This workshop provides tips for presenters on how to develop and deliver engaging presentations. It covers choosing compelling stories to tell, selecting a clear call to action, and planning the context, content, and conclusion of the presentation. Attendees will learn strategies for entertaining and inspiring their audience while staying within time limits and using presentation aids effectively. The goal is for participants to feel confident in their ability to communicate their passion through public speaking.

1. Presenting You! The workshop Emma Jane Hogbin

2. Abstract You've signed up to be one of those hand waving people at the front of the room and your talk has been accepted. Congratulations! You have lots of things to say. Your module ROCKS! Your code is AWESOME. Your designs are SASSY. But your fear of presenting is also ... well ... a value larger than zero. Come learn how to transform your speaking experience from scary snarling dogs to kittens playing with yarn. (A longer pre-con workshop is also being planned.) This slide show is released under the CC SA-BY-NC (Share Alike. By Attribution. Non-Commercial).

3. Agenda From competing in public speaking competitions, to teaching IT at community college, to delivering engaging and entertaining conference presentations, Emma Jane Hogbin (that's me) has a lot of experience in the art of talking. In this session you will learn some quick tips to help you with your own conference presentation. Specific topics will include: * Story time: entertain me; inspire me * Presentation styles: are you a Lessig or a Kawasaki? * Timing and structure: how to fill up 45 minutes (and how not to go over) * Presentation aids: your slides are for the audience, not for you to read * Actionable items: have an impact by sending the audience home with a task Goals By the end of this session you will know how to develop and deliver a presentation that engages and inspires your audience.

5. PowerPoint for Dummies

6. Agenda Four activities: 1. Chisel away the extras. 2. Telling stories about your passion. 3. Choose an action item. 4. Plan your context, content and conclusion.

7. Share passion through presentation

8. Conversation

9. Efficient conversation

10. Simple and obvious

11. Chisel down to the heart of the story.

12. Three tags that describe you. Practice

13. Your story

14. Every time you open your mouth in public, you are a public speaker.

15. “Those who practice improve. Those who don't, don't.” Timothy Koegel

16. What story do you want people to remember about your passion ? Practice

17. Give a take-away message to generate action. Tell us your story.

18. Action items: choose one.

19. What is the one thing you want the audience to do ? Practice

20. Ensure your audience has the tools they need.

21. Military training: 1. Tell me what I’m about to learn. 2. Teach me what I need to know. 3. Tell me what I just learned.

22. Plan your time

23. Plan your Context Content Conclusion and Action Practice

24. 5 steps to a good presentation 1. Have a passion you want to share. 2. Plan to communicate. 3. Write a conference proposal . 4. Practice your message . 5. Present the highlights.

25. Resources www.presentationzen.com blog.duarte.com www.beyondbulletpoints.com www.presentationacademy.com www.hicktech.com