You may have a great idea you want to talk about. But you are struggling to create a presentation around it.

In this session, I will present guidelines to help you create an impactful talk. It will give you the tools you need to submit your talk to the next Fifthel or Rootconf conference.

Outline

1. What makes a good talk ?

• not a survey
• not publicly available
• something non-trivial
• experience report or in-depth analysis of some tool, algorithm, Data Science.

2. Understanding the human mind

• how much can it remember
• what does it remember

3. Add quiz - involve the audience

4. Not too many colors

• Use consistent color scheme
• Change the font size

5. How much text

• Pictures

6. Aristotle

• A good script

7. Agenda : let the audience know what to expect

8. Takeaways

• Start with a shocking or intriguing fact
• Divide into Sections
• Reinforcing the message - Summarize again
• Backup slides

9. What goes wrong

• Too much detail - let me explain everything
• Not enough detail - let me explain big picture