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The Hidden Speaker
Registrace 10. 12. 2022
I help tech professionals communicate and present with executive confidence
Do you feel:
- You have great ideas, but don't know how to say them
- Pressured by your manager to work on communication and don't know where to begin?
- Frustrated how easy it is to find videos on writing SQL queries and creating dashboards in Tableau - but how hard it is to find a channel breaking down effective technical communication?
Then you've come to the right place. I'm a tech professional just like you. And refuse to give generic, cookie-cutter communication advice. This channel is designed to help tech professionals like you overcome anxiety, know how to structure a killer presentation, and take the steps to become your most authentic speaking self, all with examples, case studies, and methodologies you can easily understand.
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Sincerely,
Christopher Chin
Communication Coach for Tech Professionals
thehiddenspeaker.com
Do you feel:
- You have great ideas, but don't know how to say them
- Pressured by your manager to work on communication and don't know where to begin?
- Frustrated how easy it is to find videos on writing SQL queries and creating dashboards in Tableau - but how hard it is to find a channel breaking down effective technical communication?
Then you've come to the right place. I'm a tech professional just like you. And refuse to give generic, cookie-cutter communication advice. This channel is designed to help tech professionals like you overcome anxiety, know how to structure a killer presentation, and take the steps to become your most authentic speaking self, all with examples, case studies, and methodologies you can easily understand.
SUBSCRIBE to make sure you never miss an episode!
Sincerely,
Christopher Chin
Communication Coach for Tech Professionals
thehiddenspeaker.com
Make Your Data, Numbers, and Statistics More Digestible
A challenge we often encounter in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is explaining technical information to non-technical audiences. In this video I explain why “simplifying” complex concepts is not “dumbing it down.” It’s make it more accessible.
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I’m Christopher Chin, and I help tech professionals become confident speakers and leaders.
Does this sound familiar:
- You put together slide decks but your audience doesn’t react well to them?
- You’re great at researching, coding, and analyzing. But don’t know where to start with speaking up in meetings and giving presentations?
- You’ve been stuck in your career, unable to get the promotions you deserve, because your managers say you need to work on communication skills?
The truth is communication, presentation, and storytelling are not “soft skills”. They are extremely hard to master yet crucial for success in business and leadership.
I created this CZcams channel and my Hidden Speaker training programs to address exactly those challenges. This is not just any communication course. This is communication for tech professionals by a tech professional. If you're looking for self-paced content to overcome anxiety, speak with confidence, and know how to structure a killer presentation, you’ve come to the right place.
Subscribe to my CZcams channel and smash that LIKE button if you want to see more videos like this:
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Transcript:
Make sure that you use language your audience understands. And I also want to really pinpoint here that when you change your language to suit your audience you are not dumbing it down. That's something I often hear in the industry is that if we don't talk about all this cool stuff and we just talk about the basic stuff that's dumbing it down. But no I disagree. Because if you think about it, teachers are not dumbing it down for their students. They're making it more accessible for them to understand. It's their responsibility. If you think about color blindness and data visualization you're not dumbing it down by making the colors easy to see for everyone. You're just making it more accessible. So I really want to disband that notion and help it see as: communication is something collaborative. You are meeting people where they are so you can bring them up to the level that you know. You have to do that bridging. That's what communication is all about
#communication #publicspeaking #data
Are you a tech professional who wants to take your career to the next level?
Get My Free 140+ Pages of Speaking Tips:
thehiddenspeaker.com/landing-page
And Connect with Me on my Other Platforms:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cchiddenspeaker
Website: www.thehiddenspeaker.com/
Email: info@thehiddenspeaker.com
About Me:
I’m Christopher Chin, and I help tech professionals become confident speakers and leaders.
Does this sound familiar:
- You put together slide decks but your audience doesn’t react well to them?
- You’re great at researching, coding, and analyzing. But don’t know where to start with speaking up in meetings and giving presentations?
- You’ve been stuck in your career, unable to get the promotions you deserve, because your managers say you need to work on communication skills?
The truth is communication, presentation, and storytelling are not “soft skills”. They are extremely hard to master yet crucial for success in business and leadership.
I created this CZcams channel and my Hidden Speaker training programs to address exactly those challenges. This is not just any communication course. This is communication for tech professionals by a tech professional. If you're looking for self-paced content to overcome anxiety, speak with confidence, and know how to structure a killer presentation, you’ve come to the right place.
Subscribe to my CZcams channel and smash that LIKE button if you want to see more videos like this:
czcams.com/channels/Ay6HVPjo8zGgBRLUnX-X8g.html
Transcript:
Make sure that you use language your audience understands. And I also want to really pinpoint here that when you change your language to suit your audience you are not dumbing it down. That's something I often hear in the industry is that if we don't talk about all this cool stuff and we just talk about the basic stuff that's dumbing it down. But no I disagree. Because if you think about it, teachers are not dumbing it down for their students. They're making it more accessible for them to understand. It's their responsibility. If you think about color blindness and data visualization you're not dumbing it down by making the colors easy to see for everyone. You're just making it more accessible. So I really want to disband that notion and help it see as: communication is something collaborative. You are meeting people where they are so you can bring them up to the level that you know. You have to do that bridging. That's what communication is all about
#communication #publicspeaking #data
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The Secret to Reducing Speaking Fear: Speak Less!
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When we have anxiety around communication and fear the judgment of others, we tend to talk…way too much. In this video I explain why leadership is marked by clear, concise communication, and how speaking less can make you appear like the authoritative expert you really are. This is a clip from my webinar with Brian Poe on “The Art of Gaining Executive Support Without Overwhelming”. Check out th...
Stop Being Objective when Presenting Data
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When we analyze data, we do so precisely - in a detail-oriented, scientific way so that our results are “objective”, unbiased, and reproducible. Unfortunately this approach cannot be used when presenting data. In this video I explain why leaders need our presentations to be subjective: to state an expert opinion. If we don’t say why the data matters and what people need to do about it clearly, ...
AI Hack to Be Prepared for Every Presentation Question
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We use Generative AI like ChatGPT to write our code and emails, maybe even material for our presentations. But what if you could go a step further… In this video I explain how to use ChatGPT to predict what questions we might get from our audience, and how to prepare answers that address their biases, concerns, and most relevant pain points. This is a clip from my webinar with Brian Poe on “The...
Introverts vs Extroverts: Who’s Better at Communicating?
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While extroverts typically manifest their personalities in more loud and outgoing ways, that doesn’t make them inherently better communicators. In the same vein, while introverts typically manifest their personalities in more quiet and reserved ways, that doesn’t make them inherently worse communicators. In this video I explain how both introverts and extroverts can uniquely and authentically b...
A Great Data Presentation Must Start with Why
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In data presentations we often start with the “what”: what we did, what we found, what processes we used. That’s not what our audience cares about. In this video I reference Simon Sinek’s famous TEDx talk “Start with Why”: if you want people to care and be inspired you must make the “why” or “so what” clear first. Are you a tech professional who wants to take your career to the next level? Get ...
How to be Successful in Senior Roles and Beyond: Getting to the Point
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How to Nail the Intro and Conclusion to Your Presentation
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There is something about what you said, I never thought about the now. Thank you
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
you are doing god's work with the videos thank u so much stranger
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
Do you teach these things ?
I do - you can access my free ebook with more persuasion tips on my website: thehiddenspeaker.com/landing-page/ And you can check out this page with more information on my coaching: thehiddenspeaker.com/coaching/
Excellent - particularly about knowing it can and must be used for human ends. I made endless slide presentations in a Community College back in the seventies and it was a much more laborious process, but the same communication skills applied. Back then I often had to discourage teachers from putting a regular letter sized typed document on an overhead and expecting them to read it. We had a large print typewriter to help! Plus ca change, plu la meme chose.
So glad you enjoyed the framework, and I agree - AI can help us not only make presentations faster, but in a more human-centric, user-friendly way.
thanks for the explanation even though on your second example you actually have an answer on how long it would take to fix the problem. the first example show that you estimated 2 weeks but you don't know how long it will take vs on the second example you actually know what the problems are and how long it will take to fix this... in the end it is not about how you will be presenting your ideas but actually if you know your issues and how/when it will be resolved
That's an excellent point. The combination of *actually* knowing the answer, and then delivering it in a clear and concise way, is how we influence leadership with good communication.
Loved this video for two things. First the topic itself and the second one is the presentation of data on the chart. Just WoW.
So glad you enjoyed the talk and found it helpful!!
Wonderfully explained. I have a paper on my internship to turn in in a few weeks. While I'm definitely not bad at writing it myself, I'll definitely be using these techniques to increase the quality of it!
I'm so glad the video was helpful and I wish you the best of luck on finishing your paper!
I liked how you teached both how to make a simple presentation from code and how to prompt chatgpt (3.5!) to achieve it by making it change seats. It would have been interesting to let ChatGPT iterate on this process several times, like update the presentation, review again as the CEO, until it cannot "improve it" anymore. Good job, subscribed ! And I agree : AI is not about making the world colder, it's about teaching us how to be better humans, because we have those models which gather a lot of wisdom and knowledge that can benefit anyone. We live in such a world where this is possible, having a "program" which knows a LOT of things, and which can help us reason and think better by giving us insights, help and assistance. It's nothing short from amazing :)
So glad you enjoyed the video! And I absolutely agree - with the power of the ChatGPT API, programming in that kind of iteration is definitely possible and worth further exploration!
Great video! I really liked your idea of using AI to assist in being the creator, presenter, and audience.
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
I hate telling these 'leadership' people how to operate a dashboard while they get paid twice what I'm getting.
That’s fair. I’ve presented dashboards to people that made probably three times my salary. I think of it this way: while we might not make as much as leadership, we’re helping them make business decisions that often affect the health of the entire company. They make the amounts they do because of that primary responsibility, and it is our secondary responsibility to guide them in making those decisions
Nice
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
super cool. now my question is are these slides editable in powerpoint, google slides, figma, etc? for instance, can i move the text around to make space for images and branding?
The MARP tool lets you export as a PDF, HTML, or PPTX (Powerpoint) file. Important note though for the PPTX file: the PPTX file contains pre-rendered images rather than text you can edit. As a workaround, I recommend the following steps: 1. Use MARP to export to PDF 2. Use this free tool from Adobe to convert from PDF to PPTX: www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/pdf-to-ppt.html 3. Edit the resulting PPTX as you normally would (you can now edit text and move it around to make space for images/branding) It's a bit clunky but gives you the flexibility you need
This was really well done. I appreciate your understanding of the AI and humane interaction. This was helpful!
Fantastic and hope you enjoy trying it out!
Excellent content from a technical POV and a "human" POV. Thank you!
Thanks for the feedback and so glad you enjoyed both perspectives!
Thank you for making this. I hope your channel grows quickly.
Thanks and so glad you enjoyed the video!
Really awesome video!
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
Wow! I’m loving your content. Thank you
So glad you've been enjoying the videos and finding them helpful!
Love it!
So glad you enjoyed the talk and found it helpful!
So here is an exception for me. Often during competitions (not business presentations), the number of slides allowed is limited between 10-12. In that cases, I would rather remove the table of contents to fit one more key element of the presentation.
That's a great perspective for slide design, especially in those competition scenarios. I would add that you don't even need to have a slide to discuss the agenda. As long as you verbally say something that the audience should expect or look forward to during the presentation, you've set them up for an engaging experience.
I was gonna start a presentation the old way tomorrow, but I think i need to revamp my starting line now after watching this.
It's definitely the secret to making your presentation exceptional!
the best advice ever !!!
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
Good
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
first!!!
Great to see you here Princilla!
These short quick videos are insanely enlightening.
I'm so glad you've been enjoying them and finding them helpful!
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Thanks @swagatggautam6630 and great to have you!
Another really good tip (which few speakers actually DO) : when someone asks a question ----REPEAT the question back at the audience - most will NOT have heard it, and it gives the speaker a chance to make the question clearer. I LOVE IT when the speakers do this...esp as your ears aren't facing backwards to hear anyone behind you!!!!
That is a perfect add, which not only helps the audience understand what was asked, but also gives the the speaker more time to think about what to say!
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Thanks @harshatejadv, lots more content is on the way!
Underated channel, going to bloom in near future
Thanks @nivashr5403, I definitely plan to keep making more content like this!
great tip
Really glad you found the video helpful!
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So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
Nice idea!
So glad you enjoyed the video and found the tips helpful!
Nicely presented. Although this seems to be more why you should but not how. Hope you can cover that!
Absolutely! This is a video I put together on one of my favorite frameworks for concise speaking: czcams.com/video/uKg1lrzy8Ps/video.html&ab_channel=TheHiddenSpeaker
He even explained it concisely
My goal in each video is definitely to reduce unnecessary filler as much as possible!
Looking forward to hearing your presentation at the RVA Tech Data & AI summit
It was so great to meet you in person Lisa and have a chance to give the full talk at the RVATech summit!
Very well explained! Thank you
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
hey man, just wanna say that I love your channel so far. your videos are short, to the point, and always give at least one really useful tip, even for someone not in the tech field. you've just gained your 282nd subscriber, I know you're going to grow exponentially
You made my day! Thank you for that very kind feedback. Talking about these topics is my passion and I'm so glad to see it being able to help more and more people. Definitely looking forward to making more videos like these!
Great framework thank you
So glad you enjoyed the video and found the framework helpful!
Well explained
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
Really like how you didn't just stop on turning the table into "just a line chart".
I believe we must always go beyond the default visualizations given by our tools - there are so many small, purposeful enhancements we can add to make the message of our charts crystal clear.
"the purpose of the presentation is not the information" - love that!
Absolutely, I believe great presentation takes information to inspiration!
Christopher, that was so inspiring. What tool do you use for designing this chart?
I'm really glad you enjoyed the talk! All the charts in the slide deck were created using Excel and PowerPoint.
Very well done 👏 Thank you, Christopher!
I'm really happy you enjoyed the talk Khatuna!
It is amazing from you Chris!
So glad you enjoyed it Salman!
Dude, if you keep doing this, keep it short and sweet, you would have created a really valuable resource.
That is definitely my hope creating video breakdowns like this - hope you enjoy the others in the playlist!
Great video
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful!
why are filters on the left not on the right?
Here is my take on the layout (the original designer Nicholas Kelly might have a different philosophy behind it, so the thoughts below are my own rationalization): People read visual-heavy media top to bottom and left to right. So ideally the first thing they should see on a dashboard are the top KPIs: those are the numbers that drive decision making. Filters, on the other hand, don’t give information. They facilitate the delivery of information. So placing them to the side on the left ensures they’re still easy to access, but don’t occupy the prime real estate at the top reserved for the critical numbers.
@@TheHiddenSpeaker Thanks for your reply. Do you recommend to place the filters on the left? cos people are used to have them on the right, which is more intuitive.
@@User-vz4xm, when I teach dashboard design I generally recommend the right-hand-side. This is my reasoning: since left takes precedence when we read visual media, the most important elements (charts and KPIs) should be on the left. Elements that are not as important for conveying information should be on the right (such as filters). Several organizations I've worked with do, however, interestingly have a left-hand-side preference for filters (I believe this happens because navigation panes tend to be on the left for websites and online shopping sites). If filters are on the left, that is totally ok (they should be where the audience is used to expecting them). But I recommend making them in a clearly separated area, or even collapsible at the click of a button if possible.
Wanted to just have a quick look but ended up taking my time through the entire video. Thank you Chris.
So glad you enjoyed the talk David!
Amazing session Chris, very insightful 👏
Really glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful!
Great session Chris 👏🏽👏🏽
So glad you enjoyed it!