on delivering tech presentation
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Agenda
Warm-up Tips Fonts, Color, Layout of Slides Introduction part Body part and the organization of topics Conclusion Other trivial tips
Warm-up Tips
Plan the purpose first Plan the presentation Know your audience The time allotted to you How big is the room check the settings
Fonts
Type size shall be 18pt and larger Do not use Serif Fonts
This font is Courier (24pt) This font is Arial (24pt)
Do not use all Capital LETTERS
Color Scheme
Dark words against a light background For less than 16 people For teaching
Light words against a dark background For more than 16 people A larger room
Avoid troubling color combinations e.g. Red-Green (color blind) Review slides in grayscale to check the color scheme
Layout
Keep the layout consistent as possible Heading each slide Sentence is a better choice for statement
Limit text boxes to no more than 2 lines Use background boxes to highlight
Limit lists to no more than 3 lines Suggest to animate items one by one No sub-lists!
Slides Scheme
Carry 1 graph at each slidea: Admin g: IMSS
gateway_usr_reg()
C: Bunker
gateway_prod_reg(user, AC) /HTTPS
gateway_reg_resp1(HalfKey-1) /HTTPS
gateway_reg_resp2(HalfKey-2) /email
gateway_usr_val(HalfKey-2)
gateway_prod_val() /HTTPS
gateway_val_resp(HalfKey-1) /HTTPS
gateway_val_resp()
KeyGen()
Introduction
Attention Getting Device (AGD) A short story to engage the audience A brief self-intro
Concise the purpose Scope and a preview of the slides
Defer outside questions Terms and backgrounds
Body
Organize the talk into topics No more than three main points
Arguments Each main point shall have evidence Do not be too detailed
Transitions between main points A plain statement for business meetings A question for tech talks One more joke for informal seminars
Organize the Main Points -1
Describe a structure by space/dimension EUQ-TOI
EuqServer, DB, IMSSmgr, WebAccess, LDAP Design of EUQ-SSO
Front-end, Mid-layer, Back-end Overview of TMEEG Components
Mime-Bld, Key-Mgr, Policy-Mgr, SMTP Relay, DB
For non-expert audience
For a distributed structure
Organize the Main Points -2
Describe a scenario by sequence Report Flow chart Adding a New Report Type
Regardless to physical instances
Meaning group objects
For experts only
For retrospective reviews
Organize the Main Points -3
By Use Cases Sharing stories from USA experience Guidelines for coding Internal Summary on Frequent Defects Introducing an utility for routines
Keep things interesting
For sharing, not for business meeting
Demonstrations on site
Conclusion
Summarizing main points One sentence for each main point
Restate Purpose Consistent with introduction part
Call to actions Call for Counter measurements Motivation for actions Benefits for Audience
Be positive and focus on purpose
Questions and Answers
Anticipate Questions when Planning Briefly Repeat Question
Make sure your understanding Take a few seconds to think
Never Make up Answers! Avoid Ending your answer with “don’t know”
Don’t be Defensive or Aggressive
Trivial Tips
Eye Contacts Hold eye contacts till finishing an entire sentence
Hands Open hands is enough
Feet Don’t move feet till taking steps
Posture Sit/Stand up straight