59: How do you prepare to give a presentation?

We've both been doing a lot of presenting lately. What advice do we have? And what mistakes have we made?

Show Notes

Even though all current in-person have been cancelled, some tech events are still happening. Many conferences are transitioning to being fully-online, and anyone can release anything they like on YouTube (other video hosting services are available).

How do you keep your presentation sounding natural? When pre-recording, what things shouldn't you edit out? What does it mean to move at the speed of thought? Should you have a full word-for-word script? Find out all this and more in this week's presentable instalment of A Question of Code.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Watch Ed's talk
• Watch Tom's video

What is A Question of Code?

A newbie coder and a seasoned veteran discuss the questions that always come up when someone begins learning to code.

Ed is looking at getting a career in programming and has been learning to code for just over a year. During this time he’s been building up a stack of questions that keep coming up from other newbie coders. Luckily, he’s got someone he can ask for help: Tom. Tom’s a seasoned coder, having worked in the industry for a few years now and has all the answers Ed needs, or does he?