So you wanna give a talk ?
and, here are the reason
not sure what to talk about ?
It's for legends
I am scared
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
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Writing CFP / Talk proposal
Presentation
How to's of CFP ✍️
Agenda
All about CFP
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Abhishek
👨💻 Software Eng. at Saama Research Lab
🐍 Pythonista, GDG Chennai & PyCon IN ♥️
👨👩👧👦 Community first person 💛
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🚫 not "10x Engineer"
What to talk about?
- What do you know? & topics you are comfortable with.
- Not only tech, really anything! anything that excites you.
- Share your experience or the things you are annoyed of.
- No crime in sneaking into someone else talk, but with your experience.
How to write a proposal?
Title
Abstract
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Features of Title :
- Make the title pop!
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Highly convinces the audience.
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Experiment with 3-4 titles.
[ I got few example's for you :) ]
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Puns can be added in titles.
About Abstract :
- For whom ?
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Review team
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First Sentence matters
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Attendees: How badass they gonna be after your talk?
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Explain in your way -
5 magic piece of development
Here are the 5 magic pieces of development i am gonna show to people.
Abstract continue...
- There are character counts
- Don't mix different topics, rather propose new talk.
Reviewer
- Be specific as you can
- Ask questions like - Have you ever wondered.....why or how...
- Tell the small story like what was a problem the & solution ? or sharing experience
Abstract continue...
- Refer previous papers
- Takeaways from the talk - topics, architecture code snippets etc.
- Set level for attendees
- Mention prerequisites, if any
- Prepare agenda & outline
Rewrite the agenda 3 to 4 times
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Crafting the Bio 👩🚀
Crafting the Bio 👩🚀 continue ...
- Keep it simple (25 to 200 words)
- Follow the format of :
- Currently ______
- Before ______
- Also ______
- You are uniquely qualified, tell them why ?
- Ask for help from friends/colleagues
Crafting the Bio 👩🚀 continue ...
Few questions:
- What coolest thing have you accomplished?
- Why you ?
- What's important about you, which is not there in your resume ?
- Mention link of previous talk (can be from meetups)
Let's look into some examples
Don't be sad and afraid on rejections
Resources 🧳
Start with your local meetup group :)
