Presentation Patterns at QCon New York

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1. Tuesday, June 11, 13
   

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2. Presentation Patterns
   a tutorial about teaching technology
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3. Matthew McCullough
   @matthewmccull
   @ppatterns
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5. http://presentationpatterns.com
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9. Prepare
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10. ❶  Let the topic choose you
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11. Want to do it.
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14. Help others do better.
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15. https://qconnewyork.com/schedule
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17. • Teach a skill that you know well and others are weak at.
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18. • Teach a skill that you know well and others are weak at.
    • Change opinions about something that is viewed as hot (or not).
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19. • Teach a skill that you know well and others are weak at.
    • Change opinions about something that is viewed as hot (or not).
    • Share a story of how something worked out well.
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20. • Teach a skill that you know well and others are weak at.
    • Change opinions about something that is viewed as hot (or not).
    • Share a story of how something worked out well.
    • Recount how a popular process didn't work for your team.
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21. • Teach a skill that you know well and others are weak at.
    • Change opinions about something that is viewed as hot (or not).
    • Share a story of how something worked out well.
    • Recount how a popular process didn't work for your team.
    • Tell how you learned a hard lesson as a team.
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22. • Teach a skill that you know well and others are weak at.
    • Change opinions about something that is viewed as hot (or not).
    • Share a story of how something worked out well.
    • Recount how a popular process didn't work for your team.
    • Tell how you learned a hard lesson as a team.
    • Do a technical deep dive and make it approachable to newcomers.
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23. ★ Choose a technical topic from the QCon schedule.
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24. ★ Why do you want to use that back at work?
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25. ★ Build a one sentence elevator pitch.
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26. ❷  Investigate your audience
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29. Ask the event organizer.
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30. Query past attendees.
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31. Adjust for maximum audience impact.
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33. • What is the technical level of the audience? Basic? Advanced?
    • What languages do the audience members primarily program in?
    • What kind of social diversity can I expect of the audience?
    • What age range might I expect?
    • What educational background will audience members typically have?
    • What languages will the audience possibly know?
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34. ★ Write down one technical thing about your neighbor.
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35. ❸  Craft a story
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36. Start with what you know
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37. Sketch your ideas
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38. Sketch your ideas
    1mm felt pen
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39. Mind Mapping
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40. ★ Write down 10 facts as mind map nodes on your topic.
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41. Expand to what is being said
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42. https://news.google.com
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43. https://news.ycombinator.com
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44. ★ Search for discussions about the topic.
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45. Linearize at the last possible moment.
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46. Freytag can help.
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47. Freytag can help.
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49. 1
    Exposition
    2
    Rising action
    3
    Complication
    4
    Climax
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    Falling action
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    Resolution
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    Denouement
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50. 1
    Exposition
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    Climax
    7
    Denouement
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51. Exposition
    Clim
    ax
    Denouement
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52. ★ Put the 10 + 3 topics in
    Problem > Exposition > Resolution order.
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53. ❹  Write the proposal
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54. Think about the weight of your words.
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55. Brief, but impactful.
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56. Lengths:
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57. Lengths:
    •Title
    •Abstract
    •Description
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58. Get inspiration from other proposals.
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59. ★ What grabs your attention
    on an accepted abstract from the QCon site?
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60. Build
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61. ❺  Let it simmer
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62. Pause between ideation and creation
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63. ❻  Design the talk
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64. You are the talk.
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65. Slides are merely a support.
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66. Color is easy with a little help.
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67. http://kuler.adobe.com
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68. ★ Pick a color palette from Kuler.
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69. Design is easy, given examples.
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70. http://speakerdeck.com
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71. Write as analog as possible
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75. ★ Sketch out three slides on paper.
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76. ❼  Build the talk
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79. ★ Put those three slides in story order.
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80. What about photos?
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81. http://images.google.com
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82. http://flickr.com/creativecommons/
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83. http://istockphoto.com
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85. $100,000
    / 365 days
    x 0.5 day
    = $137 per person
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86. ★ Select one relevant photo from Flickr.
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88. What about animations?
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92. What about fonts?
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93. http://www.google.com/fonts/
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94. http://theleagueofmoveabletype.com
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95. ★ Select an OSS font and install it.
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96. Deliver
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97. ❽  Practice the talk
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98. Less than
    10% practice their talk.
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100. Equally practice the beginning, middle and end
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101. ★ Run through your three slides for 30 seconds each.
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102. ❾  Just talk
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103. Adjust your voice and intonations
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104. Place friends in the front row.
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105. The front row controls the room.
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106. No stupid underwear analogies.
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107. The audience members are your friends.
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109. reduce your filler words
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110. reduce your filler words
     um... uh... you know...
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111. Adjust your pace. Slow it down. A lot.
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112. ★ Try your three slides at half your normal speed.
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113. manage your question budget
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114. manage your question budget
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115. ★ Manage an interruption with respect.
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116. adjust your nose and eyes
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119. ★ Focus your chin and gaze for 5s per audience member.
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120. adjust your stance
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121. ★Speak with your feet shoulder width apart.
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122. adjust your walking
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123. ★Walk to a destination. Stop.
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124. ❿  Gather feedback
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125. Provide a feedback channel.
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126. @matthewmccull
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127. Vent and direct the steam.
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129. Freytag?
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130. Freytag?
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132. just two more things...
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133. PresentationPatterns.com
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134. Start Teaching!
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135. @matthewmccull
     @ppatterns
     info@presentationpatterns.com
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