Dear speaker: If I see you mention that you “write a talk”, my assumption is you will read it instead of presenting, which means you’ll bore your audience to death.
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That’s very good to know, happy I didn’t offer bad advice

Oct 31, 2018 · 9:38 PM UTC

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I like writing a slide deck that can be used to look up information later (as a reference). I agree that it shouldn’t be read to the audience, but I also don’t like slide decks that have only pictures and no information.
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Both are very valid, but very different purposes. You could e.g. skip all the text slides while presenting, but include them in the handout/published PDF. Or simply put all the text in the speaker notes and publish them.
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My speaker notes are my slides... Yes, you need the audio with it, but thats why it is a talk. I never regret this :)
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