A personal guide with practical tips and advice for giving effective and confident technical talks at meetups and conferences.
A Google developer reflects on public speaking in 2024, discussing talks on the Baseline project, CSS specifications, and the changing conference landscape.
A developer's guide to starting a public speaking career in tech, from first lightning talks to major conferences, based on personal experience.
A tech professional shares their recent speaking engagements at IT conferences, focusing on Azure networking, firewalls, and migration topics.
A conference speaker and organizer shares tips for preparing and submitting compelling tech talk abstracts, focusing on storytelling and structure.
A comprehensive guide for aspiring tech conference speakers, covering proposal writing, preparation, slides, demos, and networking benefits.
A developer reflects on a transformative 2022, transitioning from a staff frontend role to full-time open source work, releasing a book, and speaking at tech conferences.
A developer shares their proven process for successfully applying to and speaking at tech conferences, from research to submission.
A developer shares insights and lessons learned from speaking at tech conferences, including idea generation and personal experiences.
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A guide on writing effective conference talk abstracts to increase acceptance chances, based on experience reviewing hundreds of submissions.
A seasoned speaker and conference committee member explains the behind-the-scenes process of reviewing and selecting talks after a Call for Papers closes.
A developer advocate shares concise, opinionated advice for creating effective slide decks for tech conference talks, focusing on visual aids over content.
Tips for submitting a successful conference talk proposal (CfP), based on experience from both a speaker and program committee member.
A critique of speakers who cancel free tech events, arguing they disrespect attendees' time and organizers' resources despite no ticket revenue.
A developer details their year-long process for creating and delivering a single, well-prepared conference talk, demystifying the work behind public speaking.
A PowerShell developer shares his 2017 New Year's resolutions focused on blogging, community involvement, and improving his open-source project.
A developer announces and shares thoughts on preparing for their first major conference talks at NSSpain and FrenchKit, focusing on Swift and live-coding challenges.
A developer's 2015 year in review, highlighting open-source projects, conference talks, and goals for 2016.
