Public Speaking For Engineers

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Public Speaking for Engineers Robby “Sap” Millsap IAmSap.com

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Welcome

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What is your greatest passion?

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Exercise

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Icebreakers Change the energy of room Break the speaker/audience wall

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Our roadmap How to speak Where to speak What you should say Signposting

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Interactive session Survey Popcorn

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Our roadmap How to speak Where to speak What you should say

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Giving a speech is no different than making a cheese sandwich. Principle #1

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Just do it

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Unlearn what we learned in cartoons • Head back • Shoulders up • Full body

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Breathe like a baby • Fill bag with air • Exhale the bag contracts

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Breathe from your diaphragm You can practice this at home by lying flat on your back.

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You have two voices Conversational voice Speaking voice

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Improving speaking voice Louder than conversational voice Slower than conversational voice More emphatic

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How to improve your voice Record yourself Take singing lessons

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This guy! I took vocal lessons from a guy I met on Craigslist! Come on in! I promise not to murder you.

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Where to look?

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Two schools of thought Just above everyone’s heads One person, one point

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Two schools of thought Just above everyone’s heads One person, one point 1 2 3 4

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Where not to look Floor Ceiling Exits Watch Boss Slides

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Building compelling decks

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Three kinds of talks Informative Persuasive Entertaining

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Decks vs. Visual aids (slides) Decks (Informative) Content stands on its own Can be shared Good for informative Data heavy May stop listening Visual aids (Persuasive, Entertaining) Very few slides (10 or less) Bullets and imagery Not shareable “You had to be there”

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What font size should I use?

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Guy Kawasaki rule “Take the age of the oldest person in the room and divide in half.”

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Too much noise Microsoft is an American multinational corporation Headquartered in Redmond, WA Manufactures and sells computer software World’s largest software maker by revenue Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 Launch their IPO in 1986 Azure is their cloud platform Visual Studio is a popular IDE Steve Ballmer replaced gates in 2000 Being is their search engine, but you probably don’t use it. MS-DOS helped solidify the company's dominance References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft https://www.biography.com/business-figure/bill-gates https://slate.com/technology/2012/10/microsoft- zune-how-one-of-the-biggest-flops-in-tech-history- helped-revive-a-great-american-tech-company.html

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Lecterns, podiums & pulpits

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Live coding (bad)

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Live coding (better)

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Remove distractions Fancy lasers, pointers Loud/ironic/hilarious(!) attire Plug-ins, extensions

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Filler So-called “crutch words” (uh, um) Like, sort of

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Lazy descriptors Try not to describe something as “cool”, “awesome sauce”, “sweet” or ”totally rad”

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Humor Indicator of intelligence and likeability Making people laugh is fun Comedy is an ingredient, not the base

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Getting laughs Don’t be self-deprecating Learn what makes people laugh

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Take a comedy class

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Story theme ideas (be specific) Disaster stories (server crashes, malware, DDoS et al. ) Good intentions gone wrong Boss/client learns the hard way A dormant bug in the code (w/snippets) Death marches, war stories

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Play with your pitch and pattern

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Use your hands

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Co-speaking

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Speaking on a panel Tell a story from your experience

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Our roadmap How to speak Where to speak What you should say

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Live speaking opportunities User groups Toastmasters Open mics Open spaces

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Teaching YouTube Podcast LinkedIn, others

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Conferences Competitive Call for speakers Don’t get blacklisted Positive reviews get invited back

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Product demos Never count on wifi Bring your own cables Live demo, local demo, slides Should be able to do presentation without projector if you have to

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Our roadmap How to speak Where to speak What you should say

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Be authentic Be truly yourself, not a character Speak from experience

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Be (a little) controversial

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In conclusion How to speak – Be prepared Where to speak – Be ready What you should say – Be authentic