From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/17488 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Randal Schwartz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Eek Date: 29 Sep 1998 09:16:31 -0700 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <8cd88eevxc.fsf@gadget.cscaper.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035156179 1174 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:22:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:22:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-Path: Original-Received: from gizmo.hpc.uh.edu (gizmo.hpc.uh.edu [129.7.102.31]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA13330 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:17:23 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (sina.hpc.uh.edu [129.7.3.5]) by gizmo.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAF29567; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 10:48:15 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:17:08 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [209.195.19.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA16186 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:16:58 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from gadget.cscaper.com (merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com [206.67.186.3]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA13315 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:16:48 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: (from merlyn@localhost) by gadget.cscaper.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) id JAA26589; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 09:16:32 -0700 (MST) Original-To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen In-Reply-To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "29 Sep 1998 09:32:53 +0200" Original-Lines: 28 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.43/Emacs 20.2 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:17488 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:17488 >>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: Lars> And now I have to start writing the thing, because the talk is next Lars> week. As a professional presenter, "I share your pain". Here's something that's worked for me. Find a friend that approximates your target audience as close as you can (including presumed knowledge or lack therof about the subject of the speech). Buy them dinner. During dinner, talk about the subject matter, encouraging them to ask questions whenever they want (usually not a problem ... it's a dinner :). Take note (mentally, or on paper) of where the questions come from, and what you respond. Then, when you write the talk, you'll be able to recall this "audience of one", and it's a lot easier. I write *all* my material to *one* person, and it gives a clarity that seems to be unachieved in any other method. And if I'm stuck imagining the "one", I spend a little on food. :) The trick is picking the "one" so that it's representative, but you get better at that over time. -- Name: Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 Keywords: Perl training, UNIX[tm] consulting, video production, skiing, flying Email: Snail: (Call) PGP-Key: (finger merlyn@teleport.com) Web: My Home Page! Quote: "I'm telling you, if I could have five lines in my .sig, I would!" -- me