How to Speak

What this video covers

Patrick Winston's long-running MIT lecture on public speaking teaches heuristic rules for talks. It covers how to start, use time and place, boards, props and slides, and how to inform, persuade and finish.

Why it surfaced in Hacker News

HN treats it as the canonical, near-universally recommended lecture on giving talks and presentations.

Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

“Very much recommended!”

“drop what you're doing and watch it now”

“it is really good. Anyone who gives talks can learn a few things from this.”