on giving technical presentations (a rant)
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my 2c (rant) on givingtechnical presentations
my first and last text-only slidedeck ;)
hastily typed byAnge Albertini
www.corkami.com
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disclaimer:I’m no award-winning
presenterbut I saw too many ‘awesome presentations’
where the person on stage just read out loud a blog post
instead of giving a good presentation.and they presented the same thing the month before.
TBH we were just listening to show respectfor the technical level of the presenter,
but the prezo really sucked.
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reminder:don’t take it personallyjust a generic rant from a normal guy:
I have no cert, no fancy education,I never presented at $LeetCon
you can close this window now.
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tell a story…rehearse a lot…
a picture is worth…bullet points…
don’t be an assh*le...the usual advice
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<insert fancy title here>with buzzwords!
or cool sentences like:“...for fun & profit”
“yo dawg, I herd you like...”
How many great music bands called their first albums “1”, “2”, “3”...did that matter ?
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my bio is awesomeI’ve been XX years in the industry
I code/break stuffmy employer is awesome and hiring
does saying that make any difference?
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let’s make my bio bigger with really unrelated stuff
wow, so you’re awesome at $sport ?
ever heard Tom Morello mentioning he attended Harvard during a concert ?
or Brian May talking about astrophysics between 2 songs ?
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my life is awesomeAKA: do you really need yet another real life pic?
I’m really happy to see a picture of your desk!oohh, I have the same mousepad !
and that toy that anybody can get at thinkgeek!!just for a prezo that can be summarized in 5 mins?
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define the audienceboth lower and upper limits of technical details
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use non-technical analogieswhen possible
we’re techies, but it’s always nice to be able to explain it to non-techies.
and our kids.
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refrain from showing something too technicalif only one person in the audience gets it,
then better just mention itand put it in an extra document
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it’s about following an argument,not random knowledge stuffing
don’t show off with unrelated stuff,it’s just a distraction
despite the potential WOW effect
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showing code doesn’t make it always better
processing any programming language takes time,so you may want to:- focus on describing what’s happening- show the code in extra ‘offline’ document
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clean-up screenshotsdo you really need to show IDA offsets?
(or the full IDE/desktop/whatever)
every time?
nvm, we can set ProcessDetails=0 in eyes.cfg
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limit text as much as possibleAKA: are you a lawyer redacting a EULA?
keep extra details for an extra document such as :- extra slides after the conclusion- offline version of the slides- article- detailed blog post
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but this deck is text-only !!!it wasn’t presented live anywhere ;)
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slides shouldn’t be boring.PoCs should be sexy.
but it’s OK, if you have nothing to show.(or just add another meme !!!)
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add another meme plzthey’re so funny !!
we’ve never seen them before !!
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“sorry, I started my slides yesterday”
“I’m too leet for those of you who invested a lot of effort to come and attend”
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“this is the same presentation I did last year”
“I’m too leet to make some extra effort”or maybe
“the person who did the actual research had no more time for it,
I’m just the show puppet”
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“I actually improved this prezo,but I kept it for $leetcon”
“I’m really too leet for you, s*ckers”
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“I don’t have the time for fancy slides”
a suggestion to save your precious time:- go back to your work desk- paste your slides’ text into pastebin- tweet the linkvoilà!
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demos failure canhappen to everyone
but at least, a fallback slide/video recording would have been nice
aka “when a guitar string is broken on stage, the drummer starts a solo”
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you may never be completely ready...
but well prepared may be enough...
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make a test presentationwith your friendsto feel more comfortable…
to see the public’s reaction…to answer further questions in advance...
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vendor pitch?don’t even get me started
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Conclusion
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reminder:don’t take rants seriouslywe still love you for your awesome research
provided it’s really awesome, that is:not just your fancy smile or haircut.
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the endyou can close this window now...
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hey, you jumped to the end!
(awww, french guys aren’t funny anyway)