Some here may remember me from on-stage at a couple of Tech-Eds and MECs in
the late 90's.
Forget notes and 3x5 cards. Unless you are looking directly at the screen
just have a sheet with the title of each slide. That should be enough to
prompt you on what you're about to say. Know your subject such that you
don't need notes. Audiences can tell the difference. Speak slower than you
normally do and enunciate. It may sound awkward to you but out in the
audience it will sound clear and be appreciated.
Left-field questions that cannot be answered in less than two minutes you
ask for their email addy and get back with them.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:54 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Speaking in public
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
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-----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
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