how to be a usability star
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How to be a usability starThe UX Public Speaking Toolkit
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Agenda
Introductions
1. Ideas2. Presentation
Design 3. Rehearsal
<Break>
4. Delivery 5. Evaluation6. Practice
12 pm <Lunch>
Ground RulesYou speak… then I speak.
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Ground Rules - Speaker
1. Come up to the front of the room2. Shake hands3. Speak4. Shake hands
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Ground Rules - Audience
• Clap when the speaker comes up• Clap when the speaker leaves
Roles…Timer… Um/Ah counter… Evaluator
Introductions
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Introductions (1 min)
• Your name• Where you study and/or work• What you do• Where you use public speaking skills• Why you are here
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About me
9Toastmasters
Toastmasters
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Toastmaster Meeting
• Toastmaster• Prepared Speeches
• Table Topics• Evaluation
• Timer • Um/ah Counter
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Filler Words
• Um• Ah• Well• Actually• OK
• So• Like• You know• Anyway
EvaluationThe sandwich method
Ideas
Where do they come from?
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Ideas Table Topics
• Ideas are the easy part.
• It’s difficult to find good presentation ideas.
Good newsYou don’t have to be Jakob Nielsen
The first idea is the hardestAfter that, it’s a piece of cake
Hell is other peopleProfessional Networking
IdeasEvaluation
Presentation Design
Do your slides have to be pretty?
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Presentation Design Table Topics
• Every time someone uses PowerPoint, a kitten dies.
• A picture’s worth a thousand words.
Slides are not important……but they can ruin your
presentation.
The Dangers of PowerPoint
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Information Design First
Points and Arguments
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Presentation DesignEvaluation
RehearsalHow to prepare, and how much?
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Rehearsal Table Topics
• Where and how do you practice?
• What makes it hard to practice?
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Watch yourself
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Timing is everything
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Too much of a good thing?
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Toastmaster Speeches
1. The Ice Breaker2. Organize Your Speech3. Get to the Point4. How To Say It5. Your Body Speaks
6. Vocal Variety7. Research Your Topic8. Get Comfortable With
Visual Aids9. Persuade With Power10. Inspire Your Audience
RehearsalEvaluation
Break (15 min)Back at 11am
Showmanship
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Showmanship Table Topics
• The ideas are more important than style.
• It’s entertainment!
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The Sins of Showmanship
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The Perils of Showmanship
ShowmanshipEvaluation
EvaluationJudge and be judged
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Evaluation Table Topics
• You can’t improve without feedback.
• Most of the time, the feedback you get is useless.
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The Good
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The Bad
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The Off-Topic
EvaluationEvaluation
Practice…makes perfect
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Um/Ah Count
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Practice Table Topics
• Silence • Fear
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Usability Profesionals Association (UPA)
• Boston UPA Monthly Meetings• Annual Mini-UPA Conference (May)• Annual UPA Conference (2011 in Atlanta)
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Human-Computer Interaction chapter of ACM (sigCHI)
• Boston CHI Bits• Boston CHI Monthly Meetings• Annual sigCHI Conference
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Tech Meetings/Conferences
• Boston Pecha Kucha• O’Reilley Ignite• Refresh Boston• Basecamp Boston• Agile Dev Meetings
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Boston Interactions Calendar
ImprovActing Classes
Open Mics
Toastmastershttp://www.toastmasters.org
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Videos
No slides
http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_mead_the_magic_of_the_placebo.html
All slideshttp://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/73
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Resources
Toastmasters• toastmasters.org• MIT TM Group:
• MIT TM President: Mike Preshman [email protected]
Slideshare• http://www.slideshare.comStock Photography• http://www.istockphoto.comJared Spool on Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/jmspool/
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Recommended Reading/WatchingPresentation Zen
– @presentationzen– Sample Chapter:– http://www.peachpit.com/articles/ar
ticle.aspx?p=1169390– http://www.peachpit.com/store/pro
duct.aspx?isbn=0321668790Confessions of a Public Speaker• -@berkun• Sample Content• http://oreilly.com/social-media/excerpts/9
780596802004/why-speakers-earn-30k-an-hour.html
Ted Talks• http://www.ted.comPecha Kucha
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/O’reilley Ignite• http://ignite.oreilly.com/
