I enjoy speaking before a variety of audiences on a variety of topics. Whenever possible, I like to record my speeches and make them available on-line, here.
Each of the speeches include the full recording of the speech and also the slides. On most browsers, the slides will be synchronized to the speech. If they are not synchronized on yours, you can navigate through the slides manually. Use the page and arrow keys on your keyboard, like in most on-line presentations. There is a “Help” link at the bottom of the slides with more information.
All these slide shows have been created using tools I created, called Speechy, based on HTML Slidy by Dave Ragget. HTML Slidy is wonderful software that provides a fully functional slide show using just XHTML and CSS, along with some JavaScript. I extended it to include synchronized sounds. See my own Speechy home page for more information and all the technical details.
Most of these should play smoothly on any computer, even over a slow Internet connection (dial-up, 28kbps). Some talks have several versions available. I recommend trying the MP3 versions first. They work on most computers. Try Speex if you have the Ogg Vorbis open-source software installed (you know who you are). The WAV (uncompressed WAV files) are by far the largest files, and I have included just a few here in case everything else fails.
Why no video? Some people ask why none of these speeches include video. The Speechy software can definitely include a video window, but producing good video is hard. I can get a great audio recording of my speeches with just a little extra set-up time, but great video requires multiple camera people, inconvenience to the audience, and a lot more expense. Yes, there are some cheap ways to get video on-line, but their quality is usually so low that you are better off with just slides and good audio. Hopefully I will include some good videos in the future.
If anything does not work, please let me know. I am working to make these tools better and better.