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Speaking Topics Brainstorm Workshop

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jivins centercentre.com

Jessica Ivins, Facilitator

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LET’S BRAINSTORM SPEAKING TOPICS

1YOU CAN SPEAK *

*Yes, you.

“I’m just here for the pizza. I don’t actually want to get into public speaking.”

-You, or the person next to you

You do have something valuable to share with the community.

“Me? I don’t have anything worthwhile to say.”

“Of course you do. We all do.”

Photo: http://www.kitf.photo/

This can also be your story.

2WORK-SHOP

First, we’ll generate ideas. Lots of ideas.

Quantity, not quality while generating ideas.

You’re going to generate ideas based on a series of questions.

What have you done (professionally) in the past month?

Learned Show & Hide with JQuery

Created Proto Personas for Project X

Mentored Junior Designer in Usability Testing

Interviewed UX Designer Candidates

Wrote a Blog Post on X

Organized UXPA Meetup

What have you done (professionally) in the past month?

You have 3 minutes to write down 8 things. Use the paper sheet provided. No laptops, tablets, or phones!

What have you done (professionally) in the last 6 months?

What have you learned or accomplished in the past 2 years?

What techniques or tools have you learned in the past 2 years?

What do you know how to do now that you didn’t know when you were in school?

What soft skills have you accumulated throughout your career?

Excited About

Want to Do More Of

Confident About

3SHARE IN GROUPS

Pick 2-3 of your top-ranked ideas. Top-ranked ideas have the most symbols next to them.

Discuss your top-ranked ideas as speaking topics. Share them with the group.

Each Person Takes a TurnShare Your 2-3 Topics Each Person Has 10 Minutes Ask Your Group:

If you were planning to attend this talk, what’s one thing you would expect to learn? What’s one question that you would expect me to answer in this talk? Based on the topic I described, who do you think is the target audience?

Share out!

What’s Next?

“I’m excited about my topics. Now what?”

Articles & Podcasts7 Tips for Giving the Best Presentation of Your Life (https://goo.gl/ZdQVeN) On Speaking (http://goo.gl/WD5KcJ) Speaking? Tips. (http://goo.gl/tMZYs6) Podcast: ‘I want Action, Man’ with Aarron Walter and Jared Spool (http://www.unfinished.bz/108)

Fill out the interest sheet. Leave it here.

An organizer will contact you about speaking for UXPA TV.

Return pens, please!

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Jessica Ivins, Facilitator

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THANK YOU