Presentation How To S

She recently gave a talk at OSCON, the Open Source Convention. While there, she had an opportunity to see a great presentation by Damian Conway. I’ve heard the audio from Conway’s presentations and even that was interesting. Kathy thought so, too, so she posted a lot about his style in her piece called Presentation How-To’s. Here’s the first few points she captures: The rest of her article, complete with links, is really useful if you’re going to present, even if that’s to one or two people.

• Use a lot of slides. Change them rapidly.
• The slides go with the words–they aren’t just there as backdrops.
• The slides are NOT the words. They represent the idea you’re talking about, either directly or emotionally. A Few More Presentation How To’s – [Creating Passionate Users]