Once you have established the premise and purpose of your TED talk, you should craft an outline to present your idea in a way that your audience will care about and understand the facts behind them and how it will affect them if they choose to embrace it. Your outline, however, should be something your audience can discern without being obvious. In other words, you don't tell them what you're going to say before you say it (no "Here's what I'm going to share with you today") and what you've said after you say it (no "And in conclusion "). If you've been scheduled to speak at a TED event, your outline, or a full script, needs to be sent to the event organizer about two months in advance of your appearance. This lets the event organizers provide preliminary feedback. Your introduction should grab your audience by presenting your idea as quickly as possible without drawing excessive attention to yourself as the speaker. If your idea is one your audience knows is relevant to them, state it clearly early on. If it's not one your audience realizes is relevant to them, show them how it relates to something they do know is relevant to them, If your idea is an emotionally heavy one, start with an understated but forthright approach. Let your audience come to feel about the topic instead of dictating their emotions. Avoid using a string of statistics. A single relevant fact carries more weight, particularly if it comes as a surprise to your audience. List out what the audience already knows and what they need to know, then organize this information into a series of points, where each point presents information that will help your audience grasp the next point. As you do this, weed out information that your audience doesn't need to know, even if you may think it's important. Keep and devote more time in your talk to information that's new to your audience and eliminate and devote less time to things they've already heard. Use more evidence that's supported by your own and your audience's observations and experience (empirical evidence) than by telling what happened to someone else (anecdotes). Keep the use of specialized terminology to a minimum and, where possible, present it in such a way that your audience can figure out the definition in context. Respectfully acknowledge legitimate doubts and contrary evidence. Save citations until after you've made your point or post them in small print at the bottom of relevant slides. Consider having someone help you gather and select your evidence. Slides aren't required for TED talks, although you can use simple slides to support your key points without distracting your audience. You can put the slides together yourself in a presentation program such as PowerPoint or Keynote, or enlist a designer's help. Keep the following things in mind when preparing slides: Contact the event organizer for information about the resolution and aspect ratio for slides before you start making any. If the organizer doesn't provide you any technical specs, use a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16 to 9. Use each slide to support only one point in your talk. Avoid using bullet points to make multiple points in your presentation. Let the slide speak for itself. Don't put a lot of explanatory text on the slide or devote time to explain what the picture on the slide represents. If your slide features a chart or infographic, keep it simple. Use only images you own or have permission to use. If you're using an image under a Creative Commons license, cite the source of the image at the bottom of the slide. Either fill the entire slide with your image or keep it in the center of the slide; don't put content in the edges. Use a sans serif font (Arial, Helvetica, Verdana) of point size 42 or larger. (Sans serif fonts are easier to read from a distance than serif fonts like Times New Roman.) If you are using a custom font, be sure to send it to the organizers in advance. (Presentation software typically can display only the fonts installed on the projecting computer.) Instead of providing a summary, your conclusion should be something that leaves your audience with a positive feeling about your idea and how it will affect them if they choose to implement it. Your conclusion may include a call to action, if appropriate, as long as that call to action isn't a sales pitch asking them to buy something.
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One-sentence summary -- Develop an outline. Provide a strong introduction. Identify what evidence supports your premise. Look for places to visually support the body of your talk with slides. Conclude on a high point.

Food and water dishes should be cleaned out every day using hot water and dish soap. Rinse the dishes before lathering with soap, then rinse the soap off under hot water for several seconds. Once the bowl is clean, dry thoroughly with a clean towel. Some dishes may be dishwasher safe. Check to make sure that your dishes are dishwasher safe before placing them in the dishwasher, and make sure you use an animal-safe detergent. Animal-safe dish soaps and detergents are often available at local pet stores, online, or in grocery stores that carry environmentally-friendly cleaning products. It may also be useful to have two or three sets of dishes on hand if you do not have time to properly clean and dry the dishes every day. Often, the bird can stay in the cage during daily cleanings. However, if you think the bird is a flight risk, you may want to consider keeping an alternate cage where the bird can stay while you clean. If you have a birdbath, swings, ladders, or other toys, wash them in hot, soapy water the same way you do the dishes. Scrape droppings off perches and rotate the perches to ensure they wear evenly. When you replace the toys in the cage, consider moving them around to give your bird variety and additional stimulation. Your bird cage liner should be replaced every day. Newspaper or other store-bought paper linings are generally the preferred lining for your bird cage, as they are safe, economical, and easy to check for droppings. Remove the old liner completely, using a damp rag or sponge to take up any paper that sticks, and place the new paper down in several thin layers. Newspaper lining or any other recycled paper lining should be free of colored ink, as some pigments used in some inks may be toxic to birds. Try to have at least seven layers of paper down to catch and absorb all debris and droppings. Use a handheld broom or vacuum to sweep up the areas surrounding the cage to pick up food, feathers, droppings, and other debris that may have fallen out of the cage. Wipe up any water or moisture that may have spilled into the surrounding area, as well. A cage apron can be used to help collect debris falling out of the cage and may be easily emptied every day. These are available at pet stores as well as specialty bird stores. If your cage is in a carpeted area, a plastic floor liner such as a placemat or a mat that might go under an office chair can help catch debris and may be easily sanitized.
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One-sentence summary -- Clean out the dishes. Inspect the cage accessories. Change the liner. Sweep up the surrounding areas.

The buildup of gunk on strainers and stoppers often causes slow drainage. Remove any screws around the strainer with the proper screwdriver. Then, place the screws in a safe location while you clean the strainer. Stopper are easier to remove because they are not held down with any screws, so simply remove the stopper by twisting and lifting it. Most bathtub drains have either a strainer or a stopper. This method is usually effective on small clogs, so if your drain is badly clogged, it may not be as effective. A lot of gunk may have accumulated on the strainer or stopper. Clean any hair or soap scum; you may have to scrub the strainer and stopper. Strainers will need to be re-screwed back onto the top of the drain, whereas you can just place the stopper back in the drain. Turn on your bathtub to see if the drain now works properly. If not, you will need to try another method.
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Remove the strainer. Clean excessive gunk around the strainer and stopper. Replace the cover or stopper the same way you removed it. See if it worked.