Am 26. Sep, 2010 schwätzte M Hoy so:

moin moin,

> in the future I am interested in doing presentations. my main motivation is
> to work on public speaking skills. the only problem is I don't know what you
> guys/gals might want to hear me talk about and of course I would also need
> to have sufficient knowledge in that area.
>
> so anyway I'll be looking into this more and hopefully I can come up with
> something I feel I can go over in detail and still be able to answer those
> questions at the end which can be very unpredictable.

Sometimes the appropriate answer is, "I don't know.". A presenter doesn't
need to be an expert in the topic. Sure, that helps :), but it's not even
a loose requirement.

The key is knowing the actual material being presented. Sometimes that
meanѕ leaving out large components of a tool, but that's fine. Present
what you know. There is a maximum time for presentations, but not minimum
time. In fact, short presentations give us the opportunity to cover
multiple topics and broaden the potential audience.

BTW, I have had multiple presentations with much more knowledgable people
in the audience. Those who've spoken up have always been helpful and
improved my presentation. In some cases it was information beyond the
scope of the presentation, but useful, so I let the audience participation
run wild. In at least once case it was instant clarification of everything
I said ( hi Russ :) ), but in the end the audience got a much improved
presentation and I learned a lot.

As the presenter it's your choice as to whether or not you allow audience
participation during your presentation. I do and think that's better, but
there is no obligation for other presenters.

ciao,

der.hans
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