the art of the lightning talk
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The Art of the Lightning Talk was originally presented as a "Ninja Talk" at the LavaCon Conference on Content Strategies and Digital Media. Video of David Caruso presenting this "Ninja Talk" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2yBJ9FAqMMTRANSCRIPT
The Art of the Lightning Talk
Five minutes of fame or flameSlides by Roger RenteriaTwitter: @RogerRenteriahttp://writetechie.com
The Lightning Talk
• History of the Lightning Talk at STC Summit
• The Good, Bad, Ugly
• http://www.perl.com/pub/2004/07/30/lightningtalk.html
Why torture yourself?
• It’s fun
• (Have quotes of past lightning talk presenters)
!@$#% - that slide advanced…
• Let me repeat it right here…
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Rehearse!
• I woke up 5 minutes before or put it together at the last minute…hmm.
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Rehearse again…
• Five minutes is short…
• Average commercial lengths are 15-30 seconds long
Make your points clear
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I have 10 slides left
• What can possibly go wrong?
• Lots– Running out of time– Forgetting an important point– Dropping your laptop
Conclusion
• Bring all your lightning talk back down to Earth…
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Elaborate
• State your points again– Why am I doing a lightning talk?– !@#$, I should have rehearsed this talk…– Five minutes is not enough time– Next year, I will present this topic as a full session– I should become a career entertainer– Anything goes…including distractions!
Add a filler image again!
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If your conclusion is now…you’ve got 45 seconds left…
• Not enough time for Q&A• Jam as much info if you’re running behind• Too messy of a conclusion
Questions… 30 seconds folks!
• Or just grab a business card from me…
And time is up.
• Or just grab a business card from me…
The Art of the Lightning Talk
Five minutes of fame or flameSlides by Roger RenteriaTwitter: @RogerRenteriahttp://writetechie.com