I have especially been influenced by Dick Hardt's presentation at OSCON 2005 on Identity 2.0: http://identity20.com/media/OSCON2005/ Very slick, well put together, single concepts per slide. Obviously a lot of preparation went into creating this clear presentation. (And anyone who has been influenced by Cryptonomicon is cool in my books!)
Cheers, Connie
Donna Papacosta
· 2 years ago
What an excellent collection and links! Thanks, Chris. YOU ROCK!
Connie Crosby
· 2 years ago
Hah! Just realized I duplicated one of your suggestions. Obviously Dick Hardt's presentation has legs....
Laura Athavale Fitton
· 2 years ago
Nice Chris, and thanks for the tag. Quick thought -- be kinder to the ums and let them die a gentle death. It's only that a lot of attention to them can make it worse/throw the presenter off. When your brain reaches for an "um" filler try silence instead. Obviously I have lots more ideas where that came from, but that's why I blog :-). Hope there's video of your presentation (hint hint).
Jake McKee
· 2 years ago
Yeah, agreed on Dick Hardt’s Identity 2.0. Absolutely brilliant. His was one of the first times ever that I thought "You really couldn't have done this *without* powerpoint".
One of the most moving presentations I've seen yet was another Ted Talk: Bill Clinton.
I enjoyed watching the presentations you listed, and I've never seen any of them before. My favorite presentation of all time was author/blogger/marketing guru Seth Godin at eBay Live 2007 in Boston. You can watch his presentation to Google entitled "All Marketers are Liars" here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-690907...
Look forward to seeing you again Saturday for PodCamp Pittsburgh 2!
Dick Hardt's is derivative of Larry Lessig's style (I mean that literally and not to take anything away from Dick). In addition to the Lessig talk mentioned above, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmU2i1hQiN0.
These talks are a lot of fun to give. Chris Adamson asked me to recreate one that I gave in Brussels at the Jini community meeting. You can find my attempt here: http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2006/09/28/ji...
Hi Chris, I author a blog called PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques. One of the resources I compile and periodically upload to the blog is a resource listing now in Rev 4 - http://connectingdots.typepad.com/ppt/2007/02/u.... Your readers might find it interesting.
mike mcallen
· 2 years ago
Chris- I do think if you don't have passion you basically can loose an audience quickly. Practicing till you know it up and down is the key. Play off the audience. Feel the pulse. If it isn't there infuse that passionate to tachycardia levels.
Think about maybe a big entrance: pyro? opening video (like zefrank) maybe some corporate theater, skit, dancing girls?
Great advice, Chris. I definitely agree that PowerPoint is overused. My biggest pet peeve is when people *read off of their Powerpoint presentation* instead of actually, you know, *talking to people*.
And Steve Jobs? The man. He exudes charisma when he speaks. You can feel the gravitas coming off the YouTube clip. THAT'S inspirational.
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One of my favorite talks---
In an emotionally charged talk, Majora Carter explains her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/53
Mike
I enjoy hearing Malcolm Gladwell talk. His presentation voice is the same as his writing voice. Here he speaks about spaghetti sauce:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/20
Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth was amazing.
I have especially been influenced by Dick Hardt's presentation at OSCON 2005 on Identity 2.0: http://identity20.com/media/OSCON2005/ Very slick, well put together, single concepts per slide. Obviously a lot of preparation went into creating this clear presentation. (And anyone who has been influenced by Cryptonomicon is cool in my books!)
Cheers,
Connie
Thanks, Chris. YOU ROCK!
One of the most moving presentations I've seen yet was another Ted Talk: Bill Clinton.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/85
Love or hate him, you can't argue with his style.
I enjoyed watching the presentations you listed, and I've never seen any of them before. My favorite presentation of all time was author/blogger/marketing guru Seth Godin at eBay Live 2007 in Boston. You can watch his presentation to Google entitled "All Marketers are Liars" here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-690907...
Look forward to seeing you again Saturday for PodCamp Pittsburgh 2!
-Jackie
-Jackie
These two links bring over a 1,000 people a day. There's no limit to curiosity about great presentations.
Top 10 Best Presentations Ever
and
Top 10 Best Presentations Ever - The Reader's Choice
These talks are a lot of fun to give. Chris Adamson asked me to recreate one that I gave in Brussels at the Jini community meeting. You can find my attempt here: http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2006/09/28/ji...
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Was his first time presenting, too.
I author a blog called PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques. One of the resources I compile and periodically upload to the blog is a resource listing now in Rev 4 - http://connectingdots.typepad.com/ppt/2007/02/u.... Your readers might find it interesting.
I do think if you don't have passion you basically can loose an audience quickly. Practicing till you know it up and down is the key. Play off the audience. Feel the pulse. If it isn't there infuse that passionate to tachycardia levels.
Think about maybe a big entrance: pyro? opening video (like zefrank) maybe some corporate theater, skit, dancing girls?
Can't wait for tomorrow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pknvdBlOels&...
And Steve Jobs? The man. He exudes charisma when he speaks. You can feel the gravitas coming off the YouTube clip. THAT'S inspirational.