Tiny tips for speakers

Posted on March 7, 2019February 14, 2020 by Jason St-CyrIn DevRel1 Minute Read

With our Sitecore Virtual Developer Day just wrapped, and more speaking events around the corner, I was thinking back to some tips I provided for speakers right before Sitecore Symposium 2018.

Here they are, in one place, for you to find if you ever need them!

PPTX files are just zipped up file structures. If you think some big images are embedded somewhere in your deck, you can change the extension to .ZIP to see what is inside them #SitecoreSYM (2/10) pic.twitter.com/WbYyKssWFC

— Jason St-Cyr (@StCyrThoughts) October 1, 2018

People take pictures of slides, so be camera friendly. Use high-contrast for the important bits. #SitecoreSYM (4/10) pic.twitter.com/b6a3JcIf9k

— Jason St-Cyr (@StCyrThoughts) October 1, 2018

In your notes area, make sure the first section is bullet points, then have a full script afterwards. If you share the slides somebody can then get the full talking points and are not trying to figure out what you meant by those short-form bullets you made. #SitecoreSYM (6/10) pic.twitter.com/m1XOPKp64s

— Jason St-Cyr (@StCyrThoughts) October 1, 2018

Write in your own voice! You can make the visuals super professional, but if you're a sarcastic, dry-humour type of person (cough cough), make sure YOU sound like YOU. If your script feels like it came through 20 copywriters, the audience will know. #SitecoreSYM (8/10) pic.twitter.com/MGsBW8phJO

— Jason St-Cyr (@StCyrThoughts) October 1, 2018

Remember to have fun! Take a moment, or two, or three, during your talk to take in the audience and connect. You will enjoy it more, and so will they! #SitecoreSYM (10/10) pic.twitter.com/3HXF9x5Qvo

— Jason St-Cyr (@StCyrThoughts) October 1, 2018

Published by Jason St-Cyr

Jason is a developer relations leader overseeing the strategy for developer advocacy at Sitecore. This means helping as many developers as possible, with a focus on outreach, nurturing, and technical enablement. View all posts by Jason St-Cyr

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