contrapunctus ✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️<p>Three common mistakes I’ve seen <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/foss" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> people and other <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/introverted" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introverted</a> geeks make in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/publicspeaking" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSpeaking</a>…well, as an introverted <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/freesoftware" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> geek myself, these also things I have to keep in mind when I speak.</p><p><strong>Slow…down.</strong> Speak at a consistent, slow speed. This ensures people don’t miss things, you get time to think, and people get time to absorb the information.</p><p><strong>Speak loudly.</strong> There’s a limit to how much the microphone will do for you. Sometimes you won’t even have a microphone (e.g. when hosting outdoor <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/openstreetmap" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStreetMap</a> mapping parties) - learn to make yourself heard without one.</p><p><strong>Don’t trail off.</strong> End your sentences with a consistent volume and pitch.</p><p>So how slow, and how loud? In a lot of cases I’d say <em>WAY slower than what you call slow, and WAY louder than what you call loud</em> 😅</p><p>There’s more, but this is the foundation of any talk. The best content in the world means nothing if it <em>doesn’t actually reach your audience.</em></p><p>A lot of this is useful in everyday life too. Start practicing! 🙂</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/talk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#talk</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/conference" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conference</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/teaching" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teaching</a></p>