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Last night I had the opportunity to present a Pecha Kucha style presentation at Edmonton design week 2022. This type of presentation is 20 slides with 20 seconds to discuss each visual.
The topic that I chose was A Vignettes to Record in Colour
The following below are my biggest takeaways from the speaking opportunity.
- Know Your Audience – it's essential to know your audience to be able to tell stories that will bring them value and that would resonate with them.
- Try to be Present – I had several conversations with people in the audience before going on stage. I want to learn more about some of their design industry experiences to better layer in analogies that might bring value.
- Listen to the Room – I was lucky to be the third person to presenting on stage. After each presenter, there was a period of Q&A. I could connect deeper with the audience by listening to keywords and then pointing them out to the audience members to recognize them and showcase that I heard them. This resulted in a few people coming up to me after to connect! Element
- Do not over-prepare – I was very tempted to try to memorize my presentation, but instead, I wanted to use this opportunity to practice being more present at the moment. As well aware of the stories I wanted to share, but I gave myself some wiggle room to tweak the timing based on how the crowd was reacting
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