Context
I was given a 10 minute slot at a local developer community event to introduce and explain the Spine model. Before I prepared the talk I made a quick spine of what I would like to achieve.
Talk Spine
- Need
- Demonstrate the value of the Spine Model
- Values
- Simplicity
- Practicality
- Principles
- Know your audience
- Less is more
- Cut down on text
- Use metaphor
- Multiple examples.
- Practices
- Test first approach
- Talk through slide deck
- Tools
- Mac
- Connector
- Keynote slides
- Projector
- Voice
Outcome
It helped me focus on what was important, I changed and stripped down a number of slides and focussed on the key message. I’m not a great public speaker, so doing this was very helpful to me. Next time I will add “Maintain eye contact” as a Practice.