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 > >
