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By: Blunt Force Presentation Trauma » CogDogBlog

Blunt Force Presentation Trauma » CogDogBlog — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:05:31 +0000

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By: greatmanagement

greatmanagement — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:40:10 +0000

Mari,

I’ve often used that technique (pretending to be more confident) and it works for me.

Andrew

By: Mari

Mari — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:10:17 +0000

One thing that’s helped me a lot and I know that’s helped other people is pretending to be more confident than I really am. Public speaking and meeting new people terrifies the crap out of me — and I admit to everybody, I have panic disorder; I’m naturally ‘jumpy’. Even so, I’ve found this trick goes a long way! :)

By: Jeremy Hilton

Jeremy Hilton — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:49:02 +0000

Thanks for the post Chris!

For some folk, I’m sure public speaking comes easy, but for the rest of us (including me), it’s a pretty painful learning process.

My biggest hurdle is nervousness, which I am working to overcome. How?

Be the expert – Most of your audience is there to learn from you. In their eyes, you are the expert. Remembering this is a big confidence builder for me.

As chris mentioned, Talk with passion – You’ve probably debated/discussed the subject numerous times over drinks with your colleagues. Public speaking is similar. Don’t let the change of venue rattle you.

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By: Alan Levine

Alan Levine — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:15:41 +0000

Hear Hear! As a frequent victim of Blunt Force Dull Presentation Trauma, I am heads down away in my laptop when the slides are read or the speaker starts in long monotonic preamble mode.

My own rule for tech related presentations, is SWTFD, or Start With The F***ing Demo. Too often, such sessions have a parade of background, rationale, etc and the meat of it all, the demo, gets crammed in the last minutes of the slot.

For me, if I am not having fun, being a real person, it is not worth being there, and assume it is the same for the audience.

Finally, for the takeaways- I always give them references/resources on the web, but more than just a slide deck; sometimes a wiki with resources mentioned, or if it is a slide deck, include an audio or notes track. I really tire of following links someone posts about a presentation I missed, and find a slide deck full of hip presentation zen style slides that *have no context* — The Presentation File != The Presentation Experience http://cogdogblog.com/2008/04/27/presentation-not/