Highlights of speaking workshop

I've made a pact with Bex last week to write a blog post if she did (and she did). So here's my last minute contributions on a brilliant speaking workshop I attended a few weeks back run by Dylan.

Eleven of us from various bits of MoJ D&T were hosted by Dylan on Zoom over 2 days, 5 hours each day. Dylan ran a few warm-up exercises to get us all limbered up, then eased into the topics.

A few highlights for me were:

• threat model what could go wrong with connecting with your audience
• a good talk lasts around 18 minutes according to TED. Go longer if you're telling a good story.
• Dylan met Peter Hintjens, which triggered a memory of Peter's blog post A Protocol for Dying (he underwent voluntary euthanasia a few months after publishing)
• learning about @reverentgeek
• if presenting at home, smarten yourself up and present standing up
• thoroughly entertained and educated by the 3 minute talks the 11 other attendees gave
• takes a lot of time to put together a 3 minute talk with or without slides. becomes easier with practice

Now I need to put what I learnt into practice!

Find out more about the speaking workshop on Dylan's website. I wholeheartedly recommend.