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Sharing our thoughts with our audience should be easy, but it turns out it's an obstacle race. What the audience understands is only a subset of what they perceive, which is only a subset of what we manage to say, which is only a subset of what we actually wanted to say. These are some tips to overcome the barriers at each stage.
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Arrows by Juan Pablo Bravo
Group designed by Parmelyn
Envelope by Diego Naive
Robot by Simon Child
Speech by Juan Pablo Bravo
Sitting by Melonnie Manohar
26. • Distance
• Tailor
your
talk
for
the
people
si5ng
in
the
back
of
the
room.
• Don’t
stand
behind
the
podium
if
you
can
avoid
it.
• Boredom
• Don’t
be
afraid
to
show
your
personality
when
you
present.
• If
you
care
about
what
you’re
talking
about,
show
it.
• The
way
you
tell
the
story
is
what
makes
it
interesAng
(slides
help
a
bit).
Your voice outperforms bullet points
every time
33. answering questions
questions have priority over slides
rephrase until you and everyone
else understands the question
nod until you hear silence.
then, answer
38. that I will
forget what I
wanted to say
that I won’t
know the answer
to a question
fear
39. that I will
forget what I
wanted to say
that I will get
lost and start
rambling
that I won’t
know the answer
to a question
fear
40. that I will
forget what I
wanted to say
that I will get
lost and start
rambling
that SOMEONE
WILL POINT OUT
A MISTAKE
that I won’t
know the answer
to a question
fear
41. that I will
forget what I
wanted to say
that I will get
lost and start
rambling
that SOMEONE
WILL POINT OUT
A MISTAKE
that I won’t
know the answer
to a question
fear
(THESE ARE NOT YOUR REAL FEARS)
42. that people
will judge me
fear
that I will
forget what I
wanted to say
that I will get
lost and start
rambling
that SOMEONE
WILL POINT OUT
A MISTAKE
that I won’t
know the answer
to a question