The Art of the Lightning Talk

The Art of the Lightning Talk Five minutes of fame or flame Slides by Roger Renteria Twitter: @RogerRenteria http://writetechie.com

The Lightning Talk• History of the Lightning Talk at STC Summit• The Good, Bad, Ugly• http://www.perl.com/pub/2004/07/30/lightni ngtalk.html

Why torture yourself?• It’s fun• (Have quotes of past lightning talk presenters)

!@$#% - that slide advanced…• Let me repeat it right here…

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Rehearse!• I woke up 5 minutes before or put it together at the last minute…hmm.

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Rehearse again…• Five minutes is short…• Average commercial lengths are 15-30 seconds long

Make your points clear

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I have 10 slides left• What can possibly go wrong?

• Lots – Running out of time – Forgetting an important point – Dropping your laptop

Conclusion• Bring all your lightning talk back down to Earth… Photo: NASA

Elaborate• State your points again – Why am I doing a lightning talk? – !@#$, I should have rehearsed this talk… – Five minutes is not enough time – Next year, I will present this topic as a full session – I should become a career entertainer – Anything goes…including distractions!

Add a filler image again! Flickr: nateone

If your conclusion is now…you’ve got 45 seconds left…• Not enough time for Q&A• Jam as much info if you’re running behind• Too messy of a conclusion

Questions… 30 seconds folks!• Or just grab a business card from me…

And time is up.• Or just grab a business card from me…

The Art of the Lightning Talk Five minutes of fame or flame Slides by Roger Renteria Twitter: @RogerRenteria http://writetechie.com

The Art of the Lightning Talk

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