The Art of the Lightning Talk

Five minutes of fame or flameSlides by Roger RenteriaTwitter: @RogerRenteriahttp://writetechie.com

The Lightning Talk

• History of the Lightning Talk at STC Summit

• The Good, Bad, Ugly

• http://www.perl.com/pub/2004/07/30/lightningtalk.html

Why torture yourself?

• It’s fun

• (Have quotes of past lightning talk presenters)

!@$#% - that slide advanced…

• Let me repeat it right here…

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Rehearse!

• I woke up 5 minutes before or put it together at the last minute…hmm.

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Rehearse again…

• Five minutes is short…

• Average commercial lengths are 15-30 seconds long

Make your points clear

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I have 10 slides left

• What can possibly go wrong?

• Lots– Running out of time– Forgetting an important point– Dropping your laptop

Conclusion

• Bring all your lightning talk back down to Earth…

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Elaborate

• State your points again– Why am I doing a lightning talk?– !@#$, I should have rehearsed this talk…– Five minutes is not enough time– Next year, I will present this topic as a full session– I should become a career entertainer– Anything goes…including distractions!

Add a filler image again!

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If your conclusion is now…you’ve got 45 seconds left…

• Not enough time for Q&A• Jam as much info if you’re running behind• Too messy of a conclusion

Questions… 30 seconds folks!

• Or just grab a business card from me…

And time is up.

• Or just grab a business card from me…

The Art of the Lightning Talk

Five minutes of fame or flameSlides by Roger RenteriaTwitter: @RogerRenteriahttp://writetechie.com