Resources
May 21, 2017 · View on GitHub
Resources about public speaking.
Originally intended to be a bibliography of the talk, it has since expanded to include any resources we locate.
- speaking.io: Thoughts on public speaking by Zach Holman
- How do conference speakers get compensated by Curtis "Ovid" Poe
- Why you should give technical talks by Daphne Rouw
- The art of the keynote by Guy Kawasaki
- How to give a great talk, the lazy way by Donnie Berkholz
- Speaker style bingo: 10 presentation anti-patterns by Troy Hunt
- A collection of awesome resources about public speaking by Matteo Figus
- Give a Great Tech Talk 2 by Josh Berkus
- Proposing a Compelling Fluent Talk by Simon St. Laurent
- 5 Ways to Leave Your Fears Behind and Learn to Love Public Speaking by Kathryn Minshew
- How To Give a Great Ignite Talk by Scott Berkun
- Sample Proposals for O'Reilly Conferences By O'Reilly Media
- 10 Quick Tips for More Effective Conference Submissions and Presentations video by Matthew McCullough
- Women Who Code panel discussion on preparing for and speaking at technical conferences (video)
- Propose, Prepare, Present by Alistair Croll
- The Secret Structure of Great Talks by Nancy Duarte
- Helpful talk tips! by Paul Ford
- 3 Steps to Better Presentation Visuals by Harvard Business Review
- Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds
- The Shapes of Stories by Kurt Vonnegut
- 4 Secrets to Giving a Speech Worthy of a Standing Ovation by Baron Schwartz
- awesome-speakingrepository by Matteo Figus
- How to craft a successful OpenStack Summit proposal by Nicole Martinelli
- Doing a TED Talk: The Full Story by Tim Urban
- A white-label slide deck by Alice Bartlett
- 10 things you should NEVER say during presentations by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten
- How to start speaking (in tech conferences) by Karen Meep
- An Open Letter To Speakers by Scott Berkun
- Your slides do matter by Davey Shafik
- Experienced speakers discuss how they prepare their talks by Neil Bowers
- Let's stop tormenting speakers about these four normal qualities by Denise Graveline
- How to Write a Conference Talk Proposal by Rikki Endsley
- 7 tips for learning how to give a technical talk by Ala Hino
- Demystifying Public Speaking by Lara Hogan
- Why Your Excellent Conference Talk Was Rejected by Sarah Gray
- A Checklist for More Persuasive Presentations by Dorie Clark
- Three tips for getting a talk accepted at Fluent… or any other technology conference, tbh. by Ben Vinegar
- How to Become a Public Speaker in 1 Year: Gain the confidence to engage audiences on and offstage by Catt Small
- 10 ways for a conference to upset their speakers by Troy Hunt
- Speaker style bingo: 10 presentation anti-patterns by Troy Hunt
- VIDEO: How to get started with technical public speaking! by Scott Hanselman, Kendra Havens, Maria Naggaga Nakanwagi, Kasey Uhlenhuth, and Donovan Brown
- How to prepare and write a tech conference talk by Lena Reinhard
- A Public Speaking Experiment: Blank Slides by Florina Muntenescu
- The Three Things I’ve Learned From Eighteen Years of Public Speaking by Jer Thorpe
- Speech Anxiety for Game Developers by Brie Code
- WHY YOU SHOULD AIM FOR 100 REJECTIONS A YEAR by Kim Liao
- On conference proposal rejections by Tracy Osborn