Armagan Amcalar
Women Techmakers Berlin
August 12th, 2019
Public speaking workshop pt 1
You should give a talk this year!
Who am I?
Armagan Amcalar
Senior Engineering Manager @ Wayfair
Founder @ Lonca Works and Nimble Career Network
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Check out the following
My conference talks, slides and videos
My talk abstracts
https://www.papercall.io/speakers/armaganamcalar
My talk videos
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9pDl_Oth4cqFEFDbKPU89-3DBv33VEun
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Let's talk about talking
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Why you should talk
Common problems and challenges
Types of talks
Topic selection
Guideline
Tips & tricks for writing
Building outlines
Preparation for the speech
What's next on other meetings
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Meeting 2
Recap of the basics
Write down ideas and drafts
Review drafts like a pro
Submit at least one talk to a conference!
Meeting 3
Lightning (and longer) talks out of our proposals!
Best practices of giving a speech
Why you should talk
Diversity
Sense of self-respect & self-acknowledgement
You have something in your mind that nobody believes
Spreading your knowledge, and selflessness
To learn a topic better
Meeting other people in the field
Travelling the world
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Common problems & Challenges
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Types of talks
Introduction to technologies
Live demo
Live coding
Practical examples
Approaches / theoretical
Thought provoking
Visionary
Dreamy
Fun / rhetorical
Experiences that no one has
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Topic selection
Anything is a topic
A History of Errors & a Future of Solutions
Native BigInts in JavaScript: A Case Study in TC39
Asynchrony: Under the Hood
Merge Conflict: a case study and application of peer conflict management training in Node.js
References: https://2018.jsconf.eu/schedule/#day1
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Guideline
No agenda slides
Start with a premise
Tell a story, even though it's technical
Do live demos, do them well. Prepare for the failure scenario
People can read code faster than you can type
Talk in their level
Variations of a talk according to time / audience
Cultural differences between audiences
The same talk can be 5 seconds, 5 minutes, 25 minutes, or two hours
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Tips and tricks for writing
WHAT are you talking about?
WHY should they listen to this talk?
HOW will they benefit from it?
Ask questions
Pique interest
Underline this is something nobody thought of
Be unique, be you
Have an elevator pitch ready
Start with a premise
End with a premise
Give resolutions
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Building outlines
State a problem
State a premise
State a solution
Why does that solution work for that problem?
Show that it works
State the premise again
Wrap up
The same talk can be 5 seconds, 5 minutes, 25 minutes, or two hours
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Preparation for the speech
Mirror practice
Recording practice
Giving the talk to peers
Writing everything down
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thank you!
Let's keep in touch!
Armagan Amcalar
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https://slides.com/armaganamcalar/wtmb-public-speaking-2-pt-1
