I remember the first time I did public speaking, it was a high school debate, and I was unprepared but still managed to crush it. I found the experience to be really exhilarating and I learned a lot. It suddenly occurred to me that the audience is typically on your side, they want you to do well. A lot of the presentations they have seen are going to be dull and monotonous death by PowerPoint. If you put in even a little bit of effort to make yours interesting, honest and a bit funny, people tend to be quite grateful. Remember everybody in your class is there to learn something and they want you to do the best you can. More recently, I’ve even started an Audio Podcast titled, “The Architect Show“. I hope you’ll listen in and let me know what you think!
The reason I keep speaking at BiLT is that it has a good return on investment. I typically spend between 100 to 300 hours preparing a talk or a lab class. The reward you get from presenting at a conference of this…