Sharing is Caring: How to Begin Speaking at Conferences
Talkat KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 · on Tuesday, 2019-11-19· at 10:55· Room 31ABC - San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level·
summary
Covers concrete steps for turning an idea into a conference slot: how CFPs are judged at DockerCon, why 13% acceptance rate matters, and how to write the abstract using FAST: focus audience story takeaways. Recommends writing multiple abstracts, A/B testing them, running table reads, recording live demos as backups and record demos as backup, and iterating the accepted outline into a tight story with practiced delivery, warmups and power poses so the talk actually works on stage.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:18Agenda
- 1:24Why public speaking is beneficial
- 2:21Where to start
- 3:22The CFP
- 3:54Think outside the box
- 6:08Write an abstract
- 9:19Vendor pitch
- 10:46App tracks
- 12:25Outline
- 16:34Practice
- 17:30Warmups
- 19:48Visual vs Heard
- 22:16Rinse Repeat
- 23:57Reach Out to Conference Organizers
- 25:28Where to Find Conference Organizers
- 26:01Pay Per Call
- 26:19Paper Call
- 27:31Live Demos
- 29:22Storytelling
- 30:49Lightning Talk vs Long Form
- 31:46Communication
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