[Inpycon] Some thoughts on talks and what not to do in a tech talk

[Pranav Prakash]

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> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:56:26 +0530
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> On Tue, Sep 28 2010, Pranav Prakash wrote:
>
> > One more thing which I would like to add is that- before the start of
> day's
> > events, all the speakers should come and report somewhere about their
> > presence. The only obvious way is to sit at your venue and wait for the
> > turn. And then the event in-charge announces your name and you go down
> > there. And yes, taking down cell numbers of the speakers is important, in
> > order to communicate any change in schedule or anything. Also, I am
> planning
> > to write a blog article on what not to do in a tech-talk, based on the
> > mistakes I did (in this talk and previous ones) and the mistakes I saw
> > people doing. Some of the points I could come up are
> >
> > * Avoid the temptation to do in too detail of your favorite subtopic.
> > * Avoid coding on the fly. Generally people dont like to see the speaker
> > "coding" something there and then only. It breaks the rhythm and
> introduces
> > boredom
> > * Understand your audience in the beginning, and be prepared to cut/add
> > things on the fly. Do a general talk with people who might be your
> audience.
> > Helps in getting what they want
> > * People mostly ask question comparing the things you just told and the
> > things they do, so be sure you are prepared for such things
> > * Avoid too much code samples, showing something working lasts longer
> than
> > the codes
> > * Don't be bookish, people come to dev talks with the expectation of
> getting
> > benefits from others experience, and not to attend a bookish lecture by a
> > stupid professor
>
> [...]
>
> Good points. I will be writing a summary of the whole event similar to
> what I did last year. I will be listing a bunch of articles by others at
> the bottom. If you can send me your links, I will add them there.
>
> --
>

I have made a blog post on what not to do on tech talks, and I am looking
forward for some points which I might have missed.
http://blog.myblive.com/2010/09/what-not-to-do-in-tech-talk.html



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