Do you want to master the skill of giving contagious and spreadable talks? Check out these actionable tips from social scientist Dan Zarrella!

1. The Science of Presentations
How to give contagious talks.
Dan Zarrella
Social Media Scientist

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5. The Survey Data

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9. The Motivations

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11. Sharing
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12. Novelty
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13. An example is all the social media gurus, experts,
prophets and such for years saying, “Join the
conversation.”… I say, “Conversations don’t ring
the cash register.” You might get called a lot of
names, but people sure do talk about it.
-Jason Falls
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14. Relevance
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15. Frame everything you say and show in
terms of your audience’s point of view
and needs.
-Laura Fitton
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16. News
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17. The Presenter
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18. Takeaway:
Make your
audience like you.
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19. People There
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20. Reputation
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21. Make this worth it for the audience.
They talk when they see that the
results of such conversation will
benefit them.
-Chris Brogan
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22. People Not There
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Ed Yourdon

23. Evangelism
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24. Pithiness
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25. Takeaway:
Make sure your soundbites
make sense out of context.
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26. Utility
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27. Note Taking
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28. Negativity
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29. Trying to Focus
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30. I think that the BEST presentations
actually are so engrossing that people
forget to Twitter while the presentation
is happening.
-Nancy Duarte
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31. Humor
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32. The Case Study
Webinar

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36. Age & Sex
Differences

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41. Takeaway:
Know your audience.
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42. Influential
Attendees

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45. Key Findings

46. Takeaways
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47. Expectations
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48. Aggregate some of the better responses
to your presentation in a blog post and
mention those people. Many will see this
and mention your presentation again.
-Lee Odden
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49. Novelty
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50. Takeaway:
Say something your
audience has never heard.
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51. Compliance
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52. Ask them to do so. “If you see
something you like, feel free tweet
about it. I’d love the feedback and
discussion.”
-Brett Tabke
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53. Ingratiation
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54. Evangelism
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55. Takeaway:
Use us-vs.-them.
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56. Pauses
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57. Takeaway:
Give your audience
time to Tweet.
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58. Presentation
Design
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59. One Thought Per Slide
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60. No Bullets
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61. 8 Point
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The 30 Point Rule
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63. Strong Imagery
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64. Using SlideShare

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66. Dan Zarrella
@DanZarrella