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Some similar advice I heard recently (I think possibly in another HN discussion thread) was to not be scared of "spoilers" when communicating. I have a tendency
by ZoFreX 14y ago
Some similar advice I heard recently (I think possibly in another HN discussion thread) was to not be scared of "spoilers" when communicating. I have a tendency to try to make my presentations a nice linear development, like a story, which naturally dissuades you from revealing the "ending" before you reach it. However, it's a lot easier to keep people's attention if they know where your story is heading, it gives them the answer to the ever-present implicit question: why do I care?
- ChuckMcM 14y agoThis is the part the I had to break myself. I have always enjoyed telling stories, and they work great in a causal setting but they are not useful (except as illustration) in some contexts. I did a power point once which was essentially the inverted pyramid in a deck, the first slide was the conclusion, the next two where the problem statement and the conclusion, the next 5 were the problem statement, some constraints on the shape of the solution and the conclusion. Down to about a 22 point presentation on the problem, the constraints, the different paths tried, the lessons learned and fed back into the process, and then the solution. It was a bit gimmicky but some folks really liked it as they felt they always knew what I was getting at.