3 THINGS ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKINGEnrico Teotti - @agenteo

http://teotti.com/prepare-my-first-tech-conference-talk/

YOU NEED TO ASK

• who’s the audience?

• why would they care?

• what would they need to do?

• how is it going to improve their work?

CORE IDEA

SIMPLE

SURPRISE

• 10-20-30 Rule • Be Entertaining• Slow Down• Eye Contact•15 Word Summary

• 10-20-30 Rule• Be Entertaining • Slow Down• Eye Contact•15 Word Summary

• 10-20-30 Rule• Be Entertaining• Slow Down • Eye Contact•15 Word Summary

• 10-20-30 Rule• Be Entertaining• Slow Down• Eye Contact •15 Word Summary

• 10-20-30 Rule• Be Entertaining• Slow Down• Eye Contact• 15 Word Summary

THE WILL TO SUCCEED MUST BE A VITAL PART OF THE PROCESS OF BECOMING AN EFFICIENT SPEAKER

SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THROUGH EXPERIENCE OR STUDY

BE SURE YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT

BE EAGER TO SHARE YOUR TALK WITH YOUR LISTENERS

LIMIT YOUR SUBJECT

USE CONCRETE, FAMILIAR WORDS

THAT CREATE PICTURES

IDENTIFY YOURSELF WITH YOUR AUDIENCE

COGNITIVE BACKLOG

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CORE IDEApassion

experience

research

CORE IDEApassion

experience

research

take action

inform

convince

“Building large Ruby applications is possible with the use of Ruby gems, team diligence and test driven development”

convince

“How Pirates rules the Caribbean between 1650s to 1730s”

inform

“This application is making us loose money.”

convince

“With a world wide knowledge sharing strategy Pivotal offices won’t work twice on the same problem.”

convince

WHAT INFORMATION TO CONVEY

PREPARATION

http://spritzinc.com/

120-150 WORDS PER MINUTE

5 minutes

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5 minutes

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WRITE ON A CARD A TOPIC YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT

THANKS! QUESTIONS?