[from youtube comments section; notes by 'GRIG', edited by ek]
Start
1. Do not start a talk with a joke.
2. Promise - Tell them what they gonna learn at the end of your talk.
3. Cycle – make your idea repeated many times in order to be completely clear for everyone.
4. Make a “Fence” around your idea so that it can be distinguished from someone else’s idea.
5. Verbal punctuation – sum up information within your talk some times to make listeners get back on.
6. Ask a question - intriguing one
Place and Time
7. Best time for having a lecture is 11 am.
(not too early and not after lunch)
8. The place should be well lit.
9. The place should be seen and checked before the lecture.
10. The place should not be full less than a half, it must be chosen according to the amount of listeners.
Tools
For Teaching
1. Board – it’s got graphics, speed, target. Watch your hands! Don’t
hold them behind your back, it’s better to keep them straight and use
for pointing at the board.
2. Props – use them in order to make your ideas visual.
Visual perception is the most effective way to interact with listeners.
For Job Talk. Exposing, Slides
3. Don’t put too many words on a slide. Slides should just reflect what
you’re saying, not the other way around. Pictures attracts attention and
people start to wait for your explanation – use that tip.
4. Make slide as easy as you can – no title, no distracting pictures, frames, points and so on.
5. Do not use laser pointer – due to that you lose eye contact with the
audience. Instead you can make the arrows just upon a slide.
[notes here change in style, despite "hours" of work on GRIG's part(?)]
Informing
Show to your listeners your stuff is cool and interesting.
You have to be able to:
-show your vision of that problem
-show that you’ve done particular things (by steps)
All of that should be done real quick in no more than 5 min.
Getting Famous
If you want your ideas to be remembered, Winston's Star:
* Symbol
* Slogan
* Surprise
* Salient
* Story
- Symbol (visual key to chest of information)
- Slogan (encapsulating idea engraved on chest)
- Surprise (common fallacy that is now no longer true--awe of opening chest)
- Salient idea (the one that sticks out--shiniest artifact)
- Story (how you did it, how it works, why it's important--where, what, why)
How to End
- Don’t put collaborators at the end, do that at the beginning.
- Question’s the worst way to end a talk.
- It’s good to end with a Contribution slide – what did you do in the talk? recap.
- At the very end you could tell a joke since people then will leave the
event feeling fun and thus keep a good memory of your talk.
- Don't say "Thank you (for enduring this nonsense)." "I'm glad [reason]..." Offer praise for attention and a wish of well-being and benefit from the talk.
