42. Things to do before you
communicate to developers
in any way:
43. 1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
44. Make sure that
you are up-to-date
on the matter
before you go and
speak about it. 1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
45. Do not promise
things that are not
under your
control.
1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
46. Your
communication
should be
targeted to the
audience. 1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
47. People came to
talk to you with an
agenda – if you
fulfill that agenda
you win. 1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
48. You cannot be the
expert in
everything.
1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
49. For the tricky
questions have an
expert at hand to
answer them for
you. 1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
50. If there is no
expert available
at the time note
down the question
and follow it up 1. Get your facts right
after consultation. 2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
51. Do not promise to
come back to
someone and
forget it – that’ll
make you look
like you needed a 1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
fast way out! 3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
52. Your
communication
should be in the
right format for
the group.
1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
53. This can range
from slides over
videos and audio
to live coding
exercises or
online step-by- 1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
step examples. 3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
54. 1. Get your facts right
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2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
55. Things will go
wrong.
1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
56. Be prepared: have
your slides online,
on a memory
stick, plan to use a
whiteboard...
1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
57. Don’t expect any
fancy technology
to be available.
1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
59. You will not be
online in 99% of
the cases.
1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
60. Relying on audio
and video is
asking for trouble.
1. Get your facts right
2. Know the audience and their needs
3. Have expert backup
4. Choose the right medium
5. Plan for failure
62. 1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
63. You will find dozens
of books and videos
on how to be a great
presenter.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
64. Nothing makes you a
better presenter
though than being
who you are.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
65. You should not have
to play a role or dress
up.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
66. If you believe in what
you do, you will be
great.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
67. The best asset is
confidence.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
68. 1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
Jason Calacanis at LeWeb3: 4. Prepare to steer Q&A
http://blip.tv/file/536742 5. Be honest and real
69. ...or being so honest
and scared but
competent that
people just have to
feel sympathy.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
70. 1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
Jake Archibald at @media Ajax 4. Prepare to steer Q&A
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patolucas/2862381584/ 5. Be honest and real
71. It is all about
communication.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
72. So if you give a talk,
tell people that it is
OK to ask questions.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
73. Make space in your
presentations for that.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
74. Ask the audience
questions, make them
participate.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
75. People should have
the chance to
concentrate on what
you are saying.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
76. So don’t make them
feel they have to jot
things down.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
77. Have a URL where
they can download
your information
afterwards – say that
this exists.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
78. Have all the links in a
presentation as a tag
on – for example –
delicious.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
79. Say upfront what you
will cover and what
they will get out of it.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
80. Have time for
Questions and
Answers.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
81. Be in control of Q&A.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
82. A lot of times you will
have people who
don’t ask questions
but profile themselves
instead.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
83. Deal with that
accordingly – and
swiftly.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
84. People will have real
questions that need
answering.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
85. If you don’t know an
answer – do *not*
speculate.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
86. Ask the audience if
someone knows – if
not, offer to
investigate further
and swap contact
details. 1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
87. There is no harm in
not knowing
something.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
88. There is harm in lying
though.
1. Be yourself
2. Invite communication
3. Prepare takeaways
4. Prepare to steer Q&A
5. Be honest and real
97. 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
98. Simple is not easy. It
is also not stupid.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
99. Simple takes a lot of
work and thorough
understanding of the
subject. 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
100. If you explain things
in as easy as possible
terms you will reach
the most you can 1. Simple is not stupid
reach. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
101. Read and re-read
what you’ve written
(take breaks in
between) and make it 1. Simple is not stupid
as easy as possible. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
102. Avoid being
condescending – you
can oversimplify, too.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
103. Comparisons with real
life objects work very
well to simplify
complex matters. 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
104. Your heading and
introductory text are
the most important
things of a blog post. 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
105. Both determine how
easy it will be to find
the post in the future.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
106. Newspapers have
conditioned us to
write clever, witty
and interesting 1. Simple is not stupid
headlines with pop 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
references.
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
107. These don’t translate
well to other cultures.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
108. So do we want to be
creative and witty for
a minute or do we
want to provide valid 1. Simple is not stupid
information for 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
several months?
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
109. At the start of any
post state what
happened, where and
how. 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
110. Continue to explain
what is coming in the
post.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
111. This’ll prevent any
confusion and get
interested people on
the way to find out 1. Simple is not stupid
more. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
112. Does that stifle
creativity?
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
113. Maybe, but let’s not
forget the
environment you
publish in: 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
114.
115. Technical online
writing is about
keeping things short
and to the point. 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
116. People are busy, and
want the facts.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
117. So in order to write
great posts, write
them, read them,
delete what is not 1. Simple is not stupid
needed, read again, 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
delete more and so
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
on. 5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
118. If you cannot take
anything away any
longer, you’ve
reached the point of 1. Simple is not stupid
publication. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
119. If you have a lot to
cover, why not split it
up into several posts?
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
120. If you can, add
relevant media to the
post.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
121. An introductory photo
invites the eye and
lures the brain into
reading what 1. Simple is not stupid
happened. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
122. We’re lucky that these
days embedding
video, audio and
slides is as easy as 1. Simple is not stupid
copy+paste. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
123. Embedding ties our
information together
in a nice, easy to
digest bundle. 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
124. It also allows visitors
to skim over the post
the first time and
come back to take in 1. Simple is not stupid
the rest (watch the 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
video, download the
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
podcast) later. 5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
125. This also helps people
who have a hard time
reading but are very
much capable of 1. Simple is not stupid
listening or seeing. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
126. Structure is very
important – give
readers landmarks to
take in your 1. Simple is not stupid
information one 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
chunk at a time.
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
127. This means a clever
hierarchical heading
structure.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
128. It also means short
sentences.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
129. It means paragraphs
dealing with one
thing at a time.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
130. It means using lists to
explain step-by-step
processes or give an
overview of what is 1. Simple is not stupid
available. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
131. For large documents
it also means
providing a table of
contents which allows 1. Simple is not stupid
for bookmarking 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
sections.
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
132. If you eat food past
the “best before” date
you get sick.
1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
133. If you don’t time
stamp your
publications they will
be considered great 1. Simple is not stupid
forever. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
134. They’ll be quoted –
sometimes badly –
and re-iterated over
and over again. 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
135. Our technical
environment moves
at breakneck speed
though. 1. Simple is not stupid
2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
136. What was “best
practice” half a year
ago might very well
be “considered 1. Simple is not stupid
harmful” now. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
137. So let’s make sure
that readers know
when a certain
document was written 1. Simple is not stupid
and choose to follow 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
its advice even now.
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
138. The last, very
important point is to
cite other sources and
link to content you 1. Simple is not stupid
have built upon. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
139. By citing other
sources (and reading
them of course) you
validate your 1. Simple is not stupid
thoughts and facts. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
140. Readers don’t have to
trust you blindly –
they can make up
their mind by 1. Simple is not stupid
comparison. 2. Say what it is – don’t
sugar-coat it
3. Size matters
4. Media can make a
difference
5. Structure is good
6. Date your content
7. Cite to prove
144. 1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
145. Introducing
yourself, however
briefly breaks down
an initial barrier.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
146. You are not any
longer this
unreachable person
on stage or at the
head of the table –
1. Introduce yourself
you are a normal 2. Use humour
person.
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
147. Explain why you are
competent to talk
about the matter at
hand.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
148. Then put the ego
away – people came
for information, not
to see you sing and
dance.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
149. Humour is
important to keep a
long presentation
interesting.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
150. I like to put in
things that people
just don’t expect –
to keep both me
and them on the
1. Introduce yourself
ball. 2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
151. Humour also makes
things more
approachable. We
tend to use humour
to deal with things
1. Introduce yourself
that scare us. 2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
152. Humour also allows
for a memorable
moment – it is a
different kind of
structuring and
1. Introduce yourself
providing 2. Use humour
landmarks.
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
153. I like to bring up
real world
examples and
comparisons.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
154. The rationale is that
they make very
theoretical and
hard to grasp data
more easy to
1. Introduce yourself
consume for 2. Use humour
humans.
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
155. Real world
comparisons also
allow for emotion –
and emotional
responses are very
1. Introduce yourself
powerful and make 2. Use humour
us remember.
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
156. Speaking at the
right pace makes
you easy to
understand.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
157. If you appear
rushed, listeners
will feel uneasy.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
158. Trying to keep up is
a terrible feeling
and makes us feel
inadequate.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
159. So speak slowly,
with meaning and
concentrate on
pronouncing things
thoroughly.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
160. Pauses are good.
They allow listeners
to take information
in and digest it in
the way they know
1. Introduce yourself
best. 2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
161. I am so bad at this!
:)
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
162. “Hello World”
examples are easy
to show.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
163. They are also
useless, as they
teach a syntax, but
not the concept of a
language or
1. Introduce yourself
solution. 2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
164. There is no personal
value in “Hello
World”.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
165. We should teach
how to solve issues
and fulfill tasks.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
166. I yet have to be
asked in a
professional
product to produce
“Hello World”.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
167. It is *much* better
to have a real
production example
to build upon.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
168. “This is what we had
to create – here are
the specs”
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
169. “This is the final
outcome”
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
170. “Here’s what we
used to deliver this
job”
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
171. “... and here is how
you can do it
yourself!”
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
172. Build on top of what
people are asked to
do, not what you
expect them to do
for you.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
173. I always try to
deliver fresh
material.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
174. I hate re-using
presentations and
training material.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
175. The least I do is to
bring some new,
fresh angle.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh
176. Check what is hot at
the moment,
research it and add
it to the talk.
1. Introduce yourself
2. Use humour
3. Build bridges to the real world
4. Pace yourself
5. Avoid “hello world”
6. Be fresh