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Ricardo Ferreira: [email protected] Jay Miller: [email protected] Elastic Community Conference CfP Clinic

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Agenda ❑ General guidelines about talks (10 minutes) ❑ Time to sanitize your abstracts (10 minutes) ❑ Open discussion and feedback (40 minutes) Reminder: Make sure the Google Doc has the proper permissions.

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General Guidelines (10 mins)

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1. creating a talk is like telling a story with three main parts.

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Three parts of the talk 1. Connecting to the audience. 2. Provide a technical background. 3. Apply the technical background.

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2. Fine Tune your abstract according to the guidelines of the conference.

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Fine tune your abstract 1. Stay inline with the conference theme. 2. Keep it short. Keep it sweet. Keep it focused. 3. Careful with naming and mental associations.

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3. Write a scannable content.

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Write a scannable content 1. mind longer paragraphs with no commas. 2. Write as if you were selling something. 3. dry (don’t repeat yourself) is a golden rule.

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4. Deliver something actionable.

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Deliver something actionable 1. The audience should leave your talk with a plan. 2. It is never about yourself. It is about them! 3. If approved your talk still needs relevance.

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Just Don’t do it 1. Create long or boring titles. Make them catchy. 2. Don’t over describe the solution. Save the meat. 3. no sales pitches. Keep it open. Keep it elastic. 4. Don’t submit without proofreading the text. 5. Use implied/subjective jargon. Speak clearly.

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Sanitize your Abstracts (10 mins)

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Open discussion And feedback (40 mins)

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Open Discussion and feedback ❑ Speak up and share your abstract idea. ❑ Alternatively, reach out via chat. We will divide and conquer to serve everybody. ❑ We may need to send your review after.

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THANK YOU Ricardo Ferreira: [email protected] Jay Miller: [email protected]