Technical Speaking Guidelines
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Technical SpeakingTechnical SpeakingHow to Deliver a Technical How to Deliver a Technical
Presentation?Presentation?
Svetlin NakovSvetlin Nakov
Telerik Telerik CorporationCorporationwww.telerik.www.telerik.comcom
Technical TrainerTechnical Trainer
Table of ContentsTable of Contents PreparationPreparation
Know your AudienceKnow your Audience Know the ContentKnow the Content Know the TerritoryKnow the Territory
Before PresentationBefore Presentation The PresentationThe Presentation Things to AvoidThings to Avoid Speaker's ToolsSpeaker's Tools Tips and TricksTips and Tricks
PreparationPreparationWhat to do Before the Actual What to do Before the Actual
Presentation?Presentation?
PreparationPreparation
The preparation consists of three The preparation consists of three stagesstages
1.1. Get to know your audienceGet to know your audience
2.2. Get familiar with the territoryGet familiar with the territory
3.3. Know the contentKnow the content
Know your audience!Know your audience!
Do they like Do they like funnyfunny or or seriousserious presentations? presentations?
How manyHow many are the are the attendees?attendees?
Know your audience!Know your audience!
Find out what Find out what they they knowknowLevelLevel of expertise of expertise
What is their What is their age age rangerange??
PreparationPreparation
Know the Know the contentcontent
What you will be What you will be talking abouttalking about??
Get familiar with Get familiar with the the contentcontent on on the slidesthe slides
The The interesting interesting points points of the of the topictopic
PreparationPreparation
Presentation hallPresentation hall
Know the Know the territoryterritory
AudioAudio
ProjectProjectoror
Presentation toolPresentation tool
Before the Before the PresentationPresentationWhat to do Before the Actual What to do Before the Actual
Presentation?Presentation?
Before the PresentationBefore the Presentation
Build bridgesBuild bridges Meet with some of the attendees Meet with some of the attendees
beforehandbeforehand
The PresentationThe Presentation
MindMind……
The The endingending
Speak Speak loudloud and and clearclear
Manage the Manage the timetime
Be Be consistentconsistent
The The contentcontent
The The beginningbeginning
The The positionposition
MindMind……
Best Best managed managed with with rehearsalsrehearsals
1.1. In front of the In front of the mirrormirror
2.2. Talking to a Talking to a friendfriend
Rehearse Rehearse with with
somebody!somebody!
Manage the Manage the timetime
MindMind……
Speak Speak loudloud and and clearclear
Be Be consistentconsistent
MindMind……
MindMind……
The The beginningbeginning
4.4. Introduce Introduce yourselfyourself
2.2. Introduce the Introduce the topictopic
1.1.Greet the Greet the audienceaudience
3.3.Try to connect Try to connect with previous with previous topictopic
MindMind……
The The contentcontent
IntroduceIntroduce each new each new sectionsectionConstantlyConstantly ask ask questionsquestions
Forget Forget what is what is obviousobvious to to youyou
Forget "Forget "I don't I don't knowknow", ", ""I am not sureI am not sure""
RemembRemember!er!
The The contentcontent
Try Try notnot to to use use jargonjargon phrasesphrases
Look Look confidentconfident!!even if are even if are notnot……
Don't sprintDon't sprintthrough the through the slidesslides
RemembRemember!er!
The The contentcontent
MonotonousnessMonotonousness makes people makes people
sleepy!sleepy!AlmostAlmost kills kills them!them!
Watch "Watch "Death by PowerPoint"!"!
MindMind……
The The endingending
Try to Try to connect connect with the with the nextnext topictopic
Make a Make a frameframe with the with the beginningbeginning
ThankThank the the audience for the audience for the attention attention
MindMind……
EverybodyEverybody should should see yousee you
You You mustmust see see everybodyeverybody
Look at Look at everybody everybody and and nobodynobody
The The positionposition
Things to Things to AvoidAvoidWhat Should We What Should We NotNot
Do?Do?
Speaking Speaking silently silently
AvoiAvoid!d!
Speak too Speak too fastfast / too / too slow slow
Speak Speak unclearunclear
More More complicatedcomplicated concepts than concepts than
necessarynecessary
Speaker's ToolsSpeaker's Tools
ToolsTools
MS PowerMS Power Point Point
ZoomItZoomIt
Windows MagnifierWindows Magnifier
[Ctrl]+[1]
[Win]+[+][Ctrl]+[P]
Speaker's Speaker's ToolsTools
Live DemoLive Demo
Tips and Tricks for a Tips and Tricks for a Better Technical Better Technical
SpeakingSpeaking
GiveGive Real-Life Real-Life ExamplesExamples
Better Better influenceinfluence
Better rememberedBetter remembered
When a When a QuestionQuestion pops out…pops out…
Don't Don't justjust answeranswer
Teach to Teach to handlehandle thingsthings
on on their own!their own!
Show Show itit!!Use Use GoogleGoogleif if
necessarynecessary
RepeatRepeat it out it out loudloud
AlwaysAlways bring bring waterwater!!
The The throatthroat gets dry gets dry
DrinkDrink when you when you needneed
a a second to restsecond to rest
QuestionsQuestions??
Technical SpeakingTechnical Speaking