Presented at AltConf 2018 on June 5th, 2018 using Deckset.
I HATEPUBLIC SPEAKINGSo why do I keep doing it?
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FRANCISCO DÍAZfranciscodiaz.cl@FCO_DIAZ
2010 – 2014
WHY DO YOUGIVE TALKS?
"GIVE BACKTO THECOMMUNITY"
"SHAREMY KNOWLEDGE"
1 MONTHBEFORE THE CONFERENCE
1 WEEKBEFORE THE CONFERENCE
YESTERDAY
9PUNTO5
I HAVE APANIC DISORDER
A BIG CROWD
CLOSEDSPACES
UNDER PRESSURE
CONFERENCES?
SISYPHUS
STARTINGIS ALWAYSHARD
AND WEFORGET
AND IT LOOKSCOMFORTABLE
You should never be comfortable, man.Being comfortable fouled up a lot ofmusicians.— Miles Davis
NO ONE EVER GREWBY STAYING IN THEIRCONFORT ZONE
WHY DO ITALK IN PUBLIC?
DESPITEBECAUSETHEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE
AFTERWARDS..
I learnedSOMETHING NEW
I spokeTO NEW PEOPLE
ARE NOTABOUT THE TALKS
THEY'RE ABOUTTHE PEOPLE
WHY DIDN'T I GIVETALKS BEFORE?
"My job is towrite software"
MY JOB IS TOCOMMUNICATE
IMPROVESYOUR COMMUNICATIONSKILLS
"I don't haveanything prepared"
"I don't knowwhat to talkabout"
TEACH WHENYOU LEARN SOMETHING
"But I'm notan expert"
My whole life has been one bigimprovisation— Clint Eastwood
SHOW YOUR LEARNINGPROCESS
MAKINGMISTAKESIS PART OF LEARNING
"I don't knowhow to speak inpublic"
STEP 1:RESEARCH
STEP 2:DRAFT / SLIDES
DECKSET / MACDOWN
STEP 3:REHEARSE
IT SEEMS LIKE IT NEVER ENDS
GOING UPTHE HILL
BUT ATSOME POINT
WRITETEACHORGANIZEPARTICIPATE
The struggle itself toward the heights isenough to fill a man'sheart.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.— Albert Camus
THANK YOUfranciscodiaz.cl@FCO_DIAZ