Speaking for the first time
Tips for getting started.
- Advice to a new speaker
Daniel Terhorst-North shares his advice for new speakers - Five top tips for giving your first talk
Sandra Meek shares some valuable tips gleaned from giving her first talk - How I got into conference speaking
Melinda Seckington is one of the most prolific conference speakers I know and her story of how she got started might just give you the confidence to do so too - Are you thinking of speaking at a conference?
Anna Shipman offers advice and resources to new speakers
Writing your talk proposal
Tips for getting your conference talk proposal accepted.
- How to write CfP submissions that get your tech conference talk accepted
Lena Reinhard shares her guidance based on her extensive experience as a seasoned reviewer and successful conference speaker - Thoughts on reviewing CfP submissions
Cate Huston shares her thoughts on writing CfP submissions having reviewed 100s of them - Tips to increase your conference talk acceptance rate
Sumana Harihareswara shares some great tips, including save your proposals so that you can re-use/refer back to them - How to come up with conference proposal ideas
Lucy Bain shares her practical tips for coming up with ideas - What your conference proposal is missing
Sarah Mei, is an accomplished speaker, who shares what she has learned about writing talk proposals - What I learned from reading 429 conference proposals
Noel Rappin offers great advice on writing talk proposals