Public Speaking

Why Speak

• Confidence in other aspects of your work
• Practice communicating information to various audiences
• Rewarding once you have done it
• Enhance your network and career prospects

Writing a presentations

Keep it simple and clear.

Understand / define who your audience is.

What points are you trying to get accross.

Starting speaking

• meetup groups
• first speaker events

What events to speak at

• events you enjoy attending
• events within the topic area
• events outside the topic area (if you have a more general topic)

Motivation

Maintaining motivation to keep presenting is challenging

• what have you done recently
• what do you really enjoy talking about
• what talks got the nicest feedback
• what do you want to learn

Impostor Syndrome

I cant think of any one I have met that hasnt experienced imposter syndrome at some point.

Many experienced public speakers feel this when they cannot think of a new talk or topic to present. This is similar to the experience that new speakers also experience.