Uhms and Bunny Hands: Tips for Improving Your Presentation Skills (SQLSaturday Oregon 2018)

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Uhms and Bunny Hands: Tips for Improving Your Presentation Skills (Presented at SQLSaturday Oregon on November 3rd, 2018)

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Uhms and Bunny Hands:
Tips for Improving Your
Presentation Skills
Cathrine Wilhelmsen
SQLSaturday Oregon · November 3rd 2018

© 2018 Cathrine Wilhelmsen (hi@cathrinew.net)
Session Description
Are you considering becoming a speaker, but feel nervous about getting on stage for the first
time? Have you already presented a few sessions and want advice on how to improve? Do you
learn more from seeing examples of what you should NOT do during a presentation instead of
reading a list of bullet points on how to become a better speaker?
Don't worry! I have made plenty of presentation mistakes over the years so you won't have to :)
In this session, we will go through common presentation mistakes and how you can avoid
them, as well as how you can prepare for those dreaded worst-case scenarios. Don't let those
"uhms" and "uhhs" dominate your presentation, help the audience focus on the key message
you're delivering instead of making them read a wall of text in your slides, recover gracefully
from any demo failures, and stop distracting your attendees with floppy bunny hands.
All it takes is a little preparation and practice. You can do this!

© 2018 Cathrine Wilhelmsen (hi@cathrinew.net)

Look Around
People, screen, computer, shoes?

Be You
Personality, experiences, stories

Filler Words
Uhm, uhh, like, so, ok, so, uhm, yeah

Voice Variation
Monotone, monotone, monotone

Words per Minute
ItIsEasyToSpeakTooFastWhenYouAreNervous

Common Poses
Floppy bunny, soldier, wonder woman?

Mirroring
Left to right or right to left?

Pointing
Don't turn away from the audience

Fidgeting
Drying palms, scratching, flipping hair

© 2018 Cathrine Wilhelmsen (hi@cathrinew.net)
1. Make Eye Contact
2. Be Enthusiastic
3. Speak Clearly
4. Breathe
5. Stand Tall
6. Gesture Intentionally
7. Move Consciously

Wall of Text
Should I listen or read the slide?

Too Many Things
What am I supposed to look at?

No Visualizations
I read the words, but I don't get it

© 2018 Cathrine Wilhelmsen (hi@cathrinew.net)
1. Keep it Simple
2. Visualize Content
3. Help Focus
4. Explain Steps

Rehearse
Memorize first and last 5 minutes

Know Your Audience
Be aware of jokes, phrases, and words

Poor Timing
"I'll just skip over these last forty slides…"

Weak Ending
"Five minutes left… any questions?"

© 2018 Cathrine Wilhelmsen (hi@cathrinew.net)
Improve one thing each time you present

© 2018 Cathrine Wilhelmsen (hi@cathrinew.net)
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