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Winning The Room: Creating And Delivering An Effective Data-Driven Presentation

Talkat ODSC East 2023 · 2023-05-09..05-11· [developer-experience]
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Practical checklist for live, nontechnical presentations: plan the script first, use Excel/PowerPoint but show only the few numbers that prove the point (example headline: organic honey sales up over 50%), put technical detail in PowerPoint notes pages or a separate appendix, round decimals (show 59M vs 59,012,345.67), practice transitions and timed demos, keep architecture diagrams to a single-second proof of existence, answer “how do I use it” not “how it works,” and build trust by delivering simple impacts tied to business outcomes.

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  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 1:08Overview
  3. 2:16Section 1 Planning
  4. 7:22Section 2 Designing the Presentation
  5. 15:20Section 3 Developing Wording and Text
  6. 16:29Section 4 Developing Numbers and Labels
  7. 17:31Section 5 Developing Charts, Images, and Layouts
  8. 26:15Q&A
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