You don't want to "remember lines". The audience knows when you are reading to them, even if the reading is memorized.
The trick I used for that is never writing full sentences in my notes. Just a keyword or two to remind you what the next topic is supposed to be. On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks guys for all the input, it is very much appreciated. > > I'm only supposed to be on for 15-20 mins. > > What bothers me the most is trying to remember my lines (although I guess > the PowerPoint slides will make good prompts) and the possibility of > getting some left-field questions at the end. > > All the advice has been excellent so far, plenty of good pointers for me > to go to work on. > > Cheers, > > > JR > > > Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email > RELIABLY > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected]: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:45:15 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-to: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Speaking in public > > How long is your presentation supposed to last? If it's relatively > short 10-20 minutes, give your talk to a neighborhood 10 year old - or > your own, if you have one. If you can keep that audience interested, > you a) know your subject and b) know how to work an audience. > > Videotaping yourself and critiquing it is decent advice, too. > > Webster's advice is pretty good too. > > Don't practice in the mirror - it's not worth it. > > Do not speak from your notes by rote - they'll know, and be bored. > > Kurt > > PS You only need one beer, but it should be 24oz of a good Belgian > style quadrupel, roughly 10% by volume. :) > > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Next week, against my better judgement, I'm doing my first ever bit of > technical presentation in front of an audience...and because my submission > was apparently different and interesting, I'm going on last out of six > presenters :-( > > > > Just wondering if anyone on the list (particularly the conference > veterans) have any tips or hints to share around this sort of thing > (besides having about five or six beers first)? I'm not a natural public > speaker or limelight-seeker, I write much better than I talk :-( > > > > All input appreciated! > > > > > > JR > > > > > > Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email > RELIABLY > > > > > > >
