Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Getting the most out of a conference
Search
Corey Haines
August 03, 2012
Technology
3
240
Getting the most out of a conference
Talk at Steel City Ruby Conf 2012
Corey Haines
August 03, 2012
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Corey Haines
See All by Corey Haines
Yay! Mocks!
coreyhaines
4
300
Other Decks in Technology
See All in Technology
なぜ私はいま、ここにいるのか? #もがく中堅デザイナー #プロダクトデザイナー
bengo4com
0
1.3k
OPENLOGI Company Profile
hr01
0
67k
本が全く読めなかった過去の自分へ
genshun9
0
710
あなたの声を届けよう! 女性エンジニア登壇の意義とアウトプット実践ガイド #wttjp / Call for Your Voice
kondoyuko
4
500
AIとともに進化するエンジニアリング / Engineering-Evolving-with-AI_final.pdf
lycorptech_jp
PRO
0
140
強化されたAmazon Location Serviceによる新機能と開発者体験
dayjournal
3
250
モバイル界のMCPを考える
naoto33
0
350
登壇ネタの見つけ方 / How to find talk topics
pinkumohikan
5
590
AWS Summit Japan 2025 Community Stage - App workflow automation by AWS Step Functions
matsuihidetoshi
1
310
How Community Opened Global Doors
hiroramos4
PRO
1
130
AI専用のリンターを作る #yumemi_patch
bengo4com
3
1.9k
Beyond Kaniko: Navigating Unprivileged Container Image Creation
f30
0
100
Featured
See All Featured
XXLCSS - How to scale CSS and keep your sanity
sugarenia
248
1.3M
I Don’t Have Time: Getting Over the Fear to Launch Your Podcast
jcasabona
32
2.4k
A Tale of Four Properties
chriscoyier
160
23k
Become a Pro
speakerdeck
PRO
28
5.4k
Art, The Web, and Tiny UX
lynnandtonic
299
21k
Practical Orchestrator
shlominoach
188
11k
Easily Structure & Communicate Ideas using Wireframe
afnizarnur
194
16k
It's Worth the Effort
3n
185
28k
ピンチをチャンスに:未来をつくるプロダクトロードマップ #pmconf2020
aki_iinuma
124
52k
Speed Design
sergeychernyshev
32
1k
Designing Dashboards & Data Visualisations in Web Apps
destraynor
231
53k
Into the Great Unknown - MozCon
thekraken
39
1.9k
Transcript
#SCRC12 Friday, August 3, 12
Getting the most out of a conference @coreyhaines Friday, August
3, 12
Why are we here? @coreyhaines #SCRC12 Friday, August 3, 12
But First Friday, August 3, 12
30-minute talks Friday, August 3, 12
30-minute hallway Friday, August 3, 12
30-minute talks 30-minute hallway Friday, August 3, 12
30-minute hallway 30-minute talks Friday, August 3, 12
Meeting people Friday, August 3, 12
We are here to talk Friday, August 3, 12
Hard Friday, August 3, 12
Introverts Friday, August 3, 12
Shy Friday, August 3, 12
http://xkcd.com/1089/ Friday, August 3, 12
introvert != shy Tenderlove Says! Friday, August 3, 12
Is she shy? Why isn’t she playing with indeterminate animal?
Friday, August 3, 12
Challenge for you Friday, August 3, 12
Meet 20 people Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Meeting people • Have lunch with a new group •
Listen for dinner activities Friday, August 3, 12
Never Friday, August 3, 12
Never, Never Friday, August 3, 12
Never, Never, Never Friday, August 3, 12
Never Eat Alone! Friday, August 3, 12
Eat with people you don’t know Friday, August 3, 12
I once was introduced at lunch to Dave Thomas! Friday,
August 3, 12
ZOMG! Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
OTI Dave Thomas Smalltalk Dave Thomas Friday, August 3, 12
My mentor’s mentor Friday, August 3, 12
Meeting people • Find someone standing alone • Find a
group Friday, August 3, 12
What can you talk about? • Where are you from?
• What are you working on these days? • Interesting new things you’ve learned? Friday, August 3, 12
Talk about Zak? What’s she doing? CRAZY! Friday, August 3,
12
Don’t be afraid to just listen Friday, August 3, 12
What about the talks? Friday, August 3, 12
Talks are conversation starters Friday, August 3, 12
Please don’t • Have your computer open • Feel bad
about missing them Friday, August 3, 12
Speakers Friday, August 3, 12
I get nervous Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
I was self-taught; I learned badly, haphazardly. And yet, when
life put me in touch with those who were the most delightful and brilliant people of my age, a Stravinsky, or a Picasso, I neither felt stupid, nor embarassed. - Coco Chanel Friday, August 3, 12
Remember, talks are conversation starters Friday, August 3, 12
Participate • Birds of a Feather session • Lightning Talks
• Coding activities Friday, August 3, 12
After the day is done Friday, August 3, 12
Participate Friday, August 3, 12
ZOMG! Jim Weirich! Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
After the conference is done Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Present your thoughts later! Friday, August 3, 12
Conferences are reunions Friday, August 3, 12
If conferences are about meeting people Friday, August 3, 12
Then let’s do it! Friday, August 3, 12
Challenge for you Friday, August 3, 12
Meet 20 people Friday, August 3, 12
Questions • What’s your name? • What are you working
on? • “Corey says” What’s your favorite gem these days? Friday, August 3, 12
Meet 3 people around you now! Friday, August 3, 12