How to Master Presentations in CS

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When you think about a presentation, you may immediately think about a conference with a wide audience, but presenting and pitching are much more common than you think, even in your day to day life. Regardless of your environment, the ability to present is crucial in everyone’s career. In today’s episode, CEO of TREACL Dave Chernick, joins us to chat about all the presentation skills every professional should develop. From building confidence, to the importance of body language, Dave shares his expertise so you can wrap your head around what makes great speakers stand out from the rest. Listen to this episode and learn how to translate live speaking skills into the new-normal virtual world. Also, is the idea of imagining your audience naked actually helpful for public speaking?

Jump straight into:

(01:26) - A man of many talents: on Dave’s background and passion - “ DJing and presenting actually help each other.”

(04:48) - How to properly prepare for a presentation in any setting - “Part of the preparation is thinking about how you’re going to educate the people you’re presenting to. Think about the journey you want them to go on.”

(09:02) - Is your body language sabotaging your delivery? - “I always try and encourage people to be quite natural.”

(12:12) - How to adapt and make the most out of remote presentations - “It can feel like you are presenting to an empty room.”

(15:33) - On the lethal death by PowerPoint - “Rather than thinking of your slides as your script, write them down in a separate place. Use the slides to back up your arguments.”

(21:02) - Dealing with the internal presentation nightmare - “Communicate to your manager that you’re nervous about it.”

(23:50) - Ensuring engagement during intimate presentations - “There’s nothing worse than having to sit through a slide deck, it’s awful. It should feel more like a conversation.”

Resources

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TREACL

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