Global Diversity CFP Day (Munich) - Giving Engaging Talks

This brief presentation gives advices to new speakers on two important aspects of giving an engaging the talk: content and delivery. How do you pick a topic, esp. if you do not feel like an expert (btw, no one does). When delivering your talk, keep in mind you don't have to be a performer on stage. Consider getting started with a good storyline to guide your talk and basic body language keys to bring some dynamic movement to your presentation.

Transcript

1. Engaging Talks
   Julie Ng
   18 January 2020
   Munich, Germany
   

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2. • Architect, Full Stack Engineer
   • Working with the web since 1998
   • Organizer UX Munich 2013, 2015
   • First Conference Talk: Frontend
   Conference Zurich 2011
   • https://julie.io
   Julie Ng
   

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3. What makes an Engaging Talk?
   Content Delivery
   

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4. 1 - Content
   What should I talk about?
   ?
   

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5. DIY Full-stack JavaScript CI/CD
   DEEPLY TECHNICAL…
   Technical? Or bullshit bingo?
   BTW – this was my talk ;-)
   

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7. …
   Photo by meredith hunter on Unsplash
   

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8. …
   Photo by Tim Mudd on Unsplash
   

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9. A Great Talk
   CONTENT
   • Introduces “new” ideas – or
   presents old ones in a new light
   • Engages the audience
   • Inspires, makes you think
   • Is memorable
   Photo by Tachina Lee on Unsplash
   

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10. On Finding
    Purpose
    Burton Rast, Google
    Imagination, Desire
    and the Call of the
    Future
    David Delgado, NASA JPL
    BDD: Baby Driven
    Development
    Allison McMillan, GitHub
    About Life, Robots
    And Cats!
    Constanza Yáñez Calderón
    @JSConf EU
    Things I Wish I
    Knew Before Going
    Remote
    Marla Brizel Zeschin, Test Double
    Deep Technical? Not necessarily
    CONTENT
    The 30-Month
    Migration
    Glenn Vanderburg, First.io
    You Can’t
    Bubblebath The
    Burnout Away
    Jennifer Tu
    What experience
    do YOU want to
    share?
    

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11. GO make something great
    (with childlike naiveté)
    Thanks!
    “Coming of Age” at FFWD.pro
    ONE OF MY EARLY TALKS, 2012
    

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12. Your Story
    • Something you’re proud of?
    • Something you’ve struggled with?
    • What have you learned?
    • What are you excited about?
    General Topics
    • Post-Mortems
    • Soft Skills
    • Work Life Balance
    • Mental Health
    Topic Ideas
    CONTENT
    

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13. 2 - Delivery
    “People won’t remember what you say.
    But they will remember how you make
    them feel.”
    

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14. Photo by BRUNO CERVERA on Unsplash
    

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15. By Georgios Kaleadis
    

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16. Journey To The Stars
    by Georgios Kaleadis
    1. Anatomy Of A Star (1 Star)
    2. Starry Night (Many Stars)
    3. Shooting Stars (Animating Stars)
    4. Constellations (Grouping Stars)
    

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17. Simple Talk Structure
    STORY TELLING
    Story
    (zoom
    out)
    Technical
    (zoom
    in)
    Lesson
    (zoom
    out)
    

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18. Re-use and Repeat
    STORY STRUCTURE
    PART 1 PART 2 PART 3
    Intro to SVGs and
    sizing of circles
    Using JavaScript to
    generate many
    points
    Using CSS to
    animate circles
    Stargazing
    

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19. The Hero’s Journey
    DAN HARMON’S “CIRCLE THEORY OF STORY”
    You
    Need
    Go
    Search
    Find
    Take
    Return
    Change
    

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20. Body Language
    AUTHENTICITY
    Open Palms vs Closed Palms
    

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21. 1. Open Palms vs Closed Palms
    2. On the one hand… on the other hand…
    3. Side to side (unsure)
    4. Up and down (repetitive)
    5. Karate Chop
    6. Confidence Triangle
    Focus on the Hands
    BODY LANGUAGE
    

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22. 1. Don’t teach. Tell a story.
    2. Practice, practice, practice – before a conference, at
    many conferences
    3. Takeaways and Lessons are not about you – but rather
    the audience.
    Final Tips
    

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23. Good luck!
    and don’t forget to have fun :)
    

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