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Presentation Patterns: A brief story about teac...

Presentation Patterns: A brief story about teaching technology

Presenting is an intimidating thing for many technologists. However, it doesn't need to be. What's helps is having a spelled-out game plan for how to craft, submit, and talk about your chosen topic. Our Presentation Patterns book has some recipes for that, and this presentation draws out a few of the most prominent ones for the Denver Java User Group audience.

Matthew McCullough

March 13, 2013
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  1. • Teach a skill that you know well and others

    are weak at. • Change opinions about something that is viewed as hot (or not). • Share a story of how something worked out well. • Recount how a popular process didn't work for your team. • Tell how you learned a hard lesson as a team. • Do a technical deep dive and make it approachable to newcomers.
  2. • What is the technical level of the audience? Basic?

    Advanced? • What languages do the audience members primarily program in? • What kind of social diversity can I expect of the audience? • What age range might I expect? • What educational background will audience members typically have? • What languages will the audience possibly know?
  3. 1 Exposition 2 Rising action 3 Complication 4 Climax 5

    Falling action 6 Resolution 7 Denouement Exposition Clim ax Denouement