De-bricking yourself

De-bricking yourself Starting out as a speaker

5 minutes, 5 topics

Get inspired by watching others
Learn to endure yourself
Talk about things you are passionate about
Do not trust any technology
Share pain and excitement

Get inspired by watching others

Learn to endure yourself

Record screencasts, podcasts
Watch videos of yourself
Be comfortable with yourself - have good friends to point out flaws

Talk about things you are passionate about

If you don't care about what you say, you'll deliver an awful talk
Easy to find materials to use

Computers = bastards

Don't rely on your laptop
Don't rely on your slides+notes
Never trust projectors

Share pain and excitement

Tell stories
Share how you learned what you tell people
Share success and failure stories

Thanks

Red panda (Firefox)

Chris Heilmann
@codepo8
http://icant.co.uk/talks/h5/five-speaker-things.html