Fighting the Butterflies & giving your first Postgres conference talk | Claire Giordano

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CLAIRE GIORDANO @clairegiordano • @pg_at_msft • @AzureDBPostgres • @citusdata Fighting the Butterflies & giving your first Postgres conference talk

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2 Speaker Organizer Talk Selection Team

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5 Why do it?

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6 Why fight the butterflies? Coming up with ideas Getting accepted Creating talk Practicing talk

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7 Why fight butterflies? Because 3 groups benefit Postgres community Your team/project You! 1 2 3

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Teaching 1

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Part of “Library” of learning materials 1

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Inspire 1

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New-hire onboarding 2

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People give you (& team) feedback 2

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Shine a light // raise awareness about << topic >> 2

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Clarifies your thinking 14 3

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Gives you & your work visibility 3

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Help your boss to promote you 3

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17 Why fight the butterflies? Coming up with ideas Getting accepted Creating talk Practicing talk

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Some do their best thinking with pen & paper

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Others think best in the shower...

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Give yourself permission to come up with BAD ideas!

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21 So where do you find all these good (& bad) ideas?

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Write the ideas down before they disappear!

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You’re probably already expert in something!

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24 8 Types / Categories of Postgres talks

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25 Why fight the butterflies? Coming up with ideas Getting accepted Creating talk Practicing talk

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Do your homework!

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Don’t make people WONDER what your talk is about

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Your proposal has 2 different audiences!

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Do share proof points & evidence of skills ”Speaker experience” meetups

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30 New speakers are welcome & encouraged!

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New speakers Super-experienced speakers Everyone in between Call for Proposals (CFP) for POSETTE: An Event for Postgres is open until Sun Apr 7, 2024

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32 Should you fight the butterflies?

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@clairegiordano @clairegiordano@hachyderm.io aka.ms/PathToCitusCon z aka.ms/posette Merci