Assembly Commandments?

I’ve really got into the TED talks recently, and love the creativity, inspiration and quality of these 10-15 minute talks. Really do recommend checking them out if you haven’t done so before. Came across the TED commandments this morning thanks to Jonny and presumably thanks to the wider blogosphere for communicating this stuff…have included them here, I love the fun way they have been written, but I also think each of these things are great ideas to apply to leading an assembly.

1. Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick
2. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before
3. Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion
4. Thou Shalt Tell a Story
5. Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy
6. Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.
7. Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desparate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
8. Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
9. Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
10. Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee.

Am loving especially number’s 1 through 4, and need to keep in mind number 8 and number 10 for teachers who really don’t appreciate us going over time!

TAGS: assemblies, ted