Day Camp 4 Developers #5: Public Speaking for Developers
22 Mar 2013
at Online
Talk comments
A great talk on handling some of the challenges that come up when presenting at a conference.
Speakerphone or mobile sound quality was pretty bad for this type of thing, very muffled. Content was awesome, with relevant examples. Entertaining as always, and well thought out.
Great advice to prepare for the worse, even though I'm not really agreeing with Keith he's brining a powerful message.
Excellent tips for what to do when the worst does happen.
++ Good presentation, good talk, very jovial voice/attitude!
Some points I suggest:
1) Some of your text goes behind your images (slightly)
2) In some slides you had awesome pics, but the font of your text was not matching
3) I enjoy your jovial attitude, but laughing too much at times can pause some annoyance to some people. (I'm saying that as I was present in such a situation once)
But overall NICE JOVIAL LIVELY presentation, keep it up!
I picked up quite a few tips on how to better prepare for giving talks. The information was clearly presented and organized. I especially appreciated Lorna using her own technique to ask herself a question to encourage more Q&A at the end.
Since I've already committed to swimming in the deep end, this talk really helped me see that I need to start by walking into the kiddie pool rather than just waiting for my turn on the diving board...
Exactly what I needed to hear as I prepare for tek13.
A great talk, almost as good as your community cookies. I say almost, because you haven't given this one at PHPBenelux.
Keep an eye on time though
I can't say this enough: Thank you. This was an extremely helpful talk, and funny and engaging as well. High fives to you!!! :)