Saturday 22 July 2023
- Your success in life is determined largly by
- Your ability to speak
- Your ability to write
- and the quality of your ideas
- in that order
- Don’t start with a Joke, Start with a promise
- Promise is what you’ll know by the end of the talk
- The reason people are here
- Presenting an idea
- Cycle: repeat it 3 times
- Build a fence around your idea (mention what your idea is not)
- Verbal punctuation:
- Ask a question: waiting for an answer for 7 seconds
- Time & Place
- Well lit
- time: avoid after meals, not too early
- Slides
- Use less text, don’t make them read
- Keep images simple
- Eliminate clutter
- Text size: 35pt min
- No laser pointer - if you want to point look.
- Passion = Inspiration
- Job talks
- Personal research
- Present what you have done. solution
- Package the ideas
- Have a slogan or a symbol
- Have a surprise
- Tell a story
- How to end
- Collaborators in the beginning
- Not the questions slide
- Tell a joke
- Don’t say thank you. too lazy
- Appreciate the audience’s time and place.
- It’s been a great fun being here