(How to be a) Public Speaking Bad Ass – soliloquy on a trail, part 1

Dave Olson "Fuck Stats Make Art" - SXSW 2009
Dave Olson “Fuck Stats Make Art” – SXSW 2009 (photo by Kris Krug via Flickr)

Sharing stories to groups – whether for business, civics, or art – requires a certain amount of performance art in order to effectively educate, entertain and inspire.

Along a trail, Dave shares a stream of consciousness spiel with tips and tactics. learned from dozens of gigs at all sorts of audiences. Including: slides are not the talk; don’t depend on tech; have a uniform; give tweet-able snacks; don’t re-introduce yourself; go “Donahue”; plus, riffs about finding flow, establishing momentum, starting in situ, finally knowing your audience and treating with intelligence.

Unedited and spontaneous, transcription also available. Recorded April 2013.

Listen to: (How to be a) Public Speaking Bad Ass – a soliloquy on a trail, part 1 (22:35, 33MB, 192k mp3)

More: Transcribed version of “(How to be a) Public Speaking Bad Ass  {DRAFT}”