best Site to See Good Presentations - TED

Lately my work involved doing demos and presentations so I started paying attention on improving my presentation skills. Books such as "Presentation Zen", "Slide:ology", and "Resonate" helped a lot, but I found they were like "theories". You could learn from theories but it would still be hard to grasp if you didn't see a concrete example. (I know, that's why I am a software engineer who totally failed her college Physics classes.) And where to find the best presentations online? TED.

I found TED speakers were incredibly good presenters. Their talks spanned about 3 to 20 minutes, but short or long, they were all engaging and enjoyable. The topics were fascinating. The speakers were passionate, with wonderful stories to tell, and told them well. They used slides or videos, sometimes a lot of them, but their uses of presentation tools never overpowered the talks. From watching many of those videos, I came up with two conclusions. One, being passionate about your topic is highly infectious, its importance cannot be emphasized enough. Two, find out the most important thing you want your audience to remember and focus on it. Because if your audience can remember just ONE thing after the talk, it's worth it.