Good morning all! General question (feel free to open a thread to the first person that answers), but how do you prepare for talks, how do you plan for something that could last half an hour, and are there any useful articles you read which may help? Thanks 🙂

So I use my slides as cue cards Sone people have a script Video yourself - Try not to ver um and eh Don’t try and put too much on your slides

Marcin wrote this for my codeshare, still some good tips on there https://codeshare.co.uk/blog/10-practical-tips-for-improving-your-public-speaking/

Thanks all, really great advice!! @Dean Leigh I'll tag you in one this as I saw your reply outside of this thread. For context, I'm speaking at a meetup in a couple of weeks so its more for me how to structure slides, content vs speaking, and generally how to compose myself. I think I'm on the right path, but figured I'd get some advice to help progress it along

One bit of advice I heard from another organiser speaking to a nervous speaker was: "Everyone in the room is here to learn from you and the other speakers. They are all imagining themselves standing in your place and are empathetic to how you are feeling. They are all on your side and want you to succeed."

That's a really good

No worries absolute pleasure