for odd, weird, strange, left-field and questions that can't be answered w/o detailed knowledge of the askers emvironment, you just politely say (at first) the question can be answered after you finished. in train-the-trainer type classes, those kind of people (rude, ask lots of questions, interrupt you constently) you learn how to professionally handle. i have only had that happen once. i politely told the guy that i would answer his questions in private. he kept asking questions very specific to his network and it would have been rude to the rest of the audience to take up their time answering his questions. after his third question i just ignored him.
webster Sent from my iPad so please excuse all the typos On Sep 11, 2013, at 3:54 PM, "[email protected]" <[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 > >
