1. How to be a usability star The UX Public Speaking Toolkit

2. Agenda <Break> Delivery Evaluation Practice 12 pm <Lunch> Introductions Ideas Presentation Design Rehearsal 2

3. Ground Rules You speak… then I speak.

4. Ground Rules - Speaker Come up to the front of the room Shake hands Speak Shake hands 4

5. Ground Rules - Audience Clap when the speaker comes up Clap when the speaker leaves Roles… Timer… Um/Ah counter… Evaluator 5

6. Introductions

7. Introductions (1 min) Your name Where you study and/or work What you do Where you use public speaking skills Why you are here 7

8. About me 8

9. Toastmasters Toastmasters 9

10. Toastmaster Meeting Toastmaster Prepared Speeches Table Topics Evaluation Timer Um/ah Counter 10

11. Filler Words Um Ah Well Actually OK So Like You know Anyway 11

12. Evaluation The sandwich method

13. Ideas Where do they come from?

14. Ideas Table Topics Ideas are the easy part. It’s difficult to find good presentation ideas. 14

15. Good news You don’t have to be Jakob Nielsen

16. The first idea is the hardest After that, it’s a piece of cake

17. Hell is other people Professional Networking

18. Ideas Evaluation

19. Presentation Design Do your slides have to be pretty?

20. Presentation Design Table Topics Every time someone uses PowerPoint, a kitten dies. A picture’s worth a thousand words. 20

21. Slides are not important… …but they can ruin your presentation.

22. The Dangers of PowerPoint

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24. Information Design First Points and Arguments

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29. Presentation Design Evaluation

30. Rehearsal How to prepare, and how much?

31. Rehearsal Table Topics Where and how do you practice? What makes it hard to practice? 31

32. Watch yourself 32

33. Timing is everything 33

34. Too much of a good thing? 34

35. Toastmaster Speeches The Ice Breaker Organize Your Speech Get to the Point How To Say It Your Body Speaks Vocal Variety Research Your Topic Get Comfortable With Visual Aids Persuade With Power Inspire Your Audience 35

36. Rehearsal Evaluation

37. Break (15 min) Back at 11am

38. Showmanship

39. Showmanship Table Topics The ideas are more important than style. It’s entertainment! 39

40. http://whatisusability.com/ 40

41. The Sins of Showmanship 41

42. The Perils of Showmanship 42

43. Showmanship Evaluation

44. Evaluation Judge and be judged

45. Evaluation Table Topics You can’t improve without feedback. Most of the time, the feedback you get is useless. 45

46. 46 The Good

47. 47 The Bad

48. The Off-Topic 48

49. Evaluation Evaluation

50. Practice …makes perfect

51. Um/Ah Count 51

52. Practice Table Topics Silence Fear 52

53. Usability Profesionals Association (UPA) Boston UPA Monthly Meetings Annual Mini-UPA Conference (May) Annual UPA Conference (2011 in Atlanta) 53

54. Human-Computer Interaction chapter of ACM (sigCHI) Boston CHI Bits Boston CHI Monthly Meetings Annual sigCHI Conference 54

55. Tech Meetings/Conferences Boston PechaKucha O’Reilley Ignite Refresh Boston Basecamp Boston Agile Dev Meetings 55

56. Boston Interactions Calendar 56

57. ImprovActing ClassesOpen Mics

58. Toastmasters http://www.toastmasters.org

59. Videos No slides http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_mead_the_magic_of_the_placebo.html All slides http://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/73 59

60. Resources Toastmasters toastmasters.org MIT TM Group:tuesday-evening-toastmasters-MIT@googlegroups.com MIT TM President: Mike Preshmanmpresh@gmail.com Slideshare http://www.slideshare.com Stock Photography http://www.istockphoto.com Jared Spool on Slidesharehttp://www.slideshare.net/jmspool/ 60