Hi Phoebe, On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 11:01 AM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > We had planned to have a presentation clinic for speakers at Wikimania, but > unfortunately the leader had to cancel at the last moment. So > instead...since I imagine lots of people are finishing their talks this > weekend, let's share our best advice for giving a presentation with each > other!
If someone else signing up to help you on this front can reduce some workload from you, please ping me. I'd be happy to pick up work on this front or others. > More tips are here: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Speaker > information > Add your own, or reply here. Adding one more tip: Context: I'm not a native English speaker which means my vocabulary set is limited, I can make grammatical errors when speaking, and under stress, I may say things that in sequence may not make sense in English. ;) The best advice for this case I've received from a professor some years ago was to write down /everything/ I want to say about a slide in the slide notes exactly how I wish I could say it at the presentation time. Then, I read these notes 2-3 times, and then I do 2-3 runs of the presentation for myself. This approach has worked for me quite well. Before doing this, I used to waste a lot of time (and I guess annoy the audience) by saying "emmm" and looking for words in my mind. On extra tip if you go with this approach: don't read your notes too many times or you will sound like someone who has memorized a script. ;) Writing what you want to say will take time, it takes me between 45-60 min for 15 slides (that I've never presented before), but it's honestly one of the best uses of that time if you're preparing for a presentation. > see you very soon! can't wait. :) Best, Leila > Phoebe > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
