How to be a great conference speaker

Journalists thrive on deadlines but speakers need to prepare, Dallas Morning News editor Tom Huang writes in a Poynter post. Huang's top 10 tips for journalists doing presentations include "Understand that part of teaching is showmanship," and "Get your audience to interact with you." But above all, prepare: "You’re good at what you do. But that doesn’t mean you’ve broken down what you do into steps and thought about the most effective way to teach those steps."
