Post Ac65dfzSXiT3XY28mG by tante@tldr.nettime.org
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(DIR) Post #Ac5ycEFxTJvTYY76ES by tante@tldr.nettime.org
2023-11-23T10:35:09Z
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It's kinda weird how often even professional events don't have a setup allowing speakers to see their speaker notes in their presentation.Like: Don't other people write those?
(DIR) Post #Ac5ynCvckXIacgpyaG by javahippie@freiburg.social
2023-11-23T10:37:08Z
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@tante Agreed. Sometimes there are even big stages, and if you'd like to see your notes, you have to awkwardly stand in the corner behind your laptop. And this is only possible, if the tech-team doesn't advise you to mirror your laptop screen instead of extending it, because "it makes less trouble"
(DIR) Post #Ac5z6Hu6TW05YYDxxI by tante@tldr.nettime.org
2023-11-23T10:40:37Z
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@esther it's weird. I mean I try to say something that's not written on the slide and usually I know what I want to say but having these things as reminders is very helpful
(DIR) Post #Ac5zpy8YIgHbZSlUem by StephanSchulz@fosstodon.org
2023-11-23T10:48:50Z
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@tante I usually don't - or if so, only to anchor them in my brain. I like to speak freely (and interact with the audience, if possible). But I do work off a presentation to keep me focussed.
(DIR) Post #Ac605GcnqRlXFoD2QK by fuzztech@infosec.exchange
2023-11-23T10:51:35Z
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@tante I used to. But I stopped because of exactly what you just said. There I would be on stage, and no way to access the notes I'd taken the trouble to write down.
(DIR) Post #Ac63WzZR95aMKdXxNQ by DRMacIver@mastodon.social
2023-11-23T11:30:09Z
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@tante I never do. They seem like a good idea but don't play well with how I do talks.
(DIR) Post #Ac65dfCtSHcT6vJM4u by jakob@pxi.social
2023-11-23T11:38:15Z
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@esther @tante then again, speaker notes and slides you read off of instead of using them as visual cue prompts are anti patterns. They distract both you and the audience.I prefer a confidence monitor showing the current slide so you can keep facing the audience.In a visual cue paradigm (slides as graphic mnemonics for your story) the speaker notes are best used to craft and practice your message in the composition stage, not on stage.
(DIR) Post #Ac65dfzSXiT3XY28mG by tante@tldr.nettime.org
2023-11-23T11:53:42Z
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@jakob @esther I don't use speaker notes to read off of them, I mostly just have 3 or 4 words there to define the focus of that slide to ensure I stay on track and to sometimes make sure I do a setup for a payoff later. Because I speak freely and don't memorize my talks beforehand it's kind of guardrails for me
(DIR) Post #Ac68Esu3hC0ADBNSVs by alper@rls.social
2023-11-23T12:22:57Z
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@tante There’s a valley in the middle. The more amateur the event, the more likely it is you can control the setup and then at top line professional setups they’ll work with you to make you comfortable.But yeah at that level most won’t be using speaker notes so it’ll mostly come down to giving you a nice hands free microphone setup etc.
(DIR) Post #Ac6AvvHsuGPjy0AiQK by akareilly@hachyderm.io
2023-11-23T12:53:11Z
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@tante @jakob @esther Some people who know their topic at a deep level still get nervous, are tired, are jet lagged, etc. Some people can read a script in an engaging way. “Works on my machine” is an anti-pattern for advice about how to use our brains, too.
(DIR) Post #Ac6J2afAmjjxf5ks0e by jakob@pxi.social
2023-11-23T14:24:01Z
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@tante 👍 (I'm guessing putting those few words or icon representations for them on the slides does not work for you. I would, however, reframe the problem as dealing with the regular venue limitations as part of the design constraints for talk prep. So maybe that opens up alternative possibilities and ideas?)