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> I will add: Practice! You should have given your talk multiple times before you ever give it publicly, and you should have watched it. That means recording yo
by beryilma 2y ago
> I will add: Practice! You should have given your talk multiple times before you ever give it publicly, and you should have watched it. That means recording yourself and watching yourself and listening to yourself. Yes, this takes time. But it's important.
I would rather not give the presentation than do this. It is a cringe and self-embarassing experience. Once, I almost quit my job because certain types of high-level presentations at my company requires dry-runs and I refuse to do it. And I regularly give presentations at a few conferences a year with sufficiently good delivery.
- CoastalCoder 2y ago> I would rather not give the presentation than do this. It is a cringe and self-embarassing experience. I'm the same way, and honestly I don't understand why. I'm not sure it's embarrassment per se, because nobody else is in the room. But something about doing a dry run, in private, is so unpleasant that I can't make myself do it. Despite the apparent benefits.
- beryilma 2y agoIn my experience, dry-runs, at least in front of an insider audience, are not a real assessment of the content, nor the delivery. It doesn't feel natural as in front of the real audience. Any I rarely get any useful feedback anyway: always some stupid, non-consequential remarks that tend to turn everything to corporate speak with no allowance for personal style. Fad of the day at my company is evidence-assertion style. And I am sick of it...
- Ar-Curunir 2y agoDo a dry run with your mentors, colleagues, friends, etc.