2 Minute Talk Tips

This Week's Tip: Face your Audience   It may seem obvious that the speaker should face the audience, but we're probably all been in sessions where the speaker keeps turning  away from the audience to reach and watch their slides. Each time they advance the show, they turn their back to the audience again so they can read to their audience or just figure out what point to touch on next. An audience does not usually appreciate staring at a presenter's back for 20-90 minutes.   To make sure you always face your audience, do 2 things.  Make sure your laptop display faces you while you speak to the audience. It shouldn't be against a wall facing the audience Know your slides well enough so that you don't need to read them to make the point you want to make. A glance should be all you need   Post Tip Discussion: The Job's not Done until the Paperwork is Done   The presentation doesn't end the moment the speaker leaves the stage. There is a lot of value a speaker can generate from their own post-event reporting. I