On 10-3-2010 10:07, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Lionello Lunesu wrote: >> On 10-3-2010 8:35, Walter Bright wrote: >>> Lionello Lunesu wrote: >>>> I'll be presenting the D Programming Language at the next monthly BLUG >>>> meeting. It'll mostly be for people who haven't heard of D yet. >>>> There'll >>>> be a fair chunk of D1 in there, but I'm hoping to touch some of D2's >>>> new >>>> features as well. >>> Awesome! >>> >>> >>>> (I'm fairly new to 'presenting stuff' in general, so all tips are >>>> highly >>>> welcomed.) >>> I've noticed that things seem to go better if the presenter tries to >>> engage the audience by asking them questions thereby inviting more of a >>> group discussion, as opposed to just reading the slides to them. >> >> Good tip, thanks. >> >> I'm wondering: should I do the 'scrolling HTML', in true D style? The >> lazy part of me says yes :)) > > I suggest not. When you'll be more experienced you'll be able to make-do > even with the white board, but for now focus on preparing good slides > and rehearsing them.
Hmm, yes. > Walter's advice is good. Plus: make sure through rehearsing that your > material fits within the allotted time. Well, I noticed that most other presentations I've attended did indeed go over time and not by a small amount either. So, apparently it's very hard to stay within a certain time? Or, once you're standing there and 'get in the zone' you forget about the time? I don't have a watch, but it seems that I might need one then. L.