talks.edunham.net

/seagl2015

• "DevOps Engineer", Mozilla Research
• DevOps Bootcamp
• edunham.net/pages/talks.html

• Given a talk or two?
• Never spoken, might want to?
• Don't want to yet?

Tools + Techniques

Activities

You Benefit

• Expertise
• Confidence
• Prestige
• Networking

Others Benefit

• Documentation
• Perspectives
• Networking

Free admission

Travel budget

• Conference?
• Employer?

Go Local

tinyletter.com/

techspeak

Where does it go?

Who's using it?

They benefit

Communicate!

What would happen?

Why's that bad?

Disappointing the audience?

• Ignorance
• Inaccuracy
• Disapproval
• Redundancy

They won't get what they wanted.

Pick something to say

Find people who want to hear it

Tell them.

What do they want?

You control...

• Title
• Abstract
• Conference
• Content

What's your favorite talk? Why?

How can your experiences help others?

What do you spend your time on?

What do others ask you for help with?

Cross Disciplines

The Missing Tutorial

List all your topics.

Experts forget...

Bootstrapping

Run it by a mentor.

Who's your audience?

Travel budget

Theme

Location

wikicfp.com

calltospeakers.com

tinyletter.com/

fossCFPs

Talk to people!

• CFP Deadline
• Talk Title
• Talk Abstract
• Speaker Bio

Selection Committee

wants happy attendees

You want the right audience

Communicate!

Mark your calendar

archive.org

Calendar emails

Lie to yourself about deadlines

Don't count on an extension

Managing expectations

Your talk in <5 words

Programs will snip lo...

Don't be too fancy

Summarize one of your topics in 5 words or less.

The promise your talk fulfills

Show you know your audience

• Read other submissions from past years
• Compare accepted vs declined
• archive.org is your friend

Are you new to ___? Have you struggled with ___? Come learn about how ____ can help you ___! I used ___ to ___ at ___ to accomplish ____, and you can too!

Summarize topic in one sentence.

"How has knowing this changed my life?"

3rd-person, 2-3 sentences

Shown in program

Demonstrate English fluency

Formula

• Achievement
• Achievement
• Fun fact

Write 2 achievements + 1 relatable fact in 3rd person.

hemingwayapp.com

textio.com

Improve every day

Expanding your notes?

Progress!

Organizing content?

Progress!

habitica.com

Organize topics on index cards

Repetition!

List key points

Count occurrences

It's bad to write your slides with complete sentences. Not only does this detract from the words you're saying with your mouth, but it creates a wall of text. When a slide has an unreadable wall of text on it, the audience feels anxious that they might miss an important point buried within the paragraph.

Bad contrast

Tiny fonts

Distractions

Unlabeled Graphs

Too few slides

Too many slides (oops!)

Bikeshedding over tools

Minimalism

Consistency

augment + focus

Core Content

• Title + name + date
• Link to slides online
• Deliver on promises
• Contact info

Requirements

• Portable
• Version control
• Speaker console
• Printable

github.com/

nyergler/hieroglyph

github.com/

hakimel/reveal.js

Pandoc + Beamer

LibreOffice Impress

Live demos fail.

ffcast

• Gif of screen

asciinema.org

• Play back terminal

Daily progress

Analyze procrastination

Quantity vs Quality

Back it up!

Practice.

Audacity

Rehearse for a friend

Feature Freeze

Date + Time

Other deadlines?

Speaker Liason

Registration

Travel + Lodging

Food? Caffeine?

Lucky socks?

arandr

Speaker lounge?

Laptop, power, etc.

Silence notifications

Read the schedule

Why are all these people here?

Relax, but watch the time

Repeat Questions

"I don't know, but I'd find out by ___"

Cut off storytellers

"Let's discuss that offline"

Blog the answers

Follow up!

Track promises in a notes app