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."

December 3, 2011

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