What a Speaker Should / Should Not Do? Doncho Minkov Telerik
Corporation www.telerik.com
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Preparation Presenting Common Mistakes Presenter's Tools How to
Make Demo? How to Demonstrate a Tool? Tips and Tricks for a Better
Technical Training
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A teacher? A mentor? A Beast Master? The trainer is all of
these things The trainer should have Loud voice Correct
pronunciation Ability to talk in front of a public without the fear
of questions or misunderstanding A professional in the sphere
he/she is talking
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Before the Presentation Before the Presentation
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A speaker should always be prepared for the presentation For a
junior speaker this may take up to 7-8 hours Depending on the
length and content of the presentation More experienced speakers
can improvise Not recommended Familiarity with the examples is
always a plus Better to know what is coming next
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A speaker should be able to answer any question related to the
presented subject Sometimes speakers are asked questions they
cannot answer Do not say "I don't know" Say "Lets ask Google"
instead and show the students how to work efficiently with Google
Google skills are 'must have' nowadays You could say "I will check
and will answer at the next lesson"
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When some parts of the presentation are unclear for the
speaker, he has two choices Learn the unknown material Just remove
the unclear parts (when possible) Be sure to examine as much as
possible the expertise level of the audience Some audiences will
like a more detailed (theoretical) presentation Some will prefer
more practical with lots of real- life examples
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What to Do in Front of the Students?
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Speak very loud and clear Make sure the ending of a sentence is
obvious Don't speak too fast, neither too slow Just speaks normally
After finishing a section say something introducing the new section
'And now we are done with the int primitive data type, lets move on
with the char data type' Uses as less as possible jargon phrases
Except intentionally, e.g. when telling a joke
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Monotonousness makes people sleepy If you feel the audience is
falling asleep Change the level and intonation of your voice A good
way to control the monotonousness of your voice / prevent people
from sleeping Try to tell a joke Show something extraordinary Ask a
question No matter how stupid it is, its purpose is to wake the
audience
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Ask yourself "Who is my audience?" Know your audience! What
level of expertise they have? The speaker forget that a certain
thing is obvious to him/her Just explain it as simple and
understandable as possible When a 'smart guy' tries to mess with
you Quick thinking and improvising are the best way to escape
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You should always remember You are "the speaker", "the expert",
"the guru" The students are here to listen to you They have already
respect for you Your job is not to let them down
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A trainer should always be confident in what he / she is
talking about Do no use words and phrases like 'I don't know', 'I
am not sure' Instead exchange them with 'Lets ask Google' or "What
do you think?" Or wait for a student to answer or turn for help by
accompanying trainers (if any) An exception of the usage of these
words is when they are used intentionally When trying to make a
joke
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The trainer should be always placed in the middle of the room
Should be standing with face to the audience so that everybody can
see him / her Always look at the audience Or just give an
impression you are looking them If you are too nervous you can look
a little higher If the speaker looks at the board the students
start to feel like he is talking to someone else
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Remember that slides are only to help you It is better not to
follow the slides exactly (word by word) The slides should only
point what to talk about Most of the time the slides are not as
full as it should be Don't hurry up through the presentation Wait
for the appropriate slide to say the information about it If you
explain a thing that comes later, when the slide comes you will
have nothing to say
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The trainer should be standing up with front to the audience If
you have something to show at the slides show it using some of the
tools Avoid finger pointing The presentation should not be funny
The slides do not need to contain jokes It is the speaker's job to
make it funny and interesting
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During the Presentation
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Top mistakes: Silent voice Speak too fast / too slow and/or
unclear Use of too much slang Talk about complicated concepts when
not necessary, e.g. The presentation topic is "Introduction in
HTML" The presenter talks about DOM Hierarchies, Multi Browser
Hacks, Debugging JavaScript
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The students get annoyed when The trainer is nervous,
disorganised The trainer is speaking monotonously instead of
enthusiastic The presentation is unfinished or not done well
Example: there are some images that are not only disconnected from
the subject, but are ugly and with colouring not matching the
template The trainer sounds confused Doesn't matter if he actually
is or not, the students get what they see To here
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The students get annoyed when The trainer is nervous,
disorganised This comes with the time Presenting the topic in front
of the mirror gives some confidence and might help The trainer is
speaking monotonously instead of enthusiastic The presentation is
not finished or not done well The trainer sounds confused
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The students get annoyed when The trainer is nervous,
disorganised The trainer is speaking monotonously instead of
enthusiastic Try smiling and changing the power of your voice
Telling a joke from time to time might help The presentation is not
finished or not done well The trainer sounds confused
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The students get annoyed when The trainer is nervous,
disorganised The trainer is speaking monotonously instead of
enthusiastic The presentation is not finished or not done well This
is best resolved by asking for help from some of the more senior
trainers The trainer sounds confused
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The students get annoyed when The trainer is nervous,
disorganised The trainer is speaking monotonously instead of
enthusiastic The presentation is not finished or not done well The
trainer sounds confused Avoided with practice Get you husband,
wife, girl/boyfriend and try to talk to them as they are
students
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Telerikers deliver the lecture using Windows and PowerPoint
There is no problem to use Linux or Mac if you are more accustomed
to it You should rearrange the presentation OpenOffice messes
PowerPoint presentations But you will be more comfortable using
your platform It is always better to know how to run a given
application
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Microsoft Power Point PP has built-in tool for drawing and
highlighting Press F1 for details ZoomIt
http://tinyurl.com/ZoomItDownload http://tinyurl.com/ZoomItDownload
Tool for zooming the screen PowerPoint-like functionality for
drawing These tools works only on Windows You should search for
equivalents on the other platforms
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Live Demo
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Demo Demonstration
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Key points when making a demo 1.Speak loudly and
comprehensively 2.Make as much demos as you can Doing only the
premade demos is not enough The trainees should see a demo from the
scratch 3.The demo should be clearly visible by everybody in the
room Use ZoomIt or another magnifying software 4.Ask as many
questions as you can Questions like "Is this class name
appropriate?", "Where is that exception thrown from?"
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While making the demo the trainer should explain what he/she is
doing Talk during the whole demo Sometimes it might seem pointless
but it is not! Explain simple things like: "Now we will make a
class, and what should we call it? Maybe CarShopBudget? Or just
ShopBudget? What do you think?" Asking questions during the demo is
essential
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Make sure whether the following are Ok Is the font large enough
so that everybody can see what he/she is doing? Do not use any
hotkey shortcuts Use the buttons or tell everybody what you are
doing, i.e. the key combination Makes the demo as slowly as he can
and explain everything he does When some button is about to be
pressed Magnify the button, highlight it, etc. Everybody should see
which buttons you press Magnifying tool helps a lot
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When there is some time left unfilled (Visual Studio is
loading) Continue talking about things slightly connected to the
subject This is a way to prevent the audience from falling
asleep
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Live Demo
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A presentation should always be available A presentation should
always be available The presentation help both the trainer and the
students The trainer has table of contents so that he/she does not
forget to show something The student have a guideline to use later
one Not everything can be remembered on the moment The presentation
could not be detailed Just some key points to follow
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The tool demonstration should be as slowly and detailed as
possible If a button is clicked it should be pointed, magnified
and/or highlighted No shortcut hotkeys should be used The student
cannot see what you are pressing Use the old-fashioned way with the
Menu If using a hotkeys you must say, write the key combination If
a question pops out, stop the demo, answer it, then continue with
the demo
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Live Demo
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A trainer that gives examples from real life Use div, because.,
use Dictionary when A trainer with real life experience is always
better than one without When a question pops out The trainer should
not only answer the question He/she should show it if possible Use
Google if you don't know the answer It very important to teach the
students how to find a solution to their problem without help
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When a question is repeat it out loud That way everybody gets
what is the question We videotape each presentation and this way
everything is documented Bring water when delivering a lecture The
throat get dry from time to time When somebody asks you a more
complicated question you can drink from the water This gives you
precious three or four seconds to think about the question Can also
be used when a new slide comes out and you forget what to say