- Start a clock in the beginning of the talk (see Timing)
- Be there 10 Minutes early
- Check Internet Connection (optional)
- Check readablity of slides (quick fix: change color theme?)
- Start a video recording to enable proper feedback (optional)
- Figure out on which slide you should progress however far
- Cut off a topic at a certain point once the bulletpoints are done
Style of the slides:
- Up to 5 bullet points per slide at best
Content:
- Have in mind which topics would be “advanced” and which ones would be considered “basic”, this gives you the ability to cut off topics after the basics are done when you run out of time
- Talk about what people are actually interested in
- Developers: Interested in IDE features and development workflows from initial design phase to end.
- New features or ideas: If you’re talking to people who are already in the field they will know their way around. What excites them will be something which is actually new and which they can show off to somebody else possibly. Doing just a basic fundamentals course can be very boring.
Style of presenting:
- Those presentations are great where you can see that the presenter is actually interested in the topic. His excitement becomes your excitement.
- Talk about the pursued outcome of the talk, should be up to three bullet points using easy
language
- Focus on this part before the talk, the simplicity of the pursued outcome also calms me down as the presentor
- Have pen and paper ready to take feedback / critizism (optional)