One such silly rule is that you shouldn’t walk into into the beam of the projector. Can you imagine if Hans Rosling had stood passively by the side of the screen as he explained his statistics? By getting in the beam and physically showing us the statistics, Hans Rosling demonstrated his energy and his passion for his topic and the audience loved it! Public speaking and presenting are full of silly rules. I

The more common toss up is should I bring paper notes with me or not rather than to use a projector. Do NOT turn around to view the projector screen, it takes the attention from you and your presentation over to the Slideshow. Support your arguments with evidence: facts, naratives, statistics, metaphors... Boing Boing Home Gadgets TV Boing Boing Offworld Suggest a Link Archives Subscribe Mark Cory David Xeni John Moderation Policy Excellent public speaking advice Posted by Cory Doctorow , March 8, 2009 4:01 AM | permalink The inestimable Duncan Davidson, photographer laureate of the OReilly tech conferences, has distilled his experiences watching thousands of speakers on thousands of stages into a pithy, useful article about how to be a better

Numbers, dates, and background information flashed up on the overhead projector. The instructor felt speed solved participant lack of interest� Obviously he felt if he went fast enough that would keep everyone awake. I felt like I was watching a ping pong ball. Pacing from the projector to the white board, to the side door, along the isle and down towards the back row. Maybe it was his way of getting his exercise requirements into his busy day. MEMBERS LOGIN Home SPEAKER SERVICES Speaker Services Get Found Now! Club Proposal