Dont forget that they will be reviewing you more than the slides. If you rely on them too much, that will look bad, like you are using them as a crutch. Whatever you have on those slides, you should have it memorized almost and use them to help people follow your lines of thought. Having 2 sets of slides, one you present with and one you give to those who ask helps you avoid the appearance of being a slide reader.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Steven Herod <[email protected]>wrote: > 30 minutes is only long enough to get across a broad concept or > probably, explore in detail, one specific area. > > You have to decide if your slides will just simply emphasis your > words... or can they exist without your words. If so, they will be a > lot more detailed, and that can take away from your presentation. > > The best presentations have a bit of passion and opinion in them. > And think about the narrative... what's story are you trying to tell. > > On Dec 20, 1:46 pm, Tony Childs <[email protected]> wrote: > > A certain technical training company has expressed interest in having me > > teach a 14-week online training course on the topic of "RESTful Java." > They > > have asked me to prepare a 30-minute mini-lesson (via LiveMeeting) as > part > > of an upcoming interview. I have the technical expertise, but it's been a > > few years since I've done any presentations and I have limited experience > > teaching. However, I'm passionate about what I do and I like informing > > people about technology, so I really think I would be good at this. I > know > > the members of the Java Posse are veteran technical presenters, as I'm > sure > > are many of the members of this group. So I'm shamelessly soliciting the > > advice of anyone who wishes to give it. How would you advise a newbie > > presenter/teacher to prepare them for this interview? What are some tips > > you would give said newbie? Also, if anyone wants to share their > experiences > > teaching online courses such as this, I'd love to hear them. Thanks in > > advance! > > > > Best Regards, > > Tony > > > > http://www.stupidjavatricks.com > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- Robert Casto www.IWantFreeShipping.com Find Amazon Filler Items easily! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
