Tips!

Tips are always good. Take'em and use them, or try them cause maybe it will work. Someone clearly thinks that they know better than you. So, I saw a post on Authentic Boredom with a topic that everyone really needs to know about, public speaking/presentations! It's a list of try to does for speaking in front of crowds. Twenty points from a veteran blogger... well more veteran than me anyway.

Here are some of the points that I think most important:

1. The art of speaking is roughly 51% entertainment, 49% meaty content.

- This is something that people do in Politics too. They always seem to speak around the problem, but if you are entertaining enough people don't seem to notice!

6. Select a typeface appropriate for on-screen presentation.

- Design tip, typeface = very important. Make sure people can read it and that it transfers well to other computers before you go and select any random type.

12. Don’t stray far from who you really are.

- People listen to sincerity, if you really believe in something people are more likely to take you seriously about it. Don't try to lie to the people you are speaking to; if there is a large enough group, someone will call you out on your BS.

13. In the first 30 seconds you’ll do more to establish your presence on stage than just about any other part of the presentation.

- The first impression is always the greatest. My friend just realized that she just can't seem to like this girl, why, because the first time she met her, she was stealing her beer.

15. Always repeat the question.

- I learned this one in Economics class year. If you repeat a question it proves to the asker that you were paying attention. Also it checks that you understand the question correctly, so hopefully you won't start rambling about something completely different... We've all been there...