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TBC* - A talk on giving talks

David Murphy
November 27, 2013

TBC* - A talk on giving talks

*yes, that's the title.

This is a talk I gave at a tech group meetup to encourage others to give talks.

David Murphy

November 27, 2013
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  1. Outline > Detail > Sequence Start with the purpose, then

    fill in the details. You can re-order it later.
  2. We’ve all seen them. The walls of text or lists

    of bullets points that the presenter proceeds to read verbatim in a monotone voice at a much slower pace than the average person reads. You’ve gotten to the end of the slide and they are still wrapping up the first sentence. So now what? Listen attentively until they’ ve finished? Nope. Half the audience are pretending not to fall asleep while the other half are on Twitter or watching that hilarious cat video. You know, the one where it sneaks up on the camera like a ninja. What do you mean you haven’t seen it? Anyway, back to the talk. If by any chance they’re still engaged at this point then you’re going to lose them with the next slide which is … wait for it … another wall of text! Oh joy, oh rapture, oh … look … it’s video of someone drunk playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 with an Occulus Rift. I should share this with my all Facebook m8tes… Oh, and if the audience is still reading this, they’re not listening to you!
  3. But don’t rely on them hardware failures, software failures, network

    failures, presenter failures, audience failures, room failures, failure failures
  4. Layouts This is using a stock layout, but thanks to

    colours and fonts it doesn’t matter
  5. #6 Plan B Have multiple copies, in multiple formats, and

    be prepared to not use slides at all
  6. glossophobia Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public

    speaking or of speaking in general. The word glossophobia comes from the Greek γλῶσσα glōssa, meaning tongue, and φόβος phobos, fear or dread. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossophobia
  7. a beginning, a middle, an end If the audience is

    engaged, they will remember more
  8. Why is this talk called “To be confirmed”? It’s a

    reminder to not get hung up on the title - just get out there and present!