How to give inspiring, participatory talks

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How to give inspiring, participatory talks

• Agenda
• Marc's Views (0 to 60 mins)?
• Break to catch up with transcribing M.V.s (60 to
  65 mins)?
• MV's, 2nd session (65 to 116)?
• Questions (117-120)?

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No, but seriously...

• 4 small groups- one question each then feedback
• Marc's Views (why pretend there is any escape?)?
• Thou Shalt Nots...
• Discussion
• 10 minute break
• New small groups Prepare a talk!
• Present the beginnings of that talk
• Discussion
• Going on tour....

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Things to consider

• Venue
• Equipment
• You and your abilities, goals etc
• Them and their expectations- who, how many etc
• The introduction

• Dangers and your strategies
• How to end it all.
• How to get positive feedback (loops)?

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Stay awake at the back!

• Venue
• Sight lines
• Heat
• Noise
• When do you have to get out?
• How to play nice

• Equipment
• Tyranny of t'flip chart
• Powerpoint-lessness?
• Are you sitting comfortably?
• Water...

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What are you aiming at?

• Getting info across?
• Combatting myths?
• Building credibility?
• Gaining experience?
• Money?
• Hands on deck?

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What can you do?

• Do you mumble?!
• Can you hold a room?
• How's ya memory?
• Is now the time to experiment with new formats??
  If not, when?

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Who are they?

• Numbers of people, broken down by age and sex..
• How many?
• What knowledge- base?
• What formats are they used to?

• What are they expecting?
• Do they all know each other?

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YOU ARE NOT FCKED!!!!!

• What's your attention grabbing start?
• How are you going to take the temperature?
• How interactive do you want it to be?
• How early do you want to up the energy?

• talk v. listen
• Give them a break?

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Problems, schmoblems

• Time?
• Alpha and delta males?
• Depressing subject matter
• Wrongly pitched
• Not knowing your stuff well enough
• Technological collapse

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The end of the... talk

• Up-beat ending?
• How did it go? How do you know?
• What are people taking away with them?
• What are you taking away with you?

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Thou Shalt Not

• Name-go-round in large group
• Allow crap random announcements (have form!)?
• Use names unless you know all names
• Go overtime