Why you should speak at technical conferences
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- Background • Femgineer • Forums 2
- Agenda
- • Why you should speak at technical conferences.
- • How to brainstorm topics.
- • How to submit a proposal.
- • How to structure a talk.
- • How to engage an audience.
- • How to get over stage fright.
- • How to get paid to speak!
- • Breakout session 3
- Let’s wait in line together! 4
- Why would anyone care about what I have to say? 5
- Experiences & perspective. 6
- Someone more inexperienced. 7
- What I call networking! 8
- People come to you! 9
- Opportunities. 10
- What do I talk about? 11
- Heads down. 12
- Don’t have time... 13
- Take stock of past projects. 14
- A problem you solved. 15
- Something you learned. 16
- Share it with someone. 17
- How do I submit a proposal? 18
- • Keynote
- • Lightning
- • Panel
- • Workshop Types of Talks 19
- Audience. 20
- Who is attending? Interests? Experience level? Companies? 21
- • Title
- • Summary
- • Takeaways
- • Format
- • Level Proposal 22
- Don’t fear being clear! 23
- How do I structure a talk? 24
- Narrow scope. 25
- Wide open. 26
- High level. 27
- Strategy. 28
- Step-by-step. 29
- Balanced. 30
- How do I keep them engaged? 31
- Storytelling. 32
- Connection. 33
- Sign post. 34
- Connect the dots! 35
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- Stage fright? 37
- Prep Practice Poise 38
- Record yourself. 39
- Getting paid to speak. 40
- ASK! 41
- Contract. 42
- Review
- • Why you should speak at technical conferences.
- • How to brainstorm topics.
- • How to submit a proposal.
- • How to structure a talk.
- • How to engage an audience.
- • How to get over stage fright.
- • How to get paid to speak!
- • Breakout session 43
- Want to host a forum at your company? Contact: justin@femgineer.com 44
- Additional Resources
- • How to Start Getting Speaking Engagements
- • Presentation Zen Book
- • Presentation Zen Blog
- • Screw the Script
- • Sample Presentations 45
- Q&A 46
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- Breakout Session! 48
- KEY OBJECTIVE(S) AGENDA DELIVERABLE BREAK OUT SESSION Come up with a topic. 30 minutes Get into groups of ~5 people. 1. Introduce yourself to the group. 2. Take stock of past projects, problems, or what you recently learned that you’d like to share. 3. Create a title for the talk. 4. What are the takeaways? 5. Share it with the group. Short presentation 49
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