Following Dave’s presentation I felt compelled to write up what I felt are some of the key ingredients to how Dave does his stuff. So here goes…

1. Roam around the stage
2. Use plenty of single image slides
3. Tell real life stories
4. Reference things that have driven you on
5. Know your content inside out
6. Don’t conform to the usual presentation style/delivery
7. Engage the audience
8. Take the piss with some of your content (particularly data & graphs)
9. Use clever, striking photos, not the usual stock photography crap
10. Don’t take yourself too seriously
11. Grow your hair

I chatted to Dave after my presentation, and he was upfront in saying that he presents very regularly, although doing something regularly doesn’t necessarilly mean you’ll become a master in it – but Dave sure has in my opinion.

Anyway, you can follow Dave on Twitter and read more about him on his blog and his Linkedin profile.

Right I’m off to grow my hair…

Full event details and resources

You can view further information from my presentations, including the video clip on User-centered design from a companies perspective, at the events page on our main business site.

In addition below are the presentations I gave on the night…

An introduction to usability

Usability for customer facing websites

Usability for internal software systems