Hello, good evening
Always a good feeling every time I back to Indonesia, talking in a full room like this
The eagerness to learn, I can feel it or maybe it's because there's Dilan on the slide
While, talks about Dilan, Iíd like to give a prediction, while we won't meet Milea tonight because the canteen closed already
So, I hope after this evening, you are inspired in making a presentation with a slightly different style
and presented it with great spirit and confidence
Because, when we think about presenting, we thought about something serious
in a forum like this, Buka Talks, or even TED Talks
or maybe when we try to present the details of some technical things in a conference
actually, it's not (have to be serious)
if you have an idea on a new product planning or a a sprint planning
sometimes, unconsciously, we switch into serious mode
even in an interview, whether with your future employer or future in laws
sometimes, intentionally, we use our presenting techniques
in communication terms, presenting is total different thing with storytelling
in storytelling, we want our audience to just listen, no comments needed
probably there will be an app, solely for just venting, some idea for a startup
while, it's different with presenting, we want the audiences got something from the presentation
then there's a framework called what's in it For me
shorten to WIIFM
that's a question in your mind when a presenter stands before you and rehearse it as much as you can, to get a great, polished presentation.
you don't to waste your time hearing something that have nothing to do with you, or has no advantage for you
so, it's a fatal mistake when you start presenting with open your laptop then start the presentation slides
that's what usually happen. What you should do is
first, think about what your audience will do after your presentation
think about it carefully, until you firm with it
write it down on a paper, a board, notebook wherever you like, until you satisfied with the statement
then we think about the materials
and for the materials, in this presentation I will talks about 3 frameworks
first, we talk about how to compile some interesting materials
then, how to package it concisely but not boring, with great confidence
lastly, after you master all that, is how to keep improving.
so here we go, first topic: the materials
I like a power recipe by Granville Toogood in his book The New Articulate Executive
they are Punch, One Theme, Window, Ear, and Retention. For this context, we'll talk about Window
so, with this concept, our presentation is window, for audience to see what we really like to tell them
how to make it interesting? There some common mistakes
first, presentation slide that full with words so the window has to be interesting or audience will get bored and fall asleep
then I talk some more presenting, while audience can just read on the slides
Second mistake, even if a talk about something else, nobody will listen
because everybody is busy reading the slides
how to correct the mistakes? Only put the keywords on the slides
put something coherent with the topic
something that help the audience to remember, not the whole explanation
it's better to listen that to read
here some example, clap your hand if you ever saw a slide like this
some of you just raised your hand while I ask you to clap, that's because you see me raise my hand, isn't it?
third mistakes, put everything into a long list, or some kind of bullet points
example, in a presentation from Paul Greenberg
instead of using a list, he uses pictures to presenting what fish commonly consumed by human
there prawn, tuna, salmon, cod, etc.; without explaining one by one
another classic example is when Steve Jobs introducing new iPhone, years ago
he didnít tell what iPhone can do (make a call, play music, etc.)
instead, he put three pics that put impressions the audience at the time
just by seeing the pics, audience already get it, iPhone can be used to play music, make a call and browse the internet
true that he explains each of it after that, but the pics already done half the job of make impressions (of the materials) to the audience.
same thing if we presenting with numbers
it's quite difficult to deliver, and tend to confused the audience
but if we put it into graphics, it's easier to understand by the audience.
what's important is the visualization
it doesn't have to be exact or precise
only enough so audience get the picture (of how much/how little the number is)
we can also put some quote to make the slide more interesting
for example, in a presentation about aftermath of some incident, we can put a quote like this
telling that we can always take a lesson from some misfortune
the quote does not always something serious, you even can modified it
here's an example of modified quote, sure enough two face never talks about Javascript on the movie, but it's suitable with what you try to tell, so you can use it.
now, to make more interesting, you can intentionally mixed something up, for a joke purpose
for example, there so many wrong thing about the picture
Darth Vader never say that, it's Gandalf who said you shall not Pass, plays by Ian McKellen
And it's happened that Ian McKellen also play as Magneto in X-Men movies
it's just to trigs the audience, see if they really pay attention on what you presenting
so, the point is do not put everything into the slides and make it complicated
less is better, because it'll easier to be remembered
that's the purpose of a presentation, to make audience remember what you're talking about
here's a bad example, of Bill Gates explaining Silver light
it's too crowded, font size too small to be able to read
nobody can remember all of this, so what's the point?
Just like what Milea said, she missed Dilan, but she did not miss the bullet points
go on, I'll wait if you'd like to tweet about it..
OK, that's it for how to compile the materials to interest audience
Now, we got the material, then how to present it? What's the trick? Let's get to it
there are three pointers you pay your attention to; conciseness, attractiveness, and confidence while presenting
Concise is important, extreme example: a racer got a new tier in 2 seconds while in pit stop
Make it brief, not too long and complicated. Because we don't want to waste anyone's time.
what you can do to make it brief & simple?
I like this principal by Mark Twain
In another way, if I have more time things can be shorter, it's a paradox
it turns out that we need more energy to simplified something, it's not an easy task
this is what I use, a compression pyramid
consist of three tiers, 30 minutes, 4 minutes and 11 seconds
to have a 4 minutes content, you have do more rehearsing, let's say 30 minutes rehearsal
then you'll get what to keep, what you can skip, what need to elaborate more
until you have your 4 minutes presentation
then you rehearse some more, delete more unnecessary stuff, until you have your 11 seconds presentation
people call this 11 seconds speech as elevator pitch, it's time you spend in the elevator going from one floor to another
this 11 seconds can change your life
imagine if you met a president, a Nobel winner, a writer, or a CEO
then they asked, what are you you've been doing? How to answer that in 11 seconds?
Your life can change if you can make use of that 11 seconds. So, you need to rehearsing You can rehearse by imagining going into an elevator
Meet the persons of your dream, maybe Dilan or Milea
What to talk about in those 11 seconds? Don't waste it.
That's conciseness; now attractiveness, how to keep audience's interest to your presentation?
the curve of audience attention to your presentation is normally down exponentially to time
so, the objective is to keep up the audienceís attention
you can do it by do something interactive with the audience in the middle of your presentation: ask a question, tell some jokes or personal jokes
but don't make fun of people, if you want to, make fun of yourself
same thing with the closing line, remember the WIIFM principle
don't just say that's it, thank you and goodbye. Go around and summarize it.
make sure they remember what you've been presenting and answer their WIIFM question.
how to look confidence while presenting?
there's three pointers, body language, eye contact, and clear pronunciation
what is it about our body language? It's important because it's how you visualize yourself to others
for example, when you feel unsafe or nervous, you'll make yourself smaller, fidgeting, hands in the pocket
but when you encounter with someone friendly, you stand tall and still, not move around
and don't look defensive
because audience will notice and wonder if you really what to do it, or someone make you do it
audience will see it on your body language
for eye contact, you make eye contact only with the audience, not the screen, not the laptop, and certainly not the ceiling
even when you talk about cloud computing, don't look at the ceiling, look at your audience
if you have big audience, divide them into sectors then spend some time at looking at each sector
don't focus only to one audience, you'll scared them
that's about eye contact
one more thing you need to pay attention to is choice of words
there's a thing called speech filler
it's words you slipped on to fill the gap between statements
i.e actually, you know, like.., um.., literally; it's commonly come up while presenting
one you should not use is honesty
when you use honesty between sentence, is that mean you're telling a lie before that?
or in Bahasa Indonesia, people commonly use jadi, kebetulan (fortunately)
fortunately I have 4.0 GPA, fortunately my Bukalapak bought my startup...
audience will take it as you rely on your fortune to excel in your live, not a hard work
don't have to be arrogant, but be proud of your hard work, it's not all down fortune
which is; it does not explanatory or change the meaning of what you're saying, you can just skip it
that's speech filler
now, if can master it all; choice of words, body language, eye contact
then we have a concise presentation with some jokes to tell
we won't have a problem with stage fright
just what Dilan said, stage fright is only for a person with no confidence
that material and packaging, now, how to keep improving?
this is what I called finishing
I like a quote by Helmuth von Moltke the Elder,
in another way, all plans go sideways in time you meet your opponent
but I like this one by Mike Tyson, better
why I showed you these quotes? Itís to tell you the importance of rehearsal
so you can present naturally, even if they wake you up in the middle of the night, ask you to do the presentation
With a lot of practice, you can tackle it all, it'll be like a natural thing for you to do. No hassle.
don't take rehearsal for granted
I often watch a presentation with a great material, attractive presenter, but clearly this is the first time the it being presented
they're rehearsing while presenting
don't do that. Take minimal 1 rehearsal before presentation
2, 3 times more until it's perfect and you satisfied with it
if you enjoy Steve Jobs presentation, you should know that he rehearsed it hundreds of times
he watch the video, that revise the presentation over and over until he satisfied
one thing you can do is by making a simulation
if you need to be presenting in BukaTalks, come to the Venue, see the room and everything
that what you can do by yourself
you can also try to get a feedback from your piers
do a presentation to your peers, and get some input from them, it is very important
rehears it, and see where you can improve (your presentation)
one thing that people hesitate to do, but it has a significant effect on improving your presentation
this is from my personal experience, that is watch the video playback of you rehearsing
find a quiet place for you rehearse, take a video using a cellphone, just do a five-->minute take
analyze the video: body languages, eye contact, choice of words
check what youíre doing wrong within those five minutes
then re-take, again, and again. Then move to next 5 minutes..
see if you use to many speech filler
refined it until no more speech filler
in you do all the process, guaranteed your hard work will payoff
you see it by yourself by comparing your first video with the last one, you'll be amazed
if Dilan said, missing you is hard, then presentation rehearsal is a piece of cake
Now, here's the recap
Pay attention to the materials, compile an attractive presentation.
then presenting techniques, do it confidently
Thank you!
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