Algolia Speaker Program

Common blockers

I have nothing to say
I don't know of any conference
I don't know how to make slides
I have stage fright

Why should I talk?

"I'm a developer. I don't

talk

to people."

Main reasons

To share
To learn
For your career

From here to there

Casual

Informal discussions at the office

Internal

Presentation to a group of coworkers

Local

Talk at an outside meetup

National

Official talk at a paid conference

International

Travelling to several countries

Professional

Keynote level

What can I talk about?

"Me? I have nothing interesting to say."

You

have

things to say

Kill that little voice in your head...

You're

always

right when sharing

your

experience

Following the curve

Peak of Inflated Expectations:

Shiny new tech. Hacks. Side-projects

Through of Disillusionement:

Stories from the trenches. Post-mortem.

Slopes of Enlightment:

Quick start. Best practices. Tooling.

Plateau of Productivity:

Advanced techniques. Optimisation.

Topic-finding workshop

1. Dump all ideas

2. Gather feedback

3. Pick one

Be the mentor

you

would have loved to have

Where can I do a talk?

"I don't go to meetups, I know no one"

A successful talk is...

⅓ content
⅓ speaker
⅓ audience

How to apply?

Internal

Book a room
Tell your team

Meetups

Browse meetup.com
Easy to get accepted
Wait 1-2 months

Conferences

Submit Call For Paper
Track record
Competition
Wait ~6 months

How to fill a CFP

Public

Private

Where

Displayed on website.

Printed on program.

Goals

Help audience decide.

Competition against the other room.

How

Be explicit.

Social contract.

Don't break it.

How to fill a CFP

Public

Private

Where

Only between you and organizers.

Goals

Help the organizers decide.

Will it bring them more audience?

How

Talk to them.

Let them know who you are.

Links to slides, videos, articles.

How long should I talk?

"I could talk about that for hours!"

Please, don't.

Talk duration

10mn

Lightning talk.

18mn

Average attention span.

25-30mn

Usual conference.

Mental break every 30mn

How should I prepare my slides?

"I hate PowerPoint."

Pick the tool you like the most

Rule of thumb

1mn

of talk

of preparation

Writing stories is like moving in...

You put in boxes

Dump everything: ideas, sentences, images, links, etc

You group by room

Put related ideas into their own rooms

You draw the map

Create a logical path between rooms

You decorate each room

Highlight the best ideas in each room

Tim's roommate —

Writing stories is like moving in...

You put in boxes

Dump everything: ideas, sentences, images, links, etc

You group by room

Put related ideas into their own rooms

You draw the map

Create a logical path between rooms

You decorate each room

Highlight the best ideas in each room

Kyan Khojandi —

The Three R Rule:

eread

ehearse

emove

What is

the one thing

they need to remember?

The (other) Three R Rule:

epeat

Do's and Don'ts

Introduce yourself

Why should they listen to you? Say your name aloud.

Make the slides shareable

Should be understandable without sound.

Avoid long texts. Add your Twitter handle.

Keep the audience focused

Add a time indicator. Avoid animated GIF.

I don't want to go

"I'm scared."

It's

normal

It's the adrenaline rush

The Bifidus Myth

"What happens inside

can be seen on the outside"

You are a teapot

What happens inside, stays inside.

Lowering stress level

Be prepared

Check the room before.

Know your intro and outro.

Be protected

People are not here for you.

Your content is your shield.

Feel the adrenaline rush

You'll enjoy it.

You'll want to do it again.

DIY Experience

Record yourself

Use your smartphone.

Talk to the camera.

Watch yourself

Stop touching things

Stop moving

Listen to yourself

Remove verbal noises

Add silences