Technical Speaking Guidelines

Technical Speaking How to Deliver a Technical Presentation?
Svetlin Nakov
Telerik Corporation
www.telerik.com
Technical Trainer

Table of Contents
Preparation
Know your Audience
Know the Content
Know the Territory
Before Presentation
The Presentation
Things to Avoid
Speaker's Tools
Tips and Tricks

Preparation What to do Before the Actual Presentation?

Preparation
The preparation consists of three stages
Get to know your audience
Get familiar with the territory
Know the content

Know your audience! Do they like funny or serious presentations? How many are the attendees?

Know your audience! Find out what they know Level of expertise What is their age range ?

Preparation
Know the content
What you will be talking about ?
Get familiar with the content on the slides
The interesting points of the topic

Preparation
Presentation hall
Know the territory
Audio
Projector
Presentation tool

Before the Presentation What to do Before the Actual Presentation?

Before the Presentation
Build bridges
Meet with some of the attendees beforehand

The Presentation

Mind… The ending Speak loud and clear Manage the time Be consistent The content The beginning The position

Mind…
In front of the mirror
Talking to a friend
Manage the time Best managed with rehearsals Rehearse with somebody!

Mind… Speak loud and clear

Mind… Be consistent

Mind… The beginning
Introduce yourself
Introduce the topic
Greet the audience
Try to connect with previous topic

Mind… The content Introduce each new section
Constantly ask questions
Forget what is obvious to you
Forget " I don't know ", " I am not sure "

Remember! The content Try not to use jargon phrases
Look confident ! even if are not …
Don't sprint through the slides

Remember! The content
Monotonousness makes people sleepy!
Almost kills them!
Watch " Death by PowerPoint "!

Mind… The ending Try to connect with the next topic Make a frame with the beginning Thank the audience for the attention

Mind… Everybody should see you You must see everybody Look at everybody and nobody The position

Things to Avoid What Should We Not Do?

Speaking silently Avoid! Speak too fast / too slow Speak unclear More complicated concepts than necessary

Speaker's Tools

Tools MS Power Point ZoomIt Windows Magnifier [Ctrl]+[1] [Win]+[+] [Ctrl]+[P]

Speaker's Tools Live Demo

Tips and Tricks for a Better Technical Speaking

Give Real-Life Examples Better influence Better remembered

When a Question pops out… Don't just answer Teach to handle things on their own! Show it ! Use Google if necessary Repeat it out loud

Always bring water ! The throat gets dry Drink when you need a second to rest

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Technical Speaking Guidelines

by Svetlin Nakov on Oct 28, 2011

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