Beyond Words: The Public Speaking Skill Set

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1. Beyond Words: The Public Speaking Skill Set Dafna Mordechai TechGym, May 2025
2. Hello! ▷ Deep Learning Compiler Team Leader ▷ LOVES technology, and LOVES sharing it with others ▷ Mentor in public speaking & tech-blogging Twitter | X @Dafna_Mordechai https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafna-mordechai
3. Agenda The Public Speaking Skill Set Tips & Tricks Motivation
4. “Our POWER is in our ability to DECIDE.” – Buckminster Fuller
5. Motivation
6. Why Share Your Expertise? ★ Help others grow ★ Own what you know ★ Learn through teaching ★ Enhance your digital footprint
7. Why Share Your Expertise? ✨KARMA✨
8. “ “Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, it MUST be said again” -André Gide
9. YOU! ★ Everyone can benefit from sharing, at any level, and with any professional background! ★ Goals may vary Who Can Share Their Knowledge?
10. “ “There are no unique messages, only unique MESSENGERS” -Jadah Sellner
11. How to Share Your Expertise? ★ Technical Blogs ★ Tutorials ★ LinkedIn posts ★ Tech-blogging ★ Meetups ★ Conferences ★ Panel discussions ★ Workshops ★ Podcasts ★ YouTube videos ★ Online courses ★ Books
12. A Crash Course in Overcoming Demons “I'm not an expert." | "I don’t have an original idea.” | "My topic is not interesting." | “I have no experience with X." | "I'm not good at Y." | "Public speaking is scary." | "My English is not good enough.” WE ALL FACE THE SAME FEARS!
13. In fact, all these challenges are skills that: -> Can be acquired with professional guidance, -> Can be improved with practice and feedback, -> Can be overcome with self-compassion and encouragement from friends. A Crash Course in Overcoming Demons
14. Redefining What's Possible with GenAI
15. The Public Speaking Skill Set
16. Public Speaking: Skills Beyond Knowledge Teaching Abilities Performance Slide Crafting
18. What to Talk About? This is most likely what others will value the most. Find what interests YOU!
19. ▷ Architectural trade-offs - Design decisions you’ve made, and what you learned from them ▷ Development methodologies —A coding approach or workflow that worked (or didn’t), and why ▷ Side projects — small or experimental projects that led to big insights ▷ Internal tools or libraries — Something you built to solve a specific need, and how others might benefit ▷ Bugs you won’t forget — Real-world mistakes (yours or others’), how you debugged them, and what they taught you From Code to Conference: What to Talk About
21. value? But what is
22. If I will attend to this talk, what is the value for me? Information vs. Value WIFM ?
23. ★ Information ★ Statistics ★ Data ★ Knowledge ★ Skills ★ Insights ★ Technics ★ Tools ★ Know-How ★ Inspiration ★ Entertainment ★ Wisdom
24. Information Value ★ Conference talks ★ Workshops ★ Lightning talks ★ Sponsor’s paid talks
25. CFP In Practice
26. CFP = Title + Abstract + Bio + talk type & duration + talk outline (might be optional)
27. Talk Title Fun | Catchy | Short | Memorable | Curious !! Descriptive !!
28. Talk Abstract Context Talk Description Value What is the domain / topic / problem? What will be discussed? What is the main flow? WIFM - If I will attend to this talk, what is the value for me?
29. Talk Abstract Context Talk Description + Value
31. Speaker Bio ▷ Tailor your bio to the specific event and audience ▷ Be confident—highlight your strengths clearly ▷ Keep it concise and focused ▷ Make it personal and memorable
34. Tips & Tricks
35. Talk Outline ▷ What will be discussed? What is the main flow? ▷ Talk’s flow shall be crystal clear ▷ It’s simple: ◦ Time / Space / Topics ◦ But you can mix & match! ▷ Time grid first, content second ◦ The 2-slide-per-min rule* ◦ Set time-anchors
36. The Perfect Slide Deck ▷ Helps you teach clearly and playfully ▷ Enhance the learning process using visualization ▷ Contains a summary of the important points
37. SPICE IT UP!
38. vs.
39. DO NOT READ THIS! It will be hard for your audience not to read what’s in the presentation.
40. Font size 6 Font size 9 Font size 12 Font size 15 Font size 18 Font size 21 Font size 24 Font size 27 Font size 30 Font size 33 How Old Are You? Font size shall be twice the average participants age ;)
41. Fonts | Fonts | Fonts | Fonts | Fonts | Fonts
42. Pick a few fonts, use them to emphasize your point.
43. Fonts can be fun and unique. Don’t choose too many of them. But if they are not easily readable, they shouldn’t be used.
44. USE UPPER CASE WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOUT
45. Code Snippets def is_minimal_code: return examples_simplified and irrelevant_code_removed and variables_names_meaningful_or_foo_bar def is_readable_code: if large_font and is_minimal_code(): print(“Great snippet!”) return True else: return False
46. Live Coding?
47. Have a Backup!
48. Demo Time! +
49. Cultivate the Learning Process ▷ State the obvious when necessary, but do so respectfully ▷ Summarize key points to maintain audience engagement ▷ Address potential frustrations — if highlighting problems, also provide possible solutions Encourage learning through a playful approach
50. Be Prepared! ★ Do Dry run ★ Get feedback! ★ Memorise the first five minutes ★ Record yourself presenting
51. Dr. Disaster's Guide to Surviving A Catastrophe ★ Charge your laptop / headphones / presentation clicker ★ Turn off all notifications ★ Attend early to handle technical arrangements ★ Send your presentation to the organizers as a pdf file ★ Save a copy of the presentation on a USB-device ★ Record video of the Demo as a backup
52. First Aid for Stage Fright ▷ LOVE your audience ▷ Use power-posing ▷ F.E.A.R - Face Everything And Recover
53. Hard Work Pays Off! Hard Work Pays Off! Twitter | X @Dafna_Mordechai https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafna-mordechai
54. THANK YOU! Twitter: @Dafna_Mordechai https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafna-mordechai Thanks to “Slides Carnival” for the slides template! and to “Unsplash” for some of the photos!