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My good friend and social media guru Bryan Person was kind enough to host me on BlogTalkRadio yesterday, fielding questions and talking about how to do a great job presenting this weekend at PodCamp Boston 2.
Here’s the audio from my 58-minute conversation with Laura Fitton earlier today on BlogTalkRadio.
Laura was my guest on a show about “delivering killer presentations at PodCamp” and offered excellent advice for both first-time presenters and accomplished speakers alike. She also took several call-in questions from a listening audience that ranged between 15 and 18 for a solid hour.
Enjoy — and see you at PodCamp Boston 2 this weekend.
The show is archived at BlogTalkRadio, so please, take a listen and let me know what questions you have about your presentations!
UPDATE: I am deeply indebted to mdy for her careful notes on the show, and the excellent “key points” summary that she posted at her blog. Wow, if you want a gig writing up show notes for my speeches, you’re SO hired! She writes up detailed notes on:
- (1-to-1) Interactions can be presentations
- Be effective and useful for your audience
- Don’t lose sight of the purpose
- Stop worrying about what you’re going to say. Factor that in last. First think: who am I talking to?; What result do you want to achieve?
- Get to your room early and chat with people as they come in
- Prepare for a wide range of audience expectations
- Communications is 2-way
- Make things interactive
- De-personalize the experience of presenting
- Get the Q&A flow going
- Don’t end with Q&A
- Do not confuse the call to action with a call to buy
- Think of setting up a website around your whole presentation, so people have a place to go to continue the conversation
- One-on-one: Don’t ambush people with your 30-second pitch
- Start with the A-ha! The so what? The why do I care?
- Think about what you can control in the room
- Watching videos of your presentations
- Body Language: Walk. Smile. Care.
- Dealing with The glassy-eyed room
I’ve added in links to some articles on this blog that flesh out the principles in more detail.
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Hi Laura!
I’d like to share my presentation experience with you. Last June I’ve been defending my Bachelor’s paper at university.
There was a great room, great projector, etc. I made good, strong work (involving a guy from Germany who did a device for me). But it was annoying that teachers in the room didn’t listen too much, excepting one good woman. I suddenly I understood that they don’t care what are u talking about! It’s just their job to listen you! Gosh. They don’t care. But after my presentation everyone said me good words, shook my hand, etc.
Conclusion: don’t go where you are not waiting.
It was great to hang with you at Podcamp! Loved this advice too ..
Something tells me this type of advice should be mandatory training for PodCamp speakers, or speakers of all kinds.
Handing out chocolate-covered nuts also helps.