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The Myth of Not Having Anything To Talk About
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Melinda punctures this common myth -
Building Conference Talk Content
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Kevin Murphy shares his processing for writing talks -
10 lil’ tips to speak better
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Katie Marcus's essential tips will make you a better speaker -
Advice to a New Speaker
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Daniel Terhorst-North shares his advice for new speakers -
Public Speaking In a Nutshell
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Paulo André simple advice on preparing for public speaking is spot on -
How I do (and don’t) prepare a talk for a tech conference
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Essential advice from Chelsea Troy -
Doing Presentations
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Essential advice on writing (and doing) presentations -
How to come up with conference proposal ideas
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Lucy Bain shares her practical tips for coming up with ideas -
Rethinking conference talks for video calls
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I gave my first talk via Zoom at an online meetup in April and found it quite unnerving. This article by Matt Webb is a thoughtful reflection on why it is difficult and how we might change how we think about talks in a more distributed future. -
100s of tips on conference speaking
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Corey Quinn shares a some great tips in this tweet thread -
How to do a presentation dry run
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You should definitely practice your talk in front of other people and Alice Barlett's advice on how best to get feedback from this is brilliant -
Preparing for a tech talk
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Dan Abramov's series of articles on motivation for giving a talk, choosing what to talk about and then writing a talk is great -
The art of slide design
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Melinda Seckington's series of articles outline some key principles to designing the slides that accompany your talk
Speaking for the first time
Tips for getting started.
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Five top tips for giving your first talk
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Sandra Meek shares some valuable tips gleaned from giving her first talk -
How I got into conference speaking
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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?
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Anna Shipman offers advice and resources to new speakers
Writing your talk proposal
Tips for getting your conference talk proposal accepted.
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Tips to increase your conference talk acceptance rate
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Sumana Harihareswara shares some great tips, including save your proposals so that you can re-use/refer back to them -
What your conference proposal is missing
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Sarah Mei, is an accomplished speaker, who shares what she has learned about writing talk proposals -
What I learned from reading 429 conference proposals
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Noel Rappin offers great advice on writing talk proposals