# But first, connect with your audience

DevFeed: [But first, connect with your audience](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/but-first-connect-with-your-audience-36277.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/but-first-connect-with-your-audience/>)

Published: 2025-05-02T17:21:27Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [advice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advice.md>), [effective](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/effective.md>), [presentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/presentation.md>), [talks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/talks.md>)

## AI overview

The article advises presenters to understand their audience, tailor content to their interests and knowledge, and establish an early connection. It also recommends briefly explaining the presenter's background and relevance to the audience.

## Source excerpt

I do a lot of talks and because of this I also attend quite a lot of them. I've previously shared some hopefully useful advice on how to give a decent presentation. But there's something I'd like to add. I'm still somewhat on hiatus, but things appear to be going better! To give the most effective presentation, you must always think about the audience. You are not there for your personal enjoyment.