giving great presentations
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A lightning talk I gave on giving great presentations at the Maemo Summit 2009 in Amsterdam, in reaction to seeing so many poor technical presentations at conferences I attend. I hope people find it both entertaining and useful. With thanks to Seth Godin, Garr Reynolds, Nancy Duarte and Guy Kawasaki for inspiration and material.TRANSCRIPT
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Giving Great Presentations• Dave Neary
• maemo.org docmaster
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1. Think of your audience
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Have a point, and get to it.
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2. Tell a story
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1. Problem statement2. Proposed solution3. Supporting evidence4. Conclusion
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3. Design slides that compliment content
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Slide design• Don't write everything you're going to say on the slide
• Otherwise people will just read it, and won't concentrate on you• You might as well just write a document and stay at home
• Bullet points are especially bad for this – avoid them
• Slides should be sparse. Pictures work better.
• Use images that reinforce your point – show, then tell.
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4. Practice
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100 people x 30 minutes = 50 man-hours
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So do it!
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Thank you!
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