# Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 2: What, Why, and How

DevFeed: [Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 2: What, Why, and How](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/preparing-for-a-tech-talk-part-2-what-why-and-how-36188.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://overreacted.io/preparing-for-tech-talk-part-2-what-why-and-how/>)

Published: 2019-01-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dan Abramov](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dan-abramov.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Demo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/demo.md>)

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

## AI overview

An article about preparing a tech talk by defining its central idea early and aligning the presentation with that idea. It discusses the roles of what, why, and how, and notes that live demos are one possible delivery method.

## Source excerpt

We need to go deeper.