THE VIDEO SHELF · public speaking
How to Speak
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 HN readers recommended it
HN treats it as the canonical, near-universally recommended lecture on giving talks and presentations.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- Topic
- public speaking
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 17
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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An interesting lecture on the topic is also How To Speak by late MIT professor Patrick Winston [1]. Very much recommended! [1] [VIDEO]
BossingAround on Hacker News · 2020-02
In How to give a great presentation: advice from a legendary adman (2012)I was lucky enough to get paid for this but I'll say it anyway: learning to speak is the only thing of lasting value I have gotten out of startup accelerators. I would have gladly drop a few grand to acquire that skill. In fact, …
omginternets on Hacker News · 2020-11
In Ask HN: What is the best money you have spent on professional development?Not sure if this fits the bill, but: How To Speak by Patrick Winston [1] I watched this 'talk' on 'how to give talks' last week. It was uploaded at the end of 2019 and recorded 2018 (Patrick Winston passed away in 2019) and it …
janvdberg on Hacker News · 2020-12
In Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?
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