## Metadata - Author: [[Benn stancil|Benn Stancil]] - Full Title:: A Gambler's Guide to Giving Talks - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[talk-tips|Talk Tips]], - URL:: https://benn.substack.com/p/a-gamblers-guide-to-giving-talks - Finished date:: [[2023-06-03]] ## Highlights > A daring talk that flops and a cautious talk that safely sticks to all the comfortable best practices are equally ignored. But stick the landing on something bold, and the upside is unbounded ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h204yfknac7kt0b34v8a1xh2)) > Most people don’t go to talks to learn ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h204yy3r5nqmzqaf82j6bcqw)) > The constantly changing slides made his presentation *feel* fast, even though he was talking at a relatively moderate clip ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2051qv3mjc77eccqq7j0ey9)) > Blink, and the joke might be gone. And finally, the internal references and callbacks gave the talk a sense of dazzling cohesion, like an episode of *Arrested Development* ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2051yrj26skykndg99fw0tv)) > Better presentations [rhyme off the beat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWveXdj6oZU). Slide transitions happen in the middle of sentences, without warning ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2052v4hx3pb4assqy74sthp)) > A riskier suggestion: Include jokes, and it’s fine if they’re obscure. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h2052z75pxy6svnf9v2gyrrq))