A lightning talk I gave on giving great presentations at the Maemo Summit 2009 in Amsterdam, in reaction to seeing so many poor technical presentations at conferences I attend. I hope people find it both entertaining and useful. With thanks to Seth Godin, Garr Reynolds, Nancy Duarte and Guy Kawasaki for inspiration and material.

1. Giving Great Presentations
• Dave Neary
• maemo.org docmaster
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4. 1. Think of your audience
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7. Have a point, and get to it.
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8. 2. Tell a story
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10. 1. Problem statement
2. Proposed solution
3. Supporting evidence
4. Conclusion
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12. 3. Design slides that compliment content
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13. Slide design
• Don't write everything you're going to say on the slide
• Otherwise people will just read it, and won't concentrate on you
• You might as well just write a document and stay at home
• Bullet points are especially bad for this – avoid them
• Slides should be sparse. Pictures work better.
• Use images that reinforce your point – show, then tell.
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15. 4. Practice
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16. 100 people x 30 minutes = 50 man-hours
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17. So do it!
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19. Thank you!
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