Last wednesday I presented at Developer Ignite 2 courtesy of the Intel software folks. Yes I’m still not a developer, but I do address why I’m presenting during the video. If you didn’t see this live, watch the video first – my comments will be below.

So the first thing, I didn’t practice this hardly at all. That’s a huge fail on my part and something I became more and more embarrassed about as the presentation went on. I trusted too much in my ability to wing it on next to no notice. It showed and for that I apologize to all who witnessed it live.

Secondly, there were some great presentations that night, you should all check out Clayton’s, Drew’s, Leo’s, Remi’s, and the rest of them if you can.

Thirdly, every person whose job touches anything to do with sales should take the opportunity to speak in front of people as much as possible. Sales is the ultimate presentation format, if you can talk in front of 500 people you can talk in front of one, no matter how hostile.

Lastly, having Leo bust my chops in his presentation before mine helped loosen me up and really have fun. Remember this is as much about sharing a passion and having fun with it as it is about presentation.

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