( Wat has been watched at least three million times, but it's a lightning talk so the process described here didn't apply.) This isn't The One True Way to build a talk the second person is just expedient.Īs I write this, my most popular full-length talk has been watched about half a million times. I'll describe talk preparation as if you're actually doing it. In short: I think that, no, 20 hours isn't too long to spend. Of course, the effort and practice you put in also increase the chance that 50,000 people will want to watch the talk!
With 50,000 views, you just optimized 25,000 person-hours, or about 3.9 person-years, all for the cost of 20 to 50 of your own hours.Īssuming 20 hours of prep, that's a 1,250-to-1 ratio of viewer time to preparation time. Spending 20 of your hours to optimize 250 of other peoples' hours is a good trade-off.Ī popular talk video can see 50,000 views or more. Well, suppose you have an audience of 500 people.Ī 30-minute talk will consume 30*500 = 15,000 person-minutes, which is 250 person-hours. Is 20 (or 50) hours too long to spend on a talk? I'll warn you up front: this process is labor-intensive. You're going to stand on stage and talk, so your preparation should be made up primarily of talking. These would be great preparations if you were going to stand on stage and perform the act of silently writing notes in a text editor. You'll silently make slides or silently write an outline. Once you have a talk idea, it's time to build the talk.Ĭonference talks are scary, so you'll want to avoid it.
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