Crafting A Talk

A presentation by @stuherbert  for @GanbaroDigital Crafting A Talk

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? Who has given a talk before?

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? Who is here for help with their
ﬁrst talk?

@GanbaroDigital If you only take these away ...

@GanbaroDigital

@GanbaroDigital Level 3 Award in Education And Training (latest replacement
for ET01)

@GanbaroDigital ... this talk was worth it :-)

@GanbaroDigital “ Crafting A Talk is a skill. Anyone can
learn how to do it.

@GanbaroDigital What We Will Cover 1. The Process 2. Concept
3. Construction 4. Rehearsal 5. Miscellaneous Bits and Bobs

@GanbaroDigital Please do ask questions as we go.

@GanbaroDigital Grab me after the talk to look at things
in more detail.

@GanbaroDigital The Process

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/dmK2k2

@GanbaroDigital It helps if you have a structure to follow
and some models to guide you.

@GanbaroDigital Here’s mine.

@GanbaroDigital Others are available.

@GanbaroDigital Construction Rehearsal Concept

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/cpia2J

@GanbaroDigital My rule of thumb: approx 20 hours of prep
for each talk

@GanbaroDigital At least double that if supporting materials or new
research required

@GanbaroDigital “ Don’t start Crafting A Talk at the last
minute.

@GanbaroDigital Concept

@GanbaroDigital “ The Concept is the design criteria for my
talk.

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? Where do we start?

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/uTwoPu

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? Why am I giving this talk?

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/ciLwbo

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/J4q3Q9

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/A6bsQq

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/9rK5KD

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/78pYhc

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/6mFask

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? Any that I’ve missed?

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? Why has the audience come to this
talk?

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/c8wuVq

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/4qc5EB

@GanbaroDigital I write my concepts down and publish them as
talk abstracts.

@GanbaroDigital Concept Structure 1. What is the problem / pain?
2. What will I cover in the talk? 3. What will change after seeing the talk?

@GanbaroDigital How do you go about writing a talk? How
do you go about learning to write a talk? What are the skills involved? What's the process from taking an urge to say something all the way through to giving the talk to an audience? What happens afterwards?

@GanbaroDigital I'm going to take you through the process of
writing a talk. More speciﬁcally, I'm going to take you through my process. I'll show you how I go about it, and all the things I'm considering when crafting a talk.

@GanbaroDigital I'll share 3 speciﬁc things that you can go
away and do to help you craft your own talks. And, hopefully, I'll give you the conﬁdence that you can do this too.

@GanbaroDigital Concepts are normally created and published well in advance.

@GanbaroDigital Treat the concept as immutable. Unless you can’t write
that talk when you sit down to try.

@GanbaroDigital Concept 1. What is the problem / pain? 2.
What will I cover in the talk? 3. What will change after seeing the talk?

@GanbaroDigital Construction

@GanbaroDigital “ Construction is writing all the content and creating
any supporting material.

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/dmK2k2

@GanbaroDigital iThoughtsX

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/4SU5Y2

@GanbaroDigital http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=2629

@GanbaroDigital For this talk, that starting thread was The Process
image.

@GanbaroDigital

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? How do we cater for different ability
levels?

@GanbaroDigital I use a technique I learned from sales people.

@GanbaroDigital “ Let the audience make an informed decision to
attend or not.

@GanbaroDigital Required Prior Knowledge 1. List it in the talk
abstract 2. Cover it again in the talk intro 3. How much can I explain during the talk?

@GanbaroDigital We can construct the talk to play on several
levels at once.

for ET01)

@GanbaroDigital Teaching Mixed Ability Groups 1. Inclusion 2. Differentiation

@GanbaroDigital At the start of the talk, I try to
learn about my audience.

@GanbaroDigital Learn about the experience they bring into the talk.

@GanbaroDigital Learn about the experience they want to take from
the talk.

@GanbaroDigital I have to anticipate the answers when I construct
the talk.

@GanbaroDigital I can’t change the slide deck, but I can
change my words and my emphasis.

@GanbaroDigital “I have a slide for that” is one of
my most powerful tools.

@GanbaroDigital Teaching Mixed Ability Groups 1. Inclusion 2. Differentiation

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? What are the stages of learning?

@GanbaroDigital Coaching Collaboration Instruction

@GanbaroDigital Mixed Ability Groups Need 1. Step by step instructions
to follow 2. Why each step is there 3. Why each step works

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? How do we make it stick?

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/8rVJ71

@GanbaroDigital “ We need emotional content. - Bruce Lee, Enter
the Dragon

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/7pdg1v

@GanbaroDigital “ We need audience engagement.

@GanbaroDigital Constructing Content 1. Brainstorm 2. Organise my thoughts 3.
Find the starting thread 4. Then start writing slides

@GanbaroDigital Use The Learning Model • Make sure you cover
what to do • Make sure you cover why to do it • Make sure they are separate • Order does not matter

@GanbaroDigital Make It Stick • Emotional content • Audience participation

@GanbaroDigital Rehearsal

@GanbaroDigital Rehearsal is a practice run.

@GanbaroDigital As many practice runs as it takes. Or until
I run out of rehearsal time. Whichever comes ﬁrst :-)

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? Why is it important to rehearse a
talk?

@GanbaroDigital “ Rehearsal is where I debug my talk.

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/oGW7Y4

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/syPip

@GanbaroDigital Most of the “quotation” slides were written during Rehearsal.

@GanbaroDigital Many of the supporting “question” slides too!

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/ofGK7X

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/5ZGJEX

@GanbaroDigital “ We construct with our head. We rehearse with
our heart.

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/BGWQoD

@GanbaroDigital “ The central structure of my talk should ﬂow
smoothly.

@GanbaroDigital If my talk feels like this ...

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/fsjcPA

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/pCF5fT

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/CSQi6v

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/dJjwc3

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/Xox1h1

@GanbaroDigital “ If there’s doubt, there is no doubt.

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/cpia2J

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? How long does it take me to
run through my talk?

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? How long is the talk slot?

@GanbaroDigital “ The allotted time is a design constraint for
the talk.

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/bCGfz7

@GanbaroDigital What Can We Leave Out • to save time
...? • because it won’t be missed ...?

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? When is a talk done?

@GanbaroDigital “ A talk is done when we stop editing
it.

@GanbaroDigital ?? ?? Where can we rehearse?

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/npV5v8

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/hfXh3K

@GanbaroDigital

@GanbaroDigital Miscellaneous

@GanbaroDigital https://ﬂic.kr/p/DE4eLn

@GanbaroDigital “ Drop names wherever we can. It might be
the only reward they get for their contributions.

@GanbaroDigital “If you ﬁnd something difﬁcult do more of it
- Lorenzo Alberton @quipo

@GanbaroDigital Those three things to take away from this talk
...

@GanbaroDigital

for ET01)

@GanbaroDigital

Thank You Any Questions? A presentation by @stuherbert  for @GanbaroDigital

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