Supercharging Public Speaking
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This document provides tips for becoming an effective conference presenter. It discusses finding a topic to present on, writing a proposal to submit to conferences, creating presentation materials, writing the presentation, and delivering the presentation. The key steps covered are finding an exciting topic, researching it, crafting a compelling proposal, developing slides and other visual aids to enhance the story and message, writing the presentation to have a clear structure and narrative arc, and practicing delivery techniques to engage the audience. The overall goal is to give attendees a memorable experience that leaves them feeling they learned something valuable.
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Supercharging Public Speaking
- 1. Supercharging Public Speaking Chris Heilmann Christian.heilmann@microsoft.com, Onsite, April 2017
- 2. By the end of today you will have everything to be a conference presenter organisers love to work with and attendees love to learn from.
- 3. You will learn how to concentrate on what makes you a great presenter and avoid what holds you back.
- 4. Hello – who are you?
- 6. Create opportunities Find something that excites you
- 7. Create opportunities Start hoarding materials about the subject
- 8. Create opportunities Find conferences that would like to hear about that
- 9. Create opportunities Write a good call for paper proposal
- 10. A good call for papers proposal 1. Has a snappy title that sparks interest but also explains what the talk is about – don’t be a poet 2. Has a short explanation what the talk will be about, who it is for and what they will learn – don’t be James Joyce 3. Has extra information for conference organisers on how long you want it to be and why you are the right person to give that talk.
- 11. 1. Find a topic to talk about 2. Find a conference 3. Write a talk proposal Exercise (15 minutes):
- 13. Help conference organisers Be easy to work with, and you’ll get offers to speak
- 14. Help conference organisers 1. Have an online post or cheatsheet with your bio, contact details, speaker photos, links to previous talk recordings and your speaking terms. 2. Be as clear as possible there. You don’t want to have to fight organisers about the details of your conference participation and who pays for what. 3. Conference organisers are busy people. They don’t want to hunt for your real name, location and availability. Be concise and factual.
- 15. Create your own presenter cheatsheet. Blueprint: https://christianheilmann.com/cheatsheet.html Homework:
- 17. Create great *talk* slides
- 18. Create great *talk* slides Slides are wallpaper and sticky notes for your talk
- 19. Your talk is much more than slides: 1. It is a story you tell 2. It is the way you explain why you care 3. It is how you perform on stage 4. It is resources people can look at to validate what you said. 5. It is materials people can use and learn from in their own time 6. It is the call to action you leave the audience with
- 20. Slides are there to amplify your story and make it more memorable. Your talk needs to work without them.
- 21. Find and create talk materials
- 22. Find and create talk materials Create screencasts and screenshots to show
- 23. Find and create talk materials Find images and videos you are allowed to use
- 24. Find and create talk materials Create your own materials to use
- 26. Create talk collateral Consider your talk as a follow-up post and notes
- 27. Create talk collateral Create code examples that work without the talk
- 28. Create talk collateral Collect 3rd party resources validating your points.
- 29. Create talk collateral Upload your slides somewhere
- 30. Make Sure you are Understood (Accessibility and international concerns)
- 31. Make sure you are understood Mind your speed and language – keep it simple
- 32. Make sure you are understood Avoid jargon, pop and culture specific references
- 33. Make sure you are understood Provide a transcript and a thesaurus for translators
- 34. Make sure you are understood Do your homework – work with locals to learn customs
- 35. Prepare materials of a five minute version of your proposed talk Exercise (20 minutes):
- 37. Write a great talk
- 38. Write a great talk All good stories have an arc Intro Why? Wow! How? Wow!! Where next?
- 39. Write a great talk Unpacking Bullets
- 40. Write a great talk Simplifying language
- 41. Write a great talk Avoiding problems by minding your language
- 42. Write a great talk Credit where credit is due
- 43. Prepare your five minute talk Exercise (30 minutes):
- 45. Deliver a great talk
- 46. Deliver a great talk How to get past stage fright
- 47. Deliver a great talk What to do when things go wrong
- 48. Deliver a great talk Body language tips, what to avoid on stage
- 49. Deliver a great talk How to deal with hecklers
- 50. Deliver a great talk Things not to do under any circumstances
- 51. Get ready to deliver your talk. Exercise (10 minutes):
- 52. Let’s see what you got...
- 53. Thank you!