How to give better presentations at tech conferences

1. Public
Speaking
for Geeks

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Start Small
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SDLC
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(Session Development Lifecycle)
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Have a list of talk
ideas

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Your session proposal

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What goes in
your talk?
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aTell
story
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89% of all statistics are made up.

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Your Slide Contents
‣ If you put a bunch of text on a slide your
audience starts reading it
‣ Stops paying attention to you
‣ finishes the slide before you
‣ moves on to email
‣ It gets worse with tiny text
‣ You’re not listening to a word I’m saying, are
you?

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Worst. Slide. Ever.
‣ Don't read your slides to
the audience.
‣ Why not? Because your audience can
probably read.
‣ This is easy if you don't fill the slides
with text.

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We’re the audience
and we’re here to help
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“Picture the
audience naked.”

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“Picture the
audience naked.”

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Practice.

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?What’sa good
demo
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Finding
BART
(510) 470-7863
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Finding
BART
(510) 470-7863
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Finding
BART
(510) 470-7863
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Finding
BART
(510) 470-7863
@akalsey

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Presentation
Tech
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Murphy was an optimist.

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36. Adam Kalsey
adam@kalsey.com
@akalsey
www.Tropo.com
@tropo