I have a Substack post on "Public Speaking for Engineers" all ready to go. I viewed this one with some trepidation: what if she's stolen all my thunder? Howeve

I have a Substack post on "Public Speaking for Engineers" all ready to go. I viewed this one with some trepidation: what if she's stolen all my thunder? However, as lumenwrites hints: I soon relaxed. It took a while to notice that her head, with headphones on, is in a tiny rectangle at the top right. At first it seems like a disembodied voice. As athrowaway12 says: slide decks are a relic of the 90s. If you view your talk as "speaking from the slide deck" you've already lost. Lastly, you can't get there all at once ("there" == being as good as the most captivating public speakers). All you can do starting out is be decent, have the audience not hate you, and get better with practice.