A Talk About Tech Talks
summary
Explains concrete steps for getting on stage: write three clear takeaways, draft the story before slides, and use Speaker Deck to write slides as markup. Shares a case study: proposes a gap about Android internals, downloaded Android source code and convinced a Google engineer to walk through it, then submits to many CFPs, gets accepted in Denver, New York and London and performs the material five more times (eight total). Practical tips: submit multiple proposals, prefer blind-review CFPs, and insist on travel reimbursement.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
- 1:06Why give public talks
- 4:38Public speaking at work
- 6:28Getting started with talks
- 9:36Writing your first talk
- 13:08From idea to delivery
- 17:05Money and conference costs
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