Why and How to Give A Technical Talk

or

Giving Talks for Fun and Profit

Ryan Hayes

TriDev Meetup

11/13/2018

There's nothing you can get out of this meetup that you can't get from the Internet." -TriJS Meetup Attendee

So what can't  you get outside of a meetup?

(or is at least a lot harder to get)

In-person Industry Relationships

 

Swag!

Speaking Experience

Why is speaking important for people who code?

  • Better at distilling ideas
  • Confidence
  • Personal branding
  • Recognition in a topic
  • Good for upward career mobility

And the most surprising part...

Introversion and Extroversion is a dial that can be trained like physical fitness.

More reading: https://www.inc.com/joshua-spodek/there-are-no-such-things-as-introversion-or-extroversion.html

Yea, but what do I talk about?

  • Summarize a blog post
  • Summarize a YouTube Video
  • Pros/Cons and Recommendation Pitches
  • Introduction to a library, framework, or concept
  • Any current development topic + your take

ex·pe·ri·ence

/ˌikˈspirēəns/

noun

  1. practical contact with and observation of facts or events.

and your experience of their contents?

Your experience is valuable to someone, so share it!

Ryan Hayes

@RyannosaurusRex

ryanhayes.net

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By Ryan Hayes