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I hate public speaking. So why do I keep doing it?
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Francisco Díaz
June 05, 2018
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I hate public speaking. So why do I keep doing it?
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Francisco Díaz
June 05, 2018
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Transcript
I HATE PUBLIC SPEAKING So why do I keep doing
it?
FRANCISCO DÍAZ franciscodiaz.cl @FCO_DIAZ
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2010 – 2014
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WHY DO YOU GIVE TALKS?
"GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY"
"SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE"
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1 MONTH BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
1 WEEK BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
YESTERDAY
9PUNTO5
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I HAVE A PANIC DISORDER
A BIG CROWD
CLOSED SPACES
UNDER PRESSURE
CONFERENCES?
SISYPHUS
STARTING IS ALWAYS HARD
AND WE FORGET
AND IT LOOKS COMFORTABLE
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up
a lot of musicians. — Miles Davis
NO ONE EVER GREW BY STAYING IN THEIR CONFORT ZONE
WHY DO I TALK IN PUBLIC?
DESPITE BECAUSE THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE
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AFTERWARDS..
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I learned SOMETHING NEW
I spoke TO NEW PEOPLE
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ARE NOT ABOUT THE TALKS
THEY'RE ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHY DIDN'T I GIVE TALKS BEFORE?
"My job is to write software"
MY JOB IS TO COMMUNICATE
IMPROVES YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS
"I don't have anything prepared"
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"I don't know what to talk about"
TEACH WHEN YOU LEARN SOMETHING
"But I'm not an expert"
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My whole life has been one big improvisation — Clint
Eastwood
SHOW YOUR LEARNING PROCESS
MAKING MISTAKES IS PART OF LEARNING
"I don't know how to speak in public"
STEP 1: RESEARCH
STEP 2: DRAFT / SLIDES
DECKSET / MACDOWN
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STEP 3: REHEARSE
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IT SEEMS LIKE IT NEVER ENDS
GOING UP THE HILL
BUT AT SOME POINT
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WRITE TEACH ORGANIZE PARTICIPATE
The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill
a man's heart.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy. — Albert Camus
THANK YOU franciscodiaz.cl @FCO_DIAZ