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

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

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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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