Presented by

  • Rich Bowen

    Rich Bowen
    @rbowen
    https://rcbowen.com/

    Rich Bowen has been involved in open source since before we started calling it that. He's a member of the Apache Software Foundation, where he currently serves as a board member and Vice Chair. Rich is an Open Source Strategist at AWS.

Abstract

We've all attended - or given - presentations that put the audience to sleep, or at least had most of them playing Kwazy Cupcakes on their phones. In this presentation, we talk about ways that you can improve your conference presentations by making a few simple changes. You know the presentations I'm talking about. The slides are 73 lines of 12-point font, and the speaker reads them to you with their back turned. Ok, maybe not that bad. But you want to leave the audience wanting more, and eager to take the next step. Here's a few simple tips for making your conference and meetup presentations engaging, rather than soporific.