Date: 2020-06-04
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Room: Stream 1
Level: Beginner
All times are based on Ottawa time, which is UTC -4. For example, 9AM is 1300 UTC.
This session is for first-time speakers, or those who want to enhance their existing public speaking skills by focusing on presenting technical talks.
Public speaking terrifies many. Speaking on a technical subject adds a dimension of fear that the speaker will be found out to be an "impostor". However, we needn't feel this way. Like all areas of human excellence, public speaking is a combination of learning the skills, and practice.
In this half-day tutorial we'll learn how to select, propose, prepare, and present technical talks in small group and conference settings.
In Talk Development we'll look at:
In Presenting the Talk we'll look at: