Hans Rosling is the Zen Master of presenting statistics. Hans proves what we all know, even if our teachers from yesteryear did not: Statistics are not boring. Statistics tell a story. Better yet, share it with others. Gapminder World Gapminder World is a web service that displays time series of development statistics for all countries (Google He's brilliant. Hans gave this talk at TEDIndia a couple of weeks ago. (I

One of the classic TED videos is Hans Rosling’s 2006 presentation. Can you imagine if Hans Rosling had stood passively by the side of the screen as he explained his statistics? By getting in the beam and physically showing us the statistics, Hans Rosling demonstrated his energy and his passion for his topic and the audience loved it! Public speaking and presenting are full of silly rules. One such silly rule is that you shouldn’t walk into into the beam of the projector.

He says, "That's when I believe statistics - when it's grandma-verified statistics." The 2007 presentation is a must-watch video - the finale will blow your mind. This one is his presentation from 2006, when he first introduced this technology for manipulating and animating data, and he shows even more versatility of the software than in the 2007 video (watch when the bubbles split into individual countries from about 9:50 to 11:44 into the video - this part of the presentation is particularly fascinating). Enjoy! ...Tags: Watch these presentations (below) by Hans Rosling from TED . (Thanks