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content/Best font size for slides is 40 or 50.md

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+# Best font size for slides is 40 or 50
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content/Building a fence.md

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+# Building a fence
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+Say what things are not. 
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+Avoid that your idea can be confused with the ideas of other's. Build a good fence around your ideas and specify the parameters.

content/Cycle around the subject.md

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+# Cycle around the subject
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+You have to keep coming back to your ideas or subject. Tell them what you will tell them, tell them, tell them a third time.
+
+[[Udemy Course Script writing conventions]]

content/Do not read from slides.md

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+# Do not read from slides

content/Don't start talks with a joke.md

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+# Don't start talks with a joke
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+The audience needs to adjust to your vocal parameters, and therefore jokes usually fall flat.

content/Get people back on the bus.md

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+# Get people back on the bus
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+It's natural for the audience to become distracted. Therefore you have to give them opportunities to hop back on. You can do this by [[Using verbal punctuation]]
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+[[Asking a question to the audience]] is also a good way.

content/How to Speak.md

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+# How to Speak
+
+A masterful lecture about [[Public Speaking]]
+
+- [[Don't start talks with a joke]]
+- [[Start talks with a promise]]
+- [[Cycle around the subject]]
+- [[Building a fence]]
+- [[Get people back on the bus]]
+- [[Using verbal punctuation]]
+- ![[The board as a teaching tool]]
+- [[Never have your hands in your pocket during a presentation]]
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+- ![[Slides]]
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+
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+https://youtu.be/Unzc731iCUY?si=6LpRnh5F9to2wkq0

content/Keep images simple on slides.md

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+# Keep images simple on slides
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+Don't confuse the audience. They should complement the presentation

content/Keep slides as simple as possible.md

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+# Keep slides as simple as possible
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+Constant simplification. They should not distract. Keep the attention on you.
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+[[Leave out bullet points on slides]]
+[[You don't need titles on slides]]

content/Leave out bullet points on slides.md

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+# Leave out bullet points on slides
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+If it's just a list of things, bullets are not needed.
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content/Never have your hands in your pocket during a presentation.md

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+# Never have your hands in your pocket during a presentation
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+In some cultures this is even seen as offensive

content/Slides.md

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+# Slides
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+- [[Use slides for exposure, not for teaching]]
+- [[There is always too much text and too many slides]]
+- [[Do not read from slides]]
+- [[Keep images simple on slides]]
+- [[You don't need titles on slides]]
+- [[Leave out bullet points on slides]]
+- [[Keep slides as simple as possible]]
+- [[Best font size for slides is 40 or 50]]
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+[[Powerpoint]]

content/Speed of handwriting corresponds with speed of information absorption.md

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+# Speed of handwriting corresponds with speed of information absorption
+
+Slides usually go way too fast for people to actually absorb the information. Writing things out by hand on the board slows things down and gives people some time to process.
+
+[[handwriting]]

content/Start talks with a promise.md

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+# Start talks with a promise
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+The audience needs to know what they will get for their time. This keeps them engaged.

content/The board as a teaching tool.md

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+# The board as a teaching tool
+
+Student surveys resulted in "less slides, more chalk".
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+The board is a powerful teaching tool and I need to learn how to use it.
+
+- [[Speed of handwriting corresponds with speed of information absorption]]
+- [[The board is a good place to point your hands to]]
+- 

content/The board is a good place to point your hands to.md

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+# The board is a good place to point your hands to
+
+Keep pointing towards the board. You can even point to irrelevant information. This brings some life to your presence as a speaker, movement. Gesticulation.
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+[[Never have your hands in your pocket during a presentation]]

content/There is always too much text and too many slides.md

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+# There is always too much text and too many slides

content/Use slides for exposure, not for teaching.md

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+# Use slides for exposure, not for teaching
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+You should use the blackboard for teaching. Slides are only a compliment to your presentation.
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content/Using verbal punctuation.md

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+# Using verbal punctuation
+
+Use "the first idea is".., "the second idea is.."
+
+"A very important aspect of this is.."

content/You don't need titles on slides.md

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+# You don't need titles on slides