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Speaker support of presented at OSBridge 2014

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Supporting New Speakers

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New speakers Consumers

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Consumers? Event organizers Attendees People at home

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Why? How? Tips & Tricks

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Why should we care?

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We want awesome talks

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awesome talks

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awesome talks Expand your knowledge Challenge preconceptions Leave you feeling inspired

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awesome talks Expand your knowledge Challenge preconceptions Leave you feeling inspired

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awesome talks Expand your knowledge Challenge preconceptions Leave you feeling inspired

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What’s not awesome?

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same people

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same talks

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same topics

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same way

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same conferences

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! year 2012

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after year ! year 2012 2013

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after year after year ! year 2012 2013 2014

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Even with great speakers, it can get boring.

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Sometimes they want to take a break.

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And they’re not all great speakers…

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SPEAKER LAW OF INERTIA

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SPEAKER LAW OF INERTIA A person who speaks

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SPEAKER LAW OF INERTIA A person who speaks will continue to speak

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SPEAKER LAW OF INERTIA A person who speaks will continue to speak unless acted upon

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SPEAKER LAW OF INERTIA A person who speaks will continue to speak unless acted upon by an outside force.

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I want us to be that outside force

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new speakers shake up the status quo

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homogenous the status quo is

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homogenous

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homogenous is boring

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diversity

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diversity is interesting

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diversity of passions

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diversity of ideas

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diversity of experiences

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diversity of backgrounds

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don’t forget the elephant in the room

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diversity of speaker lineups

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THIS IS A DRAMATIZATION

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THIS IS A DRAMATIZATION Any resemblance to real events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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VanillaTechConf is excited to announce the speaker lineup for 2014!

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We are disappointed in the homogenous speaker lineup.

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We tried, but we couldn’t find any other speakers.

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NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

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It doesn’t have to be this way…

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Supporting new speakers can help.

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Don’t worry

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Don’t worry This isn’t a unicorn talk

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Why should you become a speaker?

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public speaking is good for you

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public speaking is good for you* *with exceptions

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Improve confidence

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After speaking in front of 100s of strangers, a lot of other things seem way less scary

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Promote your ideas

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Promote yourself

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Meet awesome people

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Be the change you want to see

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Before you start looking for excuses…

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I’m not a big name.

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Not needed for a CFP

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Call F P

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Call For P

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Call For Proposals

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I’m not an expert.

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what you think you need to know

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what you actually need to know

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You are an expert on your experiences

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Experts aren’t always the best for the job

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expert

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beginner expert

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beginner expert

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I don’t have anything interesting to say.

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this is my skeptical face

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Impostor Syndrome

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I’m afraid of public speaking.

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Give & Get Support

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Event Organizers

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Experienced Speakers • Plant the seed • Provide advice • Mentor • Start a support group

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Tech Conf Speaker Support of

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Brainstorming

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Selecting Events

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Proposal Writing

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Expectations Management

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Suckin’ at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.

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Expectations Management

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Talk Preparation

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General Support

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Individuals

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Start Small

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Lightning Talks

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Lightning Talks 5 mins

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Speaking at work

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User Groups

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>14,350 clubs in 122 countries

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Don’t alienate your audience

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So easy your mom can do it

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So easy your mom can do it

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It’s not open mic night

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Don’t live code

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Don’t read us your blog post

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Slides

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Keep It Simple

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YOUR SLIDES ARE NOT AN EYE CHART

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don’t use tiny text

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use big text

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use huge text

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use ridiculously massive text

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on slides

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def merge_sort(m) return m if m.length <= 1 middle = m.length / 2 left = m[0,middle] right = m[middle..-1] left = merge_sort(left) right = merge_sort(right) merge(left, right) end def merge(left, right) result = [] until left.empty? || right.empty? if left.first <= right.first result << left.shift else result << right.shift end end result + left + right end ary = [7,6,5,9,8,4,3,1,2,0] p merge_sort(ary) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

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def merge_sort(m) return m if m.length <= 1 middle = m.length / 2 left = m[0,middle] right = m[middle..-1] left = merge_sort(left) right = merge_sort(right) merge(left, right) end

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def merge_sort(m) return m if m.length <= 1 middle = m.length / 2 left = m[0,middle] right = m[middle..-1] left = merge_sort(left) right = merge_sort(right) merge(left, right) end

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def merge_sort(m) # Return if already sorted # Split into left and right # Sort left and right ! # Merge end

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def merge_sort(m) # Return if already sorted return m if m.length <= 1 # Split into left and right # Sort left and right ! # Merge end

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def merge_sort(m) # Return if already sorted # Split into left and right middle = m.length / 2 left = m[0,middle] right = m[middle..-1] # Sort left and right ! # Merge end

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def merge_sort(m) # Return if already sorted # Split into left and right # Sort left and right left = merge_sort(left) right = merge_sort(right) ! # Merge end

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def merge_sort(m) # Return if already sorted # Split into left and right # Sort left and right ! # Merge merge(left, right) end

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def merge(left, right) result = [] until left.empty? || right.empty? if left.first <= right.first result << left.shift else result << right.shift end end result + left + right end

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def merge(left, right) result = [] until left.empty? || right.empty? if left.first <= right.first result << left.shift else result << right.shift end end result + left + right end

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def merge(left, right) result = [] until left.empty? || right.empty? if left.first <= right.first result << left.shift else result << right.shift end end result + left + right end

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def merge(left, right) result = [] until left.empty? || right.empty? if left.first <= right.first result << left.shift else result << right.shift end end result + left + right end

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def merge(left, right) result = [] until left.empty? || right.empty? if left.first <= right.first result << left.shift else result << right.shift end end result + left + right end

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def merge(left, right) result = [] until left.empty? || right.empty? if left.first <= right.first result << left.shift else result << right.shift end end result + left + right end

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Don’t put important content at the bottom

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High Contrast

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Crappy Projectors

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Color Blindness

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Project Results

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Project Results

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Supporting Imagery

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The Noun Project

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flickr

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Pop Culture

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ALL THE MEMES!

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ALL THE MEMES!

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ALL THE MEMES!

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ALL THE MEMES! such meme wow

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ALL THE MEMES! such meme wow

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ALL THE MEMES! such meme wow

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ALL THE MEMES! such meme wow

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ALL THE MEMES! such meme wow

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ALL THE MEMES! such meme wow

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Practice.

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Practice. Practice.

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Practice. Practice. Practice.

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Memorize what's important. The rest you make your own.

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Only way to do that keep sayin’ it… and sayin' it… and sayin' it…

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Playtest your talk

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Playtest your talk June 13 - playtest June 25 - real talk

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Plan for technical difficulties

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Become a Speaker

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Support New Speakers

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Julie Pagano @juliepagano Thank you!

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Additional Resources

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Blog Posts • I Support Speakers and So Can You - http://juliepagano.com/blog/ 2014/04/27/i-support-speakers-and-so-can-you/ • Presentation Skills Considered Harmful by Kathy Sierra - http:// seriouspony.com/blog/2013/10/4/presentation-skills-considered- harmful • http://weareallaweso.me/ • http://cognition.happycog.com/article/so-why-should-I-speak-publicly • http://writing.jan.io/2013/05/10/how-to-give-the-killer-tech-talk---a- pamphlet.html • http://blog.pamelafox.org/2013/08/why-do-i-speak-at- conferences.html

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Talks About Talking • Conference Submissions and Presentations by Matthew McCullough - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=fJz4JJIchaY&feature=youtu.be - Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/ matthewmccullough/conference-submissions- and-presentations

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Presentation Tools Many beginners may be unsure what to use to create a presentation. Below are some tools I’ve used before. I don’t think there’s a “right” tool. Pick the one that is easy for you to use and meets your needs. • Keynote (Mac only) • PowerPoint (Windows and OSX) • Google Drive Presentation (browser) • Reveal.js - http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/ (browser)

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About Pycon • PyCon 2014 - Summer Update - http:// pycon.blogspot.com/2013/08/pycon-2014- summer-update.html • PyCon 2014 - Thanks! - http://pycon.blogspot.com/ 2014/04/pycon-2014-thanks.html • Conference Recap: PyCon 2014 - http:// juliepagano.com/blog/2014/04/14/conference- recap-pycon-2014/

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Other Conferences PyCon isn’t the only conference doing outreach to support new speakers. Here are some others: • https://thestrangeloop.com/attendees/diversity- scholarships • Beating the Odds — How We got 25% Women Speakers for JSConf EU 2012 - http:// 2012.jsconf.eu/2012/09/17/beating-the-odds-how- we-got-25-percent-women-speakers.html

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Imagery Resources Places to find imagery for your talks: • The Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/ • Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/search/? q=test&l=cc&ct=0&mt=all&adv=1 • Wikimedia Commons - http:// commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Example Early Speakers • Nell Shamrell - Behind the Curtain - Madison Ruby 2012 • Behind the Curtain: Applying lessons learned from years in the Theatre to crafting software applications. • http://www.confreaks.com/videos/1093- madisonruby2012-behind-the-curtain-applying- lessons-learned-from-years-in-the-theatre-to- crafting-software-applications

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Example Early Speakers • Stephen Ball - Deliberate Git - Steel City Ruby 2013 • In Deliberate Git I'll share how to use Git to write detailed commits that craft a cohesive story about the code without giving up a good programming flow. • https://speakerdeck.com/sdball/deliberate-git • https://vimeo.com/72762735

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My Speaking Timeline Throughout the talk, I mention that people should start small and can progress over time. I thought it might be interesting to share a timeline of my progression as a speaker over time, but it didn’t fit in the time for the talk. I’m leaving it here in case it interests you. You can find links to slides and videos from these talks on my site: http://juliepagano.com/speaking/

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My Speaking Timeline • April 2012 - Lightning talk at work retreat (first talk) • July 2012 - Lightning talk at PghRb • August 2012 - Lightning talk at Steel City Ruby • January 2013 - Speaking support group created • February 2013 - Lightning talk at PghRb • June 2013 - Conference speaker at Pittsburgh TechFest (first conference talk)

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My Speaking Timeline • August 2013 - Conference speaker (alternate) at Steel City Ruby • September 2013 - Conference speaker at Nickel City Ruby • April 2014 - Conference speaker at PyCon • June 2014 - Keynote speaker at OSBridge (first keynote)

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Attribution

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Attribution • Presentation designed by XOXO from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/presentation/23951/ • Happy designed by Julien Deveaux from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/happy/43940/ • Neutral designed by Julien Deveaux from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/neutral/43949/ • Calendar designed by Daniel Llamas Soto from the Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/term/calendar/38232/ • Happy designed by Julien Deveaux from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/happy/43961/

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Attribution • Man designed by Simon Child from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/man/22453/ • Man designed by Simon Child from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/man/22486/ • Man designed by Simon Child from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/man/22466/ • Man designed by Joshua McMahan from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/man/13856/ • Man designed by Simon Child from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/man/22473/

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Attribution • Man designed by Simon Child from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/man/22956/ • Neutral designed by Julien Deveaux from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/neutral/43968/ • Sick designed by Julien Deveaux from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/sick/43969/ • Angry designed by Julien Deveaux from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/angry/43964/ • Surprised designed by Julien Deveaux from the Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/term/surprised/43962/

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Attribution • Surprised designed by Julien Deveaux from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/surprised/43962/ • Dialog designed by Reed Enger from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/dialog/6070/ • Thought designed by Adam Zubin from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/thought/35709/ • Chicken and Egg from Wikimedia Commons - http:// commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: %E0%B9%84%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%81%E0 %B9%88.jpg • Baseball Field designed by Erik Wagner from the Noun Project -

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Attribution • Baseball Field designed by Erik Wagner from the Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/term/baseball-field/25079/ • Chat designed by Mister Pixel from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/chat/36835/ • Brainstorm designed by Bastien Ho from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/brainstorm/20036/ • Lightning Bolt designed by daisy binks from the Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/term/lightning-bolt/9601/ • Microphone designed by Eric Bird from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/microphone/28757/

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Attribution • MST 3K - free vector by the-biggest-lebowski on DeviantArt - http:// the-biggest-lebowski.deviantart.com/art/MST-3K-free- vector-91900530 • User designed by Lil Squid from the thenounproject.com - http:// thenounproject.com/term/user/26020/ • User designed by Lil Squid from the thenounproject.com - http:// thenounproject.com/term/user/26017/ • User designed by Rémy Médard from the thenounproject.com - http://thenounproject.com/term/user/2553/ • User designed by Lil Squid from the thenounproject.com - http:// thenounproject.com/term/user/26028/

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Attribution • Speech Bubble designed by Pascual Bilotta from the Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/term/speech-bubble/9513/ • Calendar designed by James Keuning from the Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/term/calendar/9826/ • Dead designed by Julien Deveaux from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/dead/43902/ • Merge Sort in Ruby from Rosetta Code - http://rosettacode.org/ wiki/Sorting_algorithms/Merge_sort#Ruby