Giving a Talk

Links:

• Patrick Winston's Lecturing Heuristics - one of my favorite IAP lectures
• Giving a Talk - expands on Winston's Heuristics

My Favorite Points:

• Appetizer, Entree, and Dessert
  • tell your audience what you're going to tell them
  • give your talk
  • tell your audience what you just told them
• Getting Attention
  • speak clearly
  • walk among your audience
  • walk in front of the projector
  • ask a question
  • use props
• Never
  • after lunch - post-digestive turpor
  • turn off the lights - your audience will just go to sleep
  • read your slides
  • cover up parts of your slides
  • fiddle with the slide

Other Links

• SFGate article about Toastmasters