Re:I do (and don't) prepare a talk for a tech conference. (2...
by WalterBright on Sunday April 14, 2024 @01:43PM
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> by someone who has clearly not practiced it very much
The best talk I ever gave was when the scheduled speaker didn't show, and the organizer asked if anyone would volunteer. I volunteered, and gave an impromptu talk with no prep and no slides, just a whiteboard. I simply threw out questions to the audience, and let their responses guide things.
It was the best presentation I ever gave.
Too bad the video didn't work, either, and there's no record of it.
P.S. When traveling to a conference, I carry along the slides from my previous presentations. This enables me to fill in for missing presenters. I also had a talk that didn't go over well, so I just picked out a previous one and did that.
The best talk I ever gave was when the scheduled speaker didn't show, and the organizer asked if anyone would volunteer. I volunteered, and gave an impromptu talk with no prep and no slides, just a whiteboard. I simply threw out questions to the audience, and let their responses guide things.
It was the best presentation I ever gave.
Too bad the video didn't work, either, and there's no record of it.
P.S. When traveling to a conference, I carry along the slides from my previous presentations. This enables me to fill in for missing presenters. I also had a talk that didn't go over well, so I just picked out a previous one and did that.