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Tips for Speakers

Tips for Speakers

20 tips for your speech by Gabriele Marangon (https://speakerdeck.com/gabrielemarangon)

droidcon Italy

October 18, 2016
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  1. Start with your best story, your funniest joke, your guiding

    theory. Don’t make them wait to see you shine.
  2. Lists of text should be avoided for presentation designs. Stretch

    a list into multiple visual slides instead
  3. People can memorize information better when it is spread over

    many slides. Don’t put too much on your plate
  4. Most people can remember an average of three ideas from

    a presentation. Build your speech according to the rule of three
  5. The audience will be more willing to listen what you

    have to say instead of reading it on the slide. It also helps you not to read the presentation
  6. People love stories...Tell them your personal experience and what you’ve

    learnt from it. You will increase the audience involvement
  7. Or most of the people will think “I’m good at

    reading too”. You’ll loose their attention
  8. Vary your voice when you can. You'll get people much

    more interested in what you have to say. One of the things the best speakers can do well is variance of voice
  9. Turning your back to the audience for too long could

    be perceived as lack of respect. Remember, a great presentation is a conversation!
  10. Use colors with enough contrast to bring out your text.

    Your slides have to be clear and readable
  11. Pick a clean and readable font, make it big enough.

    (if you are not sure make it bigger) Design for the bottom of the room
  12. Images are easy to remember. You can associate them to

    a concept or an idea to explain it better. Don’t use blurred images
  13. Some free images archives • https://stocksnap.io/ • https://www.pexels.com/ • https://www.sitebuilderreport.com/stock-up

    • http://gratisography.com/ • http://www.designerspics.com/ • http://imcreator.com/free • https://pixabay.com/ • https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons
  14. The moderator in the room will warn you when the

    time at your disposal is about to run out. Staying in the timing shows your respect towards your audience and your collegues.
  15. Some speakers worry that practice will decrease their authenticity on

    stage, however the opposite is true. Whatever you do, don’t try to wing it