M. Iftekhar Tanveer

Awe the Audience: How the Narrative Trajectories Affect Audience Perception in Public Speaking

Telling a great story often involves a deliberate alteration of emotions. In this paper, we objectively measure and analyze the narrative trajectories of stories in public speaking and their impact on subjective ratings. We conduct the analysis using the transcripts of over 2000 TED talks and estimate potential audien…