WTM Amsterdam - Public Speaking

WTM Amsterdam - Public Speaking

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1. Becoming a confident public speaker
   Lee Boonstra, Customer Engineer Google Cloud
   leeboonstra@google.com
   @ladysign
   http://www.leeboonstra.com
   

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2. ● Customer Engineer @ Google
   ○ Google Conferences, Customer Events, Webinars
   ● Previous:
   ○ Sales Engineer @ Sencha
   ■ Seminars, Conferences (FITC, Appsworld, Devoxx..)
   ○ Technical Trainer @ Sencha
   ■ Full week classroom trainings all over the world
   ■ Online classroom trainings
   ● I wrote a book for O’Reilly about mobile app development
   About me
   

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3. I also practice theatre...
   

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4. Actually. Theatre & Public
   Speaking have things in common.
   As a presenter you are a performer!
   ● Tell a story
   ● Make it personal
   ● Make big gestures
   ● Raise your hand, when asking questions
   ● Exaggerate
   ● Tell jokes (you don’t need to be a comedian)
   

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5. A well prepared presentation; is half of the work!
   ● Preparation takes a lot of time.
   ● Whether it’s a slidedeck or story:
   ○ Think about the flow of your presentation. After All it’s storytelling.
   ● Do a tech check, before you are speaking
   ○ Check audio, Screen Resolution, Demos...
   Be prepared!
   

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6. ● When you don’t know them, don’t assume they know everything.
   ● Every topic you introduce, needs explanation.
   ● Introducing new keywords, repeat them.
   ● Start simple. Slowly go more advanced.
   Who is your audience?
   

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7. “Who does not know what traffic splitting is?”
   “Good, then I will skip that!”
   ● Some people are shy. Some people are just not sure.
   ● There’s a chance you lost some of the audience already in the beginning
   of your presentation.
   Don’t!
   

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8. “Traffic Splitting = Splitting traffic allows you to conduct
   A/B testing between your application versions and
   provides control over the pace when rolling out
   features.”
   ● Instead of spending time in asking your audience, who doesn’t know
   this. You could have explained in 2 lines what it actually is.
   ● People like confirmation. Even if the whole audience knows, they will be
   happy that you, as an expert, confirmed it.
   Do!
   

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10. ● Use Presenter Mode in Google Slides, Powerpoint, Keynote.
    ● Don’t print whole books on slides.
    ○ Use short sentences and bullets
    ○ Pictures say more than words.
    ● When showing code:
    ○ Use short sentences
    ○ Use line numbers
    ○ Big font-size, system font
    ○ Font colors (black on white)
    Slide decks
    

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12. ● Bring your own gear.
    ○ Slidedeck, Charger, Clicker, HDMI/VGA adapters, Tethered
    Internet…
    ● Prepare your demos.
    ○ Run through it before your session.
    ● Did you think about a fallback scenario?
    ○ Often, at conferences internet/network connections are bad/slow.
    Demos
    

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13. I love building prototypes
    ● Showing a prototype / demo, sets the stage
    ● Product Demo: Your customers can see your product in action
    ● Building prototypes go beyond “hello-world”
    ● You can relate with your customer
    

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14. It’s a prototype!
    https://www.netflix.com/watch/80124515?t=1170
    

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15. ● People are often shy. Ask again for questions. - followed up by
    an awkward pause.
    ● Repeat the question, so everyone can hear
    ● Be honest. If you don’t know the answer right away. Let’s talk
    afterwards.
    ● Prepare a question, in case no questions are asked.
    “And now it’s time to take some questions...”
    

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16. Exercise
    

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17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkFbmJSyuKk
    

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18. ● Pick one of the random words:
    ○ SPORT / VACATION / MY MISTAKE
    ● Everyone get 10-15min to prepare, a story
    ● Then each presenter gets 2 min, for their mini presentation.
    FORMAT:
    - WHO YOU ARE
    - STORY ABOUT THE RANDOM WORD
    - BUILD UP YOUR STORY
    - LANDING / CONCLUSION
    Let’s prepare panel presentations
    

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