Don’t try to be Complete

When people present some topic, many try to cover the topic very thoroughly. Don’t do that. Except your trying to kill your audience be letting them sleep until they starve to death. A presentation shouldn’t try to explain an idea completely. The aim of a presentation is to make the audience curious. You can provide [...]

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Don’t Memorize Your Presentation

I don’t remember where it was but somewhere in the Internet somebody recommended to carefully and intensely learn any presentation you want to give. A point I absolutely agree with. But a commenter answered that presentations after to much learning and preparation look stiff and like theater. I didn’t get that. It never happened for [...]

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Konferenzen und Big Player Sessions

Ich bin momentan auf der JAX08. So eine Konferenz macht Laune. Jede Menge Sessions, jede Menge gute Leute, jede Menge neue und nicht ganz so neue Ideen. Meistens ärgert man sich nur darüber, dass man eine interessante Session verpasst, weil man eine super interessante parallel läuft. Aber es gibt Ausnahmen: Key Notes. Die haben zumindest [...]

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