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Wow Danny the pics are amazing the city looks pretty good. Happy Belated Birthday too. Wrote on your facebook wall too. Did you have a good talk on your trip?

'fetish for speaking'? well, i guess u can indulge in yr fetish when u r here in singapore. <^;^> i have given short presentations in the office but never gotten on stage before dozens or hundreds of people before. Yah, i do get real nervous though.

"Please don't pee on me" for the caption?

I had to give talks before but only at college so it was nothing big scale.

You always look like you're having a blast on stage Danny.

3 words...
"I'm so Envious!"
i'm so envious to the people present during your talk X_X
Praying for a miracle wherein Danny would do something like this in the Philippines XD

Looks like it was a fantastic presentation. I wish I could have been there.

Don't see many speeches on otaku subculture. Maybe I should try one for my next school project. ^_^

Thankfully most talks I've given were all pretty ok. Now that I'm at uni, I find that I'm finally allowed (even expected) to talk about stuff I actually have a lot of knowlegde of (as opposed to at high school....).
The only thing I still don't like is giving a talk while in a suit: never know which button to (un)botton or where to leave my hands without wrinkling my jacket. Casual works so much better ^^

Only gave class presentations and briefings to groups of people. The first few times were nerve wrecking, really had stage fright and just couldn't get my thought organised. Think my voice even shivered a few times?

Agree with the more media less text thingy. For me I try to make my slides visual, entertaining and I hope to make people smile or laugh cause it just calms your nerve when you see people enjoying your presentation from stage.

Still have stage fright and loads to improve on. I count Steve Jobs as my inspiration and idol on presentations! He just has that AURA in him when he comes up to speak. It just makes you wanna buy that damn thing he's presenting! Haha.

Ain't networking equally frightening too???

I have presented my project in front of a lecture theater before. Was nervous in the beginning but enjoying it as it goes on; even to the point of losing track of the time limit issued.

One thing that I really like to do while giving a talk is to add in humor and throw some related questions in between slides so as to further engage the audiences.

Wow, great article! I've never been good at doing talks. I've had to do some minor ones at work in the past, but nothing major.

Danny already covered my advice on speaking and giving presentations, so I will just reiterate.
Point 1
Know your subject and your speech - confidence is the absolute biggest factor is having a successful speech.
Point 2
Keep your slides simple - never never never read your slides word for word and have that be your whole speech.

Guess we'll be seeing only Kagamin in these future events then?

ドイツすげえｗｗｗ

Ah ha! finally an article on this Tread Day way back in May ^^

I'd watched your presentation back in July, but the video with english dub was somehow not functioning, so I have to play the German video & sync with english MP3 of your presentaion to watch it ^^;

You did pretty well on all the points you mentioned, kudos to you ^_^

Initially I wanted to count how many "uh" you had said, but I think I lost count in the end ^^;

Can't wait to review your presentations at Animax Blogging Workshop & Promax BDA in Singapore y(^_^)y

Great words on public speaking, and as always, great photos!

I've never given a talk that big before but I've had A LOT of presentations over the years for class. I get nervous every time and forget everything I have to say >.>

(by a lot I mean more than 20 in my life)

@Danny, ah is that why you haven't uploaded the video yet. I was wondering why the google video of the presentation was not available. I wanted to watch the talk to get presenting tips. I'll wait happily until someone throws it together.

i hate presentations and speaking in front of a crowd >|<. just dont have the courage to look at lots of people staring back at me.

I have given a few talks before, just had one for a very small audience the other week and will have one for a little bigger audience (I hope) this week. But I haven't given a talk to such a big audience like you have.
You bring up very good points, but I'd like to add two:
1) It seems very hard to give a talk when many (most) people in the room know more (are more experienced) about the area of subject than you. But you have to remember two things:
first, even on a specific area no one can know everything, and you surely have something to teach to you audience; secondly, when you share an area of interest with the audience, then they want to listen to what you are saying and it's easier to hold their attention.
2) What ever you do, don't go over your time limit. If you see that you are short on time, then better skip some slides and talk about the important stuff, the things you want the audience to remember, and finish on time. Because the moment you go overtime, people will start diverting their attention to other things (thinking about the food break, the next presenter, playing with their mobile phone etc).

Looks like your talk went well, Danny. Speaking engagements are definitely a great way of getting your name out and finding new business opportunities.

A few months ago I would have recommended Omnisio. It's a Web 2.0 service for collating video with slide shows. Unfortunately (for us), they were recently acquired by Google. So I guess there's not much choice beyond inter-cutting the slides with the video using Premiere or something. I don't have much experience with video editing, but there's only one way to learn and I'm willing. ^_^

I can't speaking or do a presentation with a lot of people honing their eyes one me. I get all nervous and say the wrong thing all the time... I statter and stuff.

last 2 months ago. I tried to find the Trend day video. I looked at the official website, they only had Dub overs. The untouched recordings don't even work...

Yay! From what I can decipher, I think this is what you said Danny...
Guess 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29932125@N03/3000040398/
Guess 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29932125@N03/3000040408/
Did I get any of them right?

"Hook up with Hector and his comrades - at least I'm nearly as tall as the guy on the far right ^^;"
Hmmm, height complex? Who cares, I'm short and I love it! LOL j/k...

"After looking at the video footage, I realize I paid most of my attention to the left of the audience - I think it was because Hector and my wife was sitting over there."
So which one did you pair more attention too, Hector or your wifey? LOL j/k again^^;...

Anyway, I've never done a talk but I have done presentations infront of my classmates... It's easier to talk with friends but with a large crowd of strangers... I think I would faint^^;

But when you complete the presentation or talk, you get this sense of accomplishment... So like Danny said,"Nothing to loose and all to gain".

I was forced to do many speeches presentation throughout my school life. I've kinda gotten used to it but never will be entirely comfortable with it in my opinion. Though I don't recommend telling a joke as an ice-breaker unless your a more naturally funny person. lol, ppl will look at you strange if you tell one of those chicken crossing the road jokes ;)

Haven't given talks before, but have given many presentations before, and hated every one of them. Fortunately I am getting better, originally I was not even hardly able to talk, and now it isn't so bad. In a couple weeks I have to give an hour long presentation for my engineering project, and I am not looking forward to that >_<

At least in here they teach making of presenteation and speech in schools.

Danny Says:
http://ramoth.eternaldragons.net/images/caption2.jpg
http://ramoth.eternaldragons.net/images/caption3.jpg

DANNY GET THE VIDEO, I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAY n____n

Good to hear that you had a nice time in Germany. Giving presentations makes me nervous every time, but the feeling after a successful presentation is great. Greetings from Germany...

Danny: "Check out my sweet ride"

Hehe you just made my Day with your few German Sentences^^
You are so far away and im so close to Hamburg yet i havent seen it but you did ^^;

I love public speaking. So much fun. ^^ The largest presentations that I've done was about 60-70 people. Last school year (July), our class got to pick our subject, and I picked the Ordo Malleus from Warhammer 40,000, heh. ^_^

Oh, and the PowerPoints at Microsoft are getting fairly better. The ones at MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) usually don't even have text, just diagrams and models. They talk a lot, though, which I don't mind.

Reading through those tips reminded me of the General Communications (Speech) Class I took over the summer. You could become a Speech teacher Danny! lol. I'm very comfortable with giving speeches (maybe not to 600 people but maybe 200) as I have had to speak to lots of people and make small talk to customers (family's in the restaurant business).
A tip for people wanting to make eye contact during speeches; if you are very nervous about making eye contact with the audience try looking right above their heads and such and slowly work on making a solid visual contact with the audience. I think it's too much when some teachers tell you that you HAVE to look at people immediately when you haven't even gotten presentation right.

Wow, dude you have traveled everywhere, lucky you... I would love to go there! It looks pretty amazing!

Grats on your work.

Hope you can visit mexico some time soon, that would be pretty cool, I would enjoy to see you here har har

Great presentation advices, Danny. I will definitely refer back to this page when I have speeches coming up in class ^_^. Hamburg looks oh so exotic of a city to visit... must add that on my to-go list..

You lead quite a life, Danny. *jealous* haha

Wow, that trend day is really a nice opportunity for you ^^. I can't remember my last speech that I did but one speech that I could remember is my 2nd year speech, the time that I'm not really good in english(well, me still not good in english but at least I improved over these past years). IMO it's ok for me to speak in front of the crowd as long as the topic I'm talking about also tickles my interest.

And yeah about the caption: "Those nice round yummy eyes... its softness and supple texture are unbelieveble!" ^^;;;;

huhuhu thanks Danny for sharing with us your experiences! I had given a couple talks before (not counting those dreaded presentations in school) It was.... weird LOL I think at one of them it was totally unforeseen (Just got a call from my previous secondary school) and I don't think some of the students made to attend it was too impressed :P (It was to talk about my work/publications from before) Was made to also give a short part in a group presentation about drawing comics? ^^; I recalled over head projector slides ^^; and scribbled notes ^^;

Good job Danny, shame about the Mac - its already happened to me twice !!

Beware! Always back up your Mac, as they have just as many crash errors as PC's....

Caption: "About here are where the real eyes are."

As for presentations, it's part of my job that I do them. Lost count of how many, from small presentations to large ones ^_^;;. Also given presentations to large executive coporate boards.

I don't really get nervous anymore - it's actually more nerve wracking when training people because you have to really know your subject matter when training. And before presenting, I learned my public speaking by training.

My style when presenting and use a lot of humour, but not too much. And yes, involving teh audeience is important. And yes, too much text on powerpoints is a no, just like you said ^_^. Not only are they hard to read, but they get BORING. The last thing you want to do is bore your audience.

Another good article. ^_^

As for speaking, I've had to give a number of presentations and talks, as well as teaching in front of classes. I get stage fright, but one of the ways I cope with it is to keep this in mind: For the next several minutes, I'm in charge. I'm the boss. It doesn't matter who they are, they have to listen to me. It gets to be fun when I think of it this way, especially when I'm briefing generals and politicians.

I've also been the last speaker for the day. My best advice is what you suggested above--grab the audiences' attention from the get go. Whether it's flashy, loud, or animated, do something to grab their attention.

For example, I had to give a talk on my job as a training instructor for military officers. I was the last speaker after seven hours worth of presentations. People were falling asleep before I even got to the stage. So, I started my presentation off quietly, describing a trainee's first morning before wake up. And then, I gave the audience a real instructor's wake-up call, in all its loud, shouting, banging glory. Several audience members jumped to attention, and one fell over in his seat. There was a lot of laughing, and once that died down, I had their rapt attention for the next 15 minutes. In contrast, if I had gone with a normal presentation opening, most of them would've been completely asleep by the end.

Anyway, that's my lengthy advice and example... ^^;

talks as in class presentations? yes... several... recently, my trend has been to add anime pics (usually from Lucky Star) and incorporate it into my topic. Pretty funny....

Danny's Speech bubble: Come with me! And together, we shall rule this Earth!

is there somewhere a better video, in which you can also see the pictures?

Last time I had to give a speech was at my sister's wedding in late August in front of 108 reception guest. It went smashingly well even tho I found myself improving a couple a times to sustain peoples laughter. Later, I got plenty of comments of how it was the best speech of the night even tho it was the shortest. I'm a magician.

Caption: "I like my oppai THIS big"

Can't wait to see the presentation on video when it's finished. I love presentations like these, kind of like the "TED" lectures.
...
More pics of the Bossanova DJ lady, if she's cute, plzkthx. :P
Seriously though, Bossanova? I'd be impressed if she actually mixed that. Looks like she has a collection of it on vinyl too, no timecoded vinyl in sight! Very classy shot... in fact, if no pics of the lady, may I have a hi-res photo of that to set as my wallpaper? :D

Haven't really given speeches except some presentations at school but dont really count those. I always hated those, most likely because the subject was so boring and stupid I really didn't feel up to it.

But think at least for me (if I were to give a presentation or something) it would matter the most that I know the subject by heart and know I know more of it than the audience. For example during my time in army we would have to instruct people to use or do various stuff and it was really easy to explain for example what a howitzer is, how it works and what it does. Of course the poor guys at first didnt know a thing and boys love big guns so that was like a walk in the park (+ if the "audience" wasnt listening I could make them run a few laps and try again...).

But yeah, would love to practice more (and I think I will get practice), would be great to be able to keep great speeches. First of all it benefits the audience more and gives a better image also :)

I think the Steve Jobs speech is the most annoying thing I saw all day. Zero content brought to you by a guy that simply repeats " I am the greatest wiener of all time " couple of hundred times... makes me regurgitate my brekkies...

Caption for the pic, the speaker say that:

"Oppai bazooka spotted on the second seat from the left of the first line. Can i squeeze them please ?

What ?

You dare say no ?!

I'm danny choo and i have the right to squeeze them all !"

[The security's coming on the stage...]

Just listened to your talk, it was good, very informative. Unfortunately the video seems to be offline.

There are two Point 7s on your list of advices :P

But given what you have adviced, it is clear that you are quite experienced on giving out presentations, and most points are similar to what a supervisor had told me in a summer job quite a while ago.

I do get nervous when I have to face so many faces, so I ended up speaking very loudly, which somehow works to counteract the anxiety. But man you're lucky that you can decide to give speeches on topics you don't excel at. Most I was assigned were things that were not to my interests or my forte at all -_-

Yeah I agree the Quentin. LOL sorry
But, giving your pace of speech feels a lot better since, one fact is that you know deep in your heart what you are talking about. In the process of doing it, you feel very light since you knew it. Hmm how nice. Great job Danny. XD

You've covered some very nice points on making good presentations. Its almost the same as those that I learn when I attended a course on "Making Impactful Presentations" LOL

Well I'm gonna be presenting a paper to my minstry's permanent secretary so I'm still quite nervous about that =P

the advice of using the least text possible and very few images per slide is a good tip, I've never thought of it much but I could imagine what the audience would feel like, so yes, thank you for that. It'll be a good reference for the future. Lovely pictures, especially the ones outlooking Hamburg at Dusk

I had a few experiences of thinking out loud "This guy is awesome" while reading.
Once I said that and my roommate silently looked over my shoulder and I had just scrolled past a picture with pantsu in it. He quickly made a "Wait! What?" expression. lol

As for speaking, I dreaded it up until High School where I tried on what I called "Zen and the Art of Slacking". Not to intend that I didn't try; the practice covers a theme that you let what happens happen and you should not live with regret. Live positively, basically.

Thanks very much for your tips on giving presentations. I'll be sure to keep those in mind the next time I give one.

The last time I spoke in front of a group of strangers was at secondary school, I was about 15 or 16. It was just reading out loud in front of my history class. I was so scared I was visibly shaking and my voice was trembling. I could hear people saying "Haha, oh god, look - he's actually shaking!" which just made it worse. It's not like that was a one-off - it's always like that. That's why I've avoided any such thing for the past 9 years or so.

Horror story;

I was doing a speech with some friends in London which required a model, I messed up AND forgot most of my words (My mind just wasn't on the content). Then walking over to where I was supposed to be knocked over and broke the model we were using for presentation. ^__^ Am I glad I got out of that room at the end -__-;

All I can say though, it's made me stronger, and every week I stand proud infront of audiences of many playing music without hinderance any more. Although it wasn't just that experience that helped. There were many more hardships until I got to that point. But I'm out the other end, and I'm still alive and kicking.

Here are my versions:
Moeeeh: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28529816@N07/3000463411/
I've got BALLS OF STEEL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28529816@N07/3001301710/

For those who still don't know about Balls of STEEL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE3KdcTgrno

i gave talk to a few school events.
But no matter how prepared i am, i`m still quite nervous.

Something I thought I would add to the list of tips:

Don't take the talk before lunch (if you have a choice). Similar to the end of the day talk, people will not be paying that much attention.

I had to give my share of talks throughout school/university and I completely agree with not having too much text on the slide. Rely more on yourself rather than your slides to convey your point...I think of the slides just as backup to emphasize my points. Also, definitely practice...no one wants to hear you say "um" 3 times every sentence.

Caption: "When holding the power orb like so, a marvelous transformation occurs.

You definitely looked like you were enjoying your time up on stage. And I have to agree that time flies by when you are up there. I had to teach 1-hour classes before and before I realized it, the class was over. Sometimes, I had to speed up becuase I was actually being slow. =P

OMG.... that still sounds amazing.... so very cool.... Wish I had the guts to do a talk like that. I'm guessing through Uni I'll develop the presentation skills n stuff..... I hate doing presentations even so....

That... is such an awesome car XD

Biggest talk I ever gave was in front of a class at school, and those never tend to be that big.

You looked good on stage Danny...I doubt you'll have any problems with the up coming event since you have experience under your belt...

Oh Danny, you're just so awesome. Man, I wish I were there to see you on stage. :|

Not a lot of time since I'm trying to finish a paper for tomorrow.

Long ago I can always remember feeling nervous about giving presentations. I worried like many of us do about what happens if I forget something and make a mistake. Now, I don't worry about this at all because of one incident in my early days of college.

In one of my classes we were given a set of criterial and points to cover in a group presentation. Of course, we prepared our presentation and rehearsed alone and as a group.

On the day of the presentation we made many mistakes and completely deviated from our planned presentation. Neither our audience or the professor could tell it wasn't what we had planned when we finished. We simply picked up the pieces as we progressed and made the best of the situation. Fun part is the professor thought it was one of the best in the class.

Since that day, I have never feared a presentation going wrong.

I have no fear, not because we kept our cool and put the pieces together the best we could. It is because we did just those things while giving the presentation in Japanese. Overcoming all that at once, made me believe I can overcome any presentation problems.

I'll confess that I hate giving speeches; they make me so jittery. But I'm working on improving myself.
Also, I'd love to know more about the different Otaku types! ^^

Dude i talk allllll the time... >.> it's not just that i'm talkative at school but i love to debate! There's a tournament almost every weekend!

When you head to Singapore...be sure to get some behind the scene pics!!!
Would love to see something like that!!!
Trend Day, I watched that video...sooo amazing!!!

my caption attempts:
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/7236/29987913818d43716d14plt5.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6171/29987913818d43716d14obr3.jpg
the city looks amazing.
and thank you for those words of wisdom on public speaking and presentations.

A very informative article, Danny, Thank you very much m(_ _)m
I still get nervous when I do public speaking, the last time I spoke at a small museum which displayed some of my artworks. I never realised that I would be called up and as a result, spoke better than I would if I had time to prepare. I prefer unprepared talks as I have less time to stress over them XD

Networking event stories are always interesting. :) I've only used Keynote once or twice - ever since my senior year in high school there's been little need for me to do presentations with slides. Always hated Powerpoint though - the interface bugged me, and all the effects were cheesy.

I'm surprised that the official footage was bad - seems like an easy thing for them to overcome if they tried. The only way it would make sense is if the majority of people didn't use slides much.

Anyway, as I replied in the news article, I'd be up for some video editing if you need me. ^^

What the hell!! hail haruhi.. he he joke. Danny spoke to many audience about otakus. I may be shy to speech at the center. he he

Great pictures and info Danny~ Will hold out for the video on the Trend Day website, going to save it when it gets to midnight [off-peak] over here :3

What's networking like? I always get nervous when at seminars as I never feel impressive enough since I don't wear make-up and I'm told I look younger than I am ^^;; I should look it up, I think it's important for any one aspiring to make something of themselves to know. Any tips? =o

Boy, have I given so many talks before... For companies, for students and schools and even charity organisations.

You could say that this is my best asset. This December, I'll be taking my final Oral Communications exam. :)

Thanks for the tips on public speaking Danny, that'll help me somewhere down the line. I mean I've done a bit of public speaking, but only in front of a small class, nothing the size of the audiences that you have to speak in front of ^^. You took some nice pictures while you were over there, I should go visit Germany again, because when I went I was pretty young and didnt' appreciate travelling so much ^^. Looks like you had a lot of fun whilst your were there.

You had to present in German??? I couldn't do it! I have presented in class at university but that's not very formal. I was nervous and my voice shook but I was well prepared and kept talking. I don't think that my voice ever stopped shaking. On the other hand, I once sang in fromt of 10000 people and wasn't the least bit scared. I think the bright lights and huge amount of people makes it feel less real.

You don't know how much you helped me just now Mr Danny! I have a speech next week and your tips are a great help. Thanks! I feel a bit relax now XD

Caption: "And this was the size it had grown to after five minutes of kneading!!" (I'm talking about bread of course).

Thanks again for a great inspirational article. Keynote looks interesting too. I'm gonna have to take the plunge into Mac from Windows one day.

wow! sounds like a mighty fine presentation, danny~
hope too see a vid of one of your talks soon^^

Your timing could not have been more perfect Danny. I have an oral presentation to do tomorrow for my Project Work assignment in school. Thanks.

I've been nervous on having a talk and such so I never done a good talk 'cause of that, but what amazes me the most Danny is giving a talk with using other foreign languages and became a linguist.

Great article, I've done some public speaking before. I've found it that if you find it nerve racking to look at the audience or the group of people in whole, it's easy to look at certain people around the room thus giving the audience the illusion that you're communicating with everyone in the room. Just something that always helped me out ^^. BTW I've always been a PC type of guy, lately I've been leaning towards Mac tho I think that video of Keynote just put the nail in the coffin. ^^;

Thank you for sharing your day with us.

If you want to hear Danny, two clips, one:
http://www.trendbuero.de/index.php?f_categoryId=484&f_page=9
and two is just below in the links. You can't hear it properly cuz the people do dub overs in German T_T, but it's still audible to hear Danny's voice
@Danny: you have a nice and persuasive voice .^_^.

I just wanna ask, what should you do your hands?
I've watched some speakers use their hands to emphasise their point, but i don't really understand the technique right.
What should you do if you don't have a lecturn to stand behind?

What i guess I'm really asking is that, How should you display your body language on stage?
I tend to use the lecturn as something to hide behindsuck at giving talks.

I also have overbite, which means that i have trouble enunciating words - which in turn makes me nervous.

Hi, first comment!

Have been lurking for about 2 years now, and used this as an excuse to finally sign up here ^^;

I've ripped the google video and packed it together with the english audio track that has been available on the trendbuero homepage (included the german voice-over as separate track for completeness). This article is already a few days old but maybe someone finds it usefull anyway. At least until Danny and crew put together the "definite" version.

Enjoy:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P85AZPL2

is it possible, to get the presentation for watching the pictures?

Awesome time warp Danny! Who knew such a mainstream delivery on otakus' could be so professional?
And I can answer, yes I've given talks before. During my time attending a trade school, I took up a position as PR representing the program. Thing is, I spun it all on its ear, and made it fun to actually "speak up", where some were afraid. If I ever take a shot at delivering a keynote amongst people, I would so love to do it again. ^_^

very interesting post danny, thx for sharing your fears, feelings and tips with us. *bookmarked*

Wow those photos look amazing! It must be amazing to speak in front of 600 people

Inspirational!
Hmm. One of the things I've learned about presenting... Is that you have to have experienced bombing on stage at least once. For some reason, it's like a christening. Smooth sailing awaits.

my most 'memorable' speech/talk was also my first one...gave it when i was like 10(?) years old for some school event. didn't volunteer for it and it was something like merit based, but i ended up trying to avoid it to no avail. screwed it up and had it hidden somewhere deep and dark in my subconscious until i read this entry. From what i can (horrifyingly) recall, it went quite bad as i had terrible stage fright on that day and basically rushed through everything.

I have my fair share also in presenting talks/speeches because I'm require to make talks as a student to gain marks for my academic. Just last 2 months ago 3 of my buddies and I went on stage to give a overall speeches on our business for the whole 6 months in the Exxonmobile young entrepreneur program.

We were watch by hundreds. We did pretty good if I may see so myself. What I do is control my breathing to slow my nerves down so I won't be so nervous. I really want to know otaku got what kind of groups.

Comment QA.

Nice slides Danny! I like the reflections of the pics, it's got a cover-flow-from-iTunes style, hehe. Also love the font you use, which one is it?

I have to give a talk about a polymer in two weeks' time, so I'll have your tips in mind. I'll let you know how it went ;D

woow nice story...i dont wanna sound like a bootlicker but u really are an inspiring person u know that?^^
hope ure visiting berlin someday! wanna check your presentations :D

greetings from germany