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I hate public speaking. So why do I keep doing it?

I hate public speaking. So why do I keep doing it?

Presented at AltConf 2018 on June 5th, 2018 using Deckset.

Francisco Díaz

June 05, 2018
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  1. I HATE
    PUBLIC SPEAKING
    So why do I keep doing it?

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  2. FRANCISCO DÍAZ
    franciscodiaz.cl
    @FCO_DIAZ

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  4. 2010 – 2014

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  7. WHY DO YOU
    GIVE TALKS?

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  8. "GIVE BACK
    TO THE
    COMMUNITY"

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  9. "SHARE
    MY KNOWLEDGE"

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  11. 1 MONTH
    BEFORE THE CONFERENCE

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  12. 1 WEEK
    BEFORE THE CONFERENCE

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  13. YESTERDAY

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  14. 9PUNTO5

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  16. I HAVE A
    PANIC DISORDER

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  17. A BIG CROWD

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  18. CLOSED
    SPACES

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  19. UNDER PRESSURE

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  20. CONFERENCES?

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  21. SISYPHUS

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  22. STARTING
    IS ALWAYS
    HARD

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  23. AND WE
    FORGET

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  24. AND IT LOOKS
    COMFORTABLE

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  25. You should never be comfortable, man.
    Being comfortable fouled up a lot of
    musicians.
    — Miles Davis

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  26. NO ONE EVER GREW
    BY STAYING IN THEIR
    CONFORT ZONE

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  27. WHY DO I
    TALK IN PUBLIC?

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  28. DESPITE
    BECAUSE
    THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE

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  30. AFTERWARDS..

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  32. I learned
    SOMETHING NEW

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  33. I spoke
    TO NEW PEOPLE

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  35. ARE NOT
    ABOUT THE TALKS

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  36. THEY'RE ABOUT
    THE PEOPLE

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  37. WHY DIDN'T I GIVE
    TALKS BEFORE?

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  38. "My job is to
    write software"

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  39. MY JOB IS TO
    COMMUNICATE

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  40. IMPROVES
    YOUR COMMUNICATION
    SKILLS

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  41. "I don't have
    anything prepared"

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  45. "I don't know
    what to talk
    about"

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  46. TEACH WHEN
    YOU LEARN SOMETHING

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  47. "But I'm not
    an expert"

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  49. My whole life has been one big
    improvisation
    — Clint Eastwood

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  50. SHOW YOUR LEARNING
    PROCESS

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  51. MAKING
    MISTAKES
    IS PART OF LEARNING

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  52. "I don't know
    how to speak in
    public"

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  53. STEP 1:
    RESEARCH

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  54. STEP 2:
    DRAFT / SLIDES

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  55. DECKSET / MACDOWN

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  57. STEP 3:
    REHEARSE

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  59. IT SEEMS LIKE IT NEVER ENDS

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  60. GOING UP
    THE HILL

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  61. BUT AT
    SOME POINT

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  63. WRITE
    TEACH
    ORGANIZE
    PARTICIPATE

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  64. The struggle itself toward the heights is
    enough to fill a man's
    heart.

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  65. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
    — Albert Camus

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  66. THANK YOU
    franciscodiaz.cl
    @FCO_DIAZ

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