- Be aware of your non-verbal communication. Use body language that shows CONFIDENCE! …
- Take time to think during your presentation! …
- Pay attention to your volume. …
- Try to speak clearly so that your audience can easily understand your words.
- Avoid the ‘lecture’.
First, solve the problem. Then write the code.
A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you’ve already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen.
- Deliver your summary to them in friendly, direct language, as if you were telling the story to a friend in a bar.
- In fact, you can tell the story to a friend in a bar. However, telling a colleague over coffee can work just as well.
- Get them to tell you what their takeaway was. If they can summarize your message accurately, that’s a good sign.