Tech Talks

Logistics

• Tuesday afternoons: ~3 talks
• 10 minutes long

• Chosen, prepared, rehearsed and delivered by you!

• Can be about any programming, computing or industry concept

Why? 

• Teaching to learn
• Exposure to new technologies and/or deeper knowledge of familiar technologies

• Practice communication, build public speaking confidence 

Giving a killer tech talk

• Put in the effort!
• Ask for advice
• Follow up

Selecting a topic

Breadth vs. Depth

Breadth of knowledge

Depth

of expertise

Breadth of knowledge

Depth of expertise

• Node.js streams
• advanced angular directives
• terminal wizardry
• CSS animations
• $digest loop
• XSRF (web security) 

Preparation

• research your topic
• overcome inertia by making an outline
• choose your tools

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