Posted on 5/27/2009 8:16:06 AM by Justin Etheredge

Today’s post is brought to us by Al Tenhundfeld over at tenhundfeld.org. Thanks Al

Justin Etheredge’s ongoing series of posts on technical presenting has inspired me to finish this post I’ve had in limbo for a while.

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Over the last three weeks I’ve given as many presentations at community events. Overall, I feel they went adequately — not great but good enough. At this point in my presentation skill continuum, my goal is merely not to fail. If you’re not a naturally engaging speaker or storyteller, the journey to giving fantastic presentations will probably be long and overcome only through a lot of practice, and it’s not really a state I’m qualified to coach towards. However, I can give advice on not failing miserably. I’m learning there are many subtleties to becoming great, but becoming adequate just takes a little effort and a simple formula.

The Four Rs of Not Failing

1. Research

2. Rehearse

3. Rehearse

4. Relax

via CodeThinked | A Technical Presenter’s Journey Part 7: The Four Rs.

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