Episode 220: Tips for Effective Presenting and Communication
If you've thought about giving a talk at work, or submitting a talk to a conference to speak, this episode is for you. Hear our thoughts on why you should care about presentation, 5 tips for public speaking, how to differentiate yourself, how to come up with themes for a talk, and taking your audience on the hero's journey.
Recording date: Jan 26, 2023
John Papa @John_Papa
Ward Bell @WardBell
Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin
Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker
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Resources:
- The Four Pillars of Ward Bell Public Speaking Genius
- What’s the problem?
- Why should I care?
- What am I going to do about it?
- How should I feel?
- John’s 5th pillar: Cut any content that doesn’t meet the needs of the first 4.
- Craig's Tweet on differentiating yourself
- Vinh Giang speaking tips on TikTok
- Sharknado
- Speed Movie
- Die Hard on a Bus
- John Papa’s speaking course at Pluralsight
- Holding Out for a Hero
- Keiran Drew
Timejumps
- 00:27 Welcome
- 01:01 Why should you care about presentation?
- 04:50 What are scenarios where better communication helps?
- 06:29 Ward's 4 Pillars of Public Speaking
- 09:18 Sponsor: Ag Grid
- 10:15 Differentiating yourself
- 15:50 The pause
- 26:28 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
- 27:29 How do you come up themes or ideas for a talk?
- 31:45 The hero's journey
- 38:48 Final thoughts
Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.