Excellent points Alison. I particularly like the one about letting your
enthusiasm shine through. Having attended presentations where the
speaker obviously had no passion for the topic I can tell you it's one
of the quickest ways to clear a room!
Claire
On 2015-09-08 14:00, Alison Cullingford wrote:
> Hello everyone
> I'm Special Collections Librarian at the University of Bradford and
> really enjoy speaking at conferences. But it has taken me time to
> build up to this and to find presenting styles that work for me and my
> audience.
>
> Afraid I can't join in much today (combo of strongroom work and a 2
> hour evacuation of campus this morning!) but will enjoy reading the
> emails later on. Best of luck to everyone and hope to hear lots of
> great new speakers at future conferences.
>
> All the best
> Alison
>
>
> Top tips:
>
> Give it a go! I have cringey memories of events that went very wrong
> but I have learned from them.
>
> Plan ahead. Think about the venue and what you will do if things go
> wrong (dodgy IT, fire alarms, having to alter the timetable). If they
> do go wrong, and you carry them off well, audience will be impressed!
>
> Make sure you build in time to write your presentation in advance and
> think about it beforehand. What do you want to say? What might your
> audience find interesting?
>
> Reflect on other people's performances. What worked? What didn't?
> How could you adapt what works for your practice?
>
> Get training if you can - someone who will be honest about your
> performance. This may come in as part of other training, for
> instance in fundraising.
>
> Conference speaking skills overlap with writing, teaching, advocacy
> and many other kinds of communication.
>
> Understand and stick to the parameters - above all timing. You will
> feel better if your presentation fits its slot and you aren't
> galloping to fit it all in. Organisers and delegates will love you
> and invite you back.
>
> Get involved if you can in organising events - it gives a great
> insight into the way conferences work.
>
> If you're enthusiastic and enjoy sharing what you have to say, that
> will come across, and audience will respond.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Welsh, Anne
> Sent: 08 September 2015 12:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Welcome and introductions
>
> Hi Jennifer
>
> All lurkers welcome! And lovely to know who some of you are ;)
>
> Anne
>
> On 08/09/2015 12:39, "CIG E-Forum on behalf of Jennifer Smith (Library
> Services - Collection Management and Development)"
> <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'll introduce myself as a lurker...
>>
>> I'm a Metadata Specialist at the University of Birmingham. I haven't
>> attended many conferences but I am starting to have my eyes opened to
>> the possibilities of not only attending but even presenting one day,
>> if
>> the right call for papers came along. I hope to learn more about it
>> here, so thanks for all the interesting e-mails so far.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jennifer Smith
>> University of Birmingham
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Welsh, Anne
>> Sent: 08 September 2015 11:46
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Welcome and introductions
>>
>> ... If there are any other participants who think they¹re more likely
>> to be listening / reading in than answering questions, please do feel
>> comfortable to identify yourselves!
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