• Your success in life is determined largly by
  • Your ability to speak
  • Your ability to write
  • and the quality of your ideas
  • in that order
• Don’t start with a Joke, Start with a promise
  • Promise is what you’ll know by the end of the talk
  • The reason people are here
• Presenting an idea
  • Cycle: repeat it 3 times
  • Build a fence around your idea (mention what your idea is not)
  • Verbal punctuation:
  • Ask a question: waiting for an answer for 7 seconds
• Time & Place
  • Well lit
  • time: avoid after meals, not too early
• Slides
  • Use less text, don’t make them read
  • Keep images simple
  • Eliminate clutter
  • Text size: 35pt min
  • No laser pointer - if you want to point look.
• Passion = Inspiration
• Job talks
  • Personal research
  • Present what you have done. solution
• Package the ideas
• Have a slogan or a symbol
• Have a surprise
• Tell a story
• How to end
  • Collaborators in the beginning
  • Not the questions slide
  • Tell a joke
  • Don’t say thank you. too lazy
  • Appreciate the audience’s time and place.
    • It’s been a great fun being here

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