About two years ago, I read Scott Hanselman’s incredible post on Tips for a Successful Technical Presentation.  It was a great post and vastly changed the way I presented to any audience.  A few years later, and I find myself frustrated.  I have to sit through some very interesting workshops and presentations where the presenter is either socially awkward or doing things to detract from the presentation itself.

As someone who has taught at a community college for two semesters, earned a Virginia Community College System (VCCS) distance education specialist certification, was placed in oratorical competitions by his family since elementary school, and currently working on a post-baccalaureate certificate in Instructional technology; I tend to nitpick with details about how people present technical topics to students.  I shoot through the roof when I see presenters fumble the ball with remote or teleconferenced presentations.

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