You’re actually live with them at this moment. Correct?
I want you full screen, please.
I got you, I got you. Begin.
You know what? Don’t start there.
Start with this idea of optimism, OK?
Or try it. We’ll see if it works. We’ll know if it works right away. You knew that before. Let’s do it now.
I think if I were you...I think the future’s fine. "Greetings from the future. I’m eight hours ahead, it’s already tomorrow, and in Taiwan we’re doing the future of democracy." And, "Unlike most people in the world that I know right now, I’m incredibly optimistic."
Go for it. It’s yours.
Let me do something else. Stop the future. Forget the future.
Let’s skip it.
Let me hear a start with optimism, OK?
I just want to hear how it sounds. OK?
Keep going. Start again. Go on.
What do you think?
I thought it was a much better start, first of all. It felt much more honest and much more real and, actually, much more serious. I don’t think talking about time or the weather is a terribly interesting way to start.
I think it’s, "Unlike many people in the world, I’m an optimist. And this is a strange thing to be right now, but with me it started in 1995. That year I dropped out of school. I was 15 at the time.
My teacher even agreed that it was a good idea that I drop out of school, because I said that I wanted to learn on the web. I wanted to use this new thing called the World Wide Web because a lot about it appealed to me. It was anarchistic, it was rebellious, no one was in control."
For some reason -- whatever it was -- you wanted to do this, you have to tell me why. OK?
"Today, I’m the Digital Minister of Taiwan, the first digital minister, and I’m still trying to bring some of these radical ideas that I learned in 1995 to my work. They include radical transparency, blah-blah-blah-blah, and blah-blah-blah-blah." OK.
"I’m an optimist because right now it seems to be working." How does that sound? Something like that. Listen, I just made that up based on what you told me. How did that sound to you?
What would you say? Tell me.
Fantastic. You have to tell me what’s true. I love that because you’ve not taken the credit for it. I always say that the speaker should be as humble as possible, right?
Instead of saying, "It’s working great and all of my ideas are fantastic," you said, instead, "It’s transforming the society." That’s perfect. Doesn’t that give you a good bridge? "Am I now engaged? I want to hear, my god, how’s that happening?"
Yeah. "Before I get into the story, I want to invite your participation." OK?
"In the idea of radical transparency, or going with the idea of radical transparency, I want you to ask me anything you want as we go through. On this site, here’s the format, you just plug it in, and come back to it when I’m done. If it’s really important..." Are you going to be able to see the questions as they roll in or...?
I mean are you able to really...You want to stop when these are coming in, or do you want to pick them up at the end? What’s more comfortable for you?
[laughs] You can either say, "Look. I’ll answer them at the end, or if something catches my eye, I’ll interrupt myself and go forward."
Something like that.
I think it’s a good bridge. I really do. By the way, what’s the title of your presentation?
I love it. The MozFest folks, they like to know what the titles are ahead of...Good. Let’s keep going.
Now, again, you’re going to speak a little more slowly, or add a pause. You’re going to use voice for vocal inflection, convey emotion where possible. You can overdo it, it’s absolutely fine. Let’s go.
Could I use the bathroom for one minute?
Thank you.
What five languages do you speak, by the way?
Let’s start with your...You want to pop your deck up? Because I want to watch you speak... You want to start from the top? Let’s do it.
Let’s start.
Let me give you something.
When you introduce, "I’m an optimist," you just say, "This strange condition began when I was 15 years old."
"This strange condition..."
How long did that go for? 24 days or 21...?
"For 22 days, we demonstrated how you negotiate a Trade Agreement."
Very good.
Wait. Are you telling me that the Occupy movement caused the government to rethink what it was doing?
That was actually very major, right?
You need to say that in your transition, OK?
"This caused a revolution, although a peaceful revolution. This was a radical transformation. That and the election of 2015," whenever it was.
Yeah, "Here’s what happened. They did that, they this." Now we’re going into Uber, OK?
Yeah, I don’t think it’s magical, though. You used the word "magical," I don’t think it’s magical.
Hold on. Before we do Uber. That was how this changed the government, OK?
What is the story of Uber? What are you telling me? How this opened the doors to what? Negotiation? You tell me. What are we talking about with Uber?
