Well it took a little longer than expected but I'm finally putting down my thoughts on last weeks presentation.

Firstly, from my perspective things went very well. When you consider that I actually presented at 5:30 PM after a long day for the delegates, things went very, very well. I got the message across, kept people awake and interested (people leaning forward in their seats, nodding their heads is a good sign) and got a few laughs at the desired points.

Now I could brag here and now about how great I am and all that rubbish, but I still have room for improvement. One of the things I found was that because I move through my slides pretty quickly I was rooted to the spot. My left hand was always hovering near the cursor keys so I could advance to the next slide. This meant that even though I was out in front of the audience I couldn't move around much. I couldn't even talk with my hands! It meant that I was able to convey quite as much emotion or passion as I would've liked.

I think for next time I'll make sure I have one of those wireless USB presentation gizmo's. It'll mean I can move around somewhat and still control the slide progression. It's a learning experience :-)