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How do you prepare and how long do you ought to spend preparing the talk? I'll quote `techtalk-pse`[1][2]: [quote] First, most important rule: Before you start drawing any slides at all, write your talk as a short essay. This is the number one mistake that presenters make, and it is partly a tool fault, because PowerPoint, OpenOffice, even Tech Talk PSE, all open up on an initial blank slide, inviting you to write a title and some bullet points. If you start that way, you will end up using the program as a kind of clumsy outlining tool, and then reading that outline to your audience. That's boring and a waste of time for you and your audience. (It would be quicker for them just to download the talk and read it at home). A good talk, with a sound essay behind it, well thought out diagrams and figures, and interesting demonstrations, takes many hours to prepare. How many hours? I would suggest thinking about how many hours of effort your audience are putting in. Even just 20 people sitting there for half an hour is 10 man-hours of attention, and that is a very small talk, and doesn't include all the extra time and hassle that it took to get them all in one place. [/quote] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech_Talk_PSE [2] http://git.annexia.org/?p=techtalk-pse.git;a=blob;f=techtalk... |