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+layout: post
+title: 'Speaking Protips'
+date: 2014-11-23
+published: false
+tags: "speaking, presentations"
+---
+
+ - Know your audience.
+ - never ever read the slides verbatim.
+ - simple slides. audience is there to see you. not your slides.
+ - live coding/demo - practice, practice, practice
+ - code camps are like open mics.