You Should Be Standing Here: Learning to Present Sessions
summary
Explains concrete steps: pick a clear title and try multiple abstracts so selection rates improve, build slides with huge fonts and high contrast, test and reset demos first (they fail most often), rehearse out loud and record timing, rehearse Q&A and repeat the question into the mic, aim to teach one skill or one story, and favor clarity is king over cute wording so attendance actually reflects the topic.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Presenting sessions introduction
- 3:33Why present at conferences
- 10:20Crafting clear titles
- 17:23Preparing presentations
- 24:25Finding your style
- 30:50Handling audience questions and interruptions
- 36:10Fun while presenting
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