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[bsder]

Why are all the speakers at tech conferences so bad? And why do good presenters get invited to every conference on the planet?

Public speaking is a skill. It takes work and practice. Most tech folks have neither the time nor desire to do so.

[2_listerine_pls → bsder]

It's copycat behavior. They are imitating other presentations.

[Joe-Z → 2_listerine_pls]

Who does? The bad one's or the good one's? Genuine question.

[bsder → Joe-Z]

Both.

The good ones snarf ideas from other good presenters when they see something useful.

A lot of bad ones imitate other presentations as the "minimum standard" because creating a good speech takes a LOT of work.

I'm also going to point out that a lot of tech speakers aren't native speakers of English. If you made me, a native English speaker, give a presentation in French or Chinese, I'm guaranteed to be a bad speaker.