First. Read this: http://webapplog.com/10-conf-donts/

Some additional thoughts on the don't list.

1. Avoid reading to your audience unless you are a poet, journalist, judge or politician. Poets and journalists are paid to write well and read there words well. Judges and politicians are paid to be ultra precise …

This: https://opensource.com/business/16/9/alternatives-powerpoint Missing from the list? The S5-based slide-show tools that are part of docutils. The only issue with S5 is that you need to carefully review each and every page to be sure you material fits. There's no autosizing of the fonts, or …