CNLP 544: TED's Chris Anderson on Why and How Ideas Spread, Behind the Scenes on TED's Massive Growth, How TED Got Rejected by Network Television, and His Advice to Preachers and Communicators

TED’s Chris Anderson shares the behind-the-scenes story of TED’s massive success, how and why ideas spread, how all the major TV networks rejected turning TED talks into a TV show, growing up with missionary parents, and his advice to preachers and communicators about communication and the future of the church.

Welcome to Episode 544 of the podcast. Listen and access the show notes below or search for the Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts and listen for free.

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The Art of Leadership Academy’s Pastoral Succession Toolkit

Whether you like to hear it or not, the truth is that every pastor is an interim pastor. Sooner or later, there will need to be a leadership hand-off for a church to remain healthy and growing.

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He Gets Us

Super Bowl Sunday is coming up, and we all know that people will be watching not just for the game…but also for the ads.

Did you know that He Gets Us will be running ads during this year’s big game?

The ads will reach thousands of new people across the country with a message of Jesus’s relevance to our daily lives. It’s an opportunity for you to listen and respond well. Are you ready?

Go to hegetsuspartners.com/fans where you can download resources like a party pamphlet and a discussion guide so you’ll be ready.

Conversation Links

TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking By Chris Anderson

TEDx

TEDEd

TED Fellows Program

The Audacious Project

Countdown

TED Talk with Tim Urban: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator

David Deutsch’s TED talks

Chris Anderson TED’s nonprofit transition talk

On the Rise Newsletter

Thriving Church Checklist

The Art of Leadership Academy

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Quotes from Episode 544

The single biggest thing that I've looked for my whole entrepreneurial life is passion. Not my own passion, other people's passion. @TEDchris Click To Tweet All of human culture really is an edifice of ideas that just get more and more powerful. @TEDchris Click To Tweet The more ideas you're exposed to, the more you can dream about your own future or the role that you could play. @TEDchris Click To Tweet Say less. Pick one thing but go deeper into that one thing, develop it, show it in a way that makes people curious and makes them laugh and take people on a curiosity journey that has a satisfying outcome.” @TEDchris Click To Tweet

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