Supercharging Public Speaking
Chris Heilmann [email protected], Onsite, April 2017
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.
You will learn how to concentrate
on what makes you a great
presenter and avoid what holds
you back.
Hello – who are you?
Create opportunities
Create opportunities
Find something that excites you
Create opportunities
Start hoarding materials about the subject
Create opportunities
Find conferences that would like to hear about that
Create opportunities
Write a good call for paper proposal
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.
1. Find a topic to talk about
2. Find a conference
3. Write a talk proposal
Exercise (15 minutes):
Help conference organisers
Help conference organisers
Be easy to work with, and you’ll get offers to speak
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.
Create your own presenter
cheatsheet.
Blueprint:
https://christianheilmann.com/cheatsheet.html
Homework:
BREAK(10 minutes)
Create great *talk* slides
Create great *talk* slides
Slides are wallpaper and sticky notes for your talk
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
Slides are there to amplify your
story and make it more
memorable.
Your talk needs to work without
them.
Find and create talk materials
Find and create talk materials
Create screencasts and screenshots to show
Find and create talk materials
Find images and videos you are allowed to use
Find and create talk materials
Create your own materials to use
Create talk collateral
Create talk collateral
Consider your talk as a follow-up post and notes
Create talk collateral
Create code examples that work without the talk
Create talk collateral
Collect 3rd party resources validating your points.
Create talk collateral
Upload your slides somewhere
Make Sure you are Understood(Accessibility and international concerns)
Make sure you are understood
Mind your speed and language – keep it simple
Make sure you are understood
Avoid jargon, pop and culture specific references
Make sure you are understood
Provide a transcript and a thesaurus for translators
Make sure you are understood
Do your homework – work with locals to learn customs
Prepare materials of a
five minute version of
your proposed talk
Exercise (20 minutes):
BREAK(10 minutes)
Write a great talk
Write a great talk
All good stories have an arc
Intro
Why?
Wow!
How?
Wow!!
Where next?
Write a great talk
Unpacking Bullets
Write a great talk
Simplifying language
Write a great talk
Avoiding problems by minding your language
Write a great talk
Credit where credit is due
Prepare your five
minute talk
Exercise (30 minutes):
BREAK(10 minutes)
Deliver a great talk
Deliver a great talk
How to get past stage fright
Deliver a great talk
What to do when things go wrong
Deliver a great talk
Body language tips, what to avoid on stage
Deliver a great talk
How to deal with hecklers
Deliver a great talk
Things not to do under any circumstances
Get ready to deliver
your talk.
Exercise (10 minutes):
Let’s see what you got...