Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds

• Symphony is about utilizing our whole mind -- logic, analysis, synthesis, intuition -- to make sense of our world (i.e. our topic), find the big picture, and determine what is important and what is not before the day of the talk.  It's also about deciding what matters and letting go of the rest.
  
• Playfulness and humor can go a long way toward making a presentation palatable.
  
• Few things can be more rewarding than connecting with someone by teaching something new, or sharing that which you feel is very important with others (meaning).
  
• Don't hang out with people who dismiss the idea of enthusiasm, or worse still, with those who try to kill yours.
  
• Constraints are simply the way of the world.
  
• Make your ideas sticky by making them simple -- a presentation is never just about the facts.