• The Myth of Not Having Anything To Talk About [article]
  Melinda punctures this common myth
• Building Conference Talk Content [article]
  Kevin Murphy shares his processing for writing talks
• 10 lil’ tips to speak better [article]
  Katie Marcus's essential tips will make you a better speaker
• Advice to a New Speaker [article]
  Daniel Terhorst-North shares his advice for new speakers
• Public Speaking In a Nutshell [article]
  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 [article]
  Essential advice from Chelsea Troy
• Doing Presentations [site]
  Essential advice on writing (and doing) presentations
• How to come up with conference proposal ideas [article]
  Lucy Bain shares her practical tips for coming up with ideas
• Rethinking conference talks for video calls [article]
  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 [tweet]
  Corey Quinn shares a some great tips in this tweet thread
• How to do a presentation dry run [article]
  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 [article]
  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 [article]
  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.

• Five top tips for giving your first talk [article]
  Sandra Meek shares some valuable tips gleaned from giving her first talk
• How I got into conference speaking [article]
  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? [article]
  Anna Shipman offers advice and resources to new speakers

Writing your talk proposal

Tips for getting your conference talk proposal accepted.

• Tips to increase your conference talk acceptance rate [article]
  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 [article]
  Sarah Mei, is an accomplished speaker, who shares what she has learned about writing talk proposals
• What I learned from reading 429 conference proposals [article]
  Noel Rappin offers great advice on writing talk proposals