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Public Speaking as a Developer

Ali Spittel on July 25, 2018

As a follow up to my post from March on blogging as a developer, I wanted to give my tips for doing public speaking events as a developer. A little...
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K

Someone once said something like "Talks are about inspiring people, not about educating them"

I always think about this when I plan talks. Also, minimizing slide count and content on each slide xD

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An Vo

One of the best quotes I have ever read! Thanks! ^

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Evaldas Buinauskas

There's nothing better than seeing slides and having presenter read everything on them! And then moving to the next one.

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Kevin Le

Very true.

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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

Great tips! My public speaking professor always said "All speakers have butterflies before speaking. The trick is getting those butterflies to fly in formation."

Since then, I've spoken at universities several times, and I always funnel all my nervous energy into making my delivery stronger and more enthusiastic. It really helps!

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Juan F Gonzalez

Great post! this topic is very near to my heart because from my background and all the friends and colleagues I know, 1 out of 50 will actually consider giving a talk the rest would rather wake up at 5am and take a cold shower... Actually I was one of those a few years ago so I know how's like coming from there but still doing it is totally worth it.

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Anna Rankin

Yesssss - thank you for so much good information in one place. I've been gearing myself up to try and give a conference talk for longer than I'd like to admit. It's great to have such a thorough writeup <3

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Aibol Kussain

Nice article. Thanks for sharing this kind of information. Very helpful who are just beginning the way of tech blogging/speaking :)

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juankOrtiz

Great to see those tips. I've never imagined all the process that lies behind public speaking. Thanks for the article!

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Konstantin BIFERT

Awesome post and very inspiring, thanks !

Wanted to add another great resource to track CFPs: cfpland.com

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Helen Anderson

Love that you listen to Britney Spears and Beyonce before every talk :D