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How to ace that talk

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

CHAPTER

How to Tell a Story in a Talk

I feel like something people might who haven't given talks before might not understand is that pretty much all talks are, you know, it's all storytelling. You need to follow the kind of syntax and structure of the narrative to guide your audience. Don't foreshadow unless you really need to foreshadow just tell people upfront what you're going to tell them. Show this occasional slide of you like this talk quickly, switch. If you're a first time speaker, I would suggest not trying to jump straight into the let's just jump into the middle of the story but hope that I can build the context around it so my audiences doesn't walk away confused.

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