Creating and delivering technical presentations is not just the realm of conference speakers anymore. Let’s face it: if you have to give a technical presentation and it’s boring, you’re not going to make much of an impact. However, if you can make it entertaining and informative, you sell your ideas much better. This session takes a different approach to how to build presentations, by providing patterns and anti-patterns you can use to make sure you’re getting the most leverage from your presentations. Don’t take a knife to a gunfight! The ability to create compelling presentations that explain your point is one of the things that keeps your job from disappearing.