Technical SpeakingTechnical SpeakingHow to Deliver a Technical How to Deliver a Technical

Presentation?Presentation?

Svetlin NakovSvetlin Nakov

Telerik Telerik CorporationCorporationwww.telerik.www.telerik.comcom

Technical TrainerTechnical Trainer

Table of ContentsTable of Contents PreparationPreparation

Know your AudienceKnow your Audience Know the ContentKnow the Content Know the TerritoryKnow the Territory

Before PresentationBefore Presentation The PresentationThe Presentation Things to AvoidThings to Avoid Speaker's ToolsSpeaker's Tools Tips and TricksTips and Tricks

PreparationPreparationWhat to do Before the Actual What to do Before the Actual

Presentation?Presentation?

PreparationPreparation

The preparation consists of three The preparation consists of three stagesstages

1.1. Get to know your audienceGet to know your audience

2.2. Get familiar with the territoryGet familiar with the territory

3.3. Know the contentKnow the content

Know your audience!Know your audience!

Do they like Do they like funnyfunny or or seriousserious presentations? presentations?

How manyHow many are the are the attendees?attendees?

Know your audience!Know your audience!

Find out what Find out what they they knowknowLevelLevel of expertise of expertise

What is their What is their age age rangerange??

PreparationPreparation

Know the Know the contentcontent

What you will be What you will be talking abouttalking about??

Get familiar with Get familiar with the the contentcontent on on the slidesthe slides

The The interesting interesting points points of the of the topictopic

PreparationPreparation

Presentation hallPresentation hall

Know the Know the territoryterritory

AudioAudio

ProjectProjectoror

Presentation toolPresentation tool

Before the Before the PresentationPresentationWhat to do Before the Actual What to do Before the Actual

Presentation?Presentation?

Before the PresentationBefore the Presentation

Build bridgesBuild bridges Meet with some of the attendees Meet with some of the attendees

beforehandbeforehand

The PresentationThe Presentation

MindMind……

The The endingending

Speak Speak loudloud and and clearclear

Manage the Manage the timetime

Be Be consistentconsistent

The The contentcontent

The The beginningbeginning

The The positionposition

MindMind……

Best Best managed managed with with rehearsalsrehearsals

1.1. In front of the In front of the mirrormirror

2.2. Talking to a Talking to a friendfriend

Rehearse Rehearse with with

somebody!somebody!

Manage the Manage the timetime

MindMind……

Speak Speak loudloud and and clearclear

Be Be consistentconsistent

MindMind……

MindMind……

The The beginningbeginning

4.4. Introduce Introduce yourselfyourself

2.2. Introduce the Introduce the topictopic

1.1.Greet the Greet the audienceaudience

3.3.Try to connect Try to connect with previous with previous topictopic

MindMind……

The The contentcontent

IntroduceIntroduce each new each new sectionsectionConstantlyConstantly ask ask questionsquestions

Forget Forget what is what is obviousobvious to to youyou

Forget "Forget "I don't I don't knowknow", ", ""I am not sureI am not sure""

RemembRemember!er!

The The contentcontent

Try Try notnot to to use use jargonjargon phrasesphrases

Look Look confidentconfident!!even if are even if are notnot……

Don't sprintDon't sprintthrough the through the slidesslides

RemembRemember!er!

The The contentcontent

MonotonousnessMonotonousness makes people makes people

sleepy!sleepy!AlmostAlmost kills kills them!them!

Watch "Watch "Death by PowerPoint"!"!

MindMind……

The The endingending

Try to Try to connect connect with the with the nextnext topictopic

Make a Make a frameframe with the with the beginningbeginning

ThankThank the the audience for the audience for the attention attention

MindMind……

EverybodyEverybody should should see yousee you

You You mustmust see see everybodyeverybody

Look at Look at everybody everybody and and nobodynobody

The The positionposition

Things to Things to AvoidAvoidWhat Should We What Should We NotNot

Do?Do?

Speaking Speaking silently silently

AvoiAvoid!d!

Speak too Speak too fastfast / too / too slow slow

Speak Speak unclearunclear

More More complicatedcomplicated concepts than concepts than

necessarynecessary

Speaker's ToolsSpeaker's Tools

ToolsTools

MS PowerMS Power Point Point

ZoomItZoomIt

Windows MagnifierWindows Magnifier

[Ctrl]+[1]

[Win]+[+][Ctrl]+[P]

Speaker's Speaker's ToolsTools

Live DemoLive Demo

Tips and Tricks for a Tips and Tricks for a Better Technical Better Technical

SpeakingSpeaking

GiveGive Real-Life Real-Life ExamplesExamples

Better Better influenceinfluence

Better rememberedBetter remembered

When a When a QuestionQuestion pops out…pops out…

Don't Don't justjust answeranswer

Teach to Teach to handlehandle thingsthings

on on their own!their own!

Show Show itit!!Use Use GoogleGoogleif if

necessarynecessary

RepeatRepeat it out it out loudloud

AlwaysAlways bring bring waterwater!!

The The throatthroat gets dry gets dry

DrinkDrink when you when you needneed

a a second to restsecond to rest

QuestionsQuestions??

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