DevFest WI 2024
Day: Thur, Aug 22
Finding your voice - Becoming a (tech) speaker
This is an overview of steps that you can take to find your own voice and take the steps to feel more comfortable becoming a public speaker.
Format
Regular session
Description
Everyone has unique interests, perspectives, and experience. This session will give you strategies to find your voice and become a speaker, if that is something that would interest you.
Audience
Who is the audience? People in the tech community and/or people who would like to become more comfortable with public speaking.
Outcomes/Conclusions
Give people confidence, inspire them to share their perspectives, and get them involved in our community.
Outline
This presentation covers several topics:
- Learning about yourself
- Learning about speaking
- Learning about submitting to conferences
- Accepted? Learn about preparing to speak.
Mind Map
Links
- Virtual Coffee Challenge - Finding your voice
- Virtual Coffee Lightning Talk Guide
- VC Lightning talks from 2023, 2022, and 2021
- Ultraspeaking blog - Note: Ultraspeaking is a very high-cost speaking consulting service, but they also have some excellent free resources that do not require a large financial outlay.
- Beth Tucker Long - How to submit a talk at a confrence
- Speaking Resources
- Video - How to get your first gig at a tech conference
- Ali Abdaal - How I became a better speaker
- Brooke Jamieson - How to become a tech conference speaker
Pictures
Here’s a selfie of me before the session:
Here’s a picture of me giving the presentation:
