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and how to get there
Why you should pursue public speaking
About me@
yenn
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Hong Kong
Engineering Manager
#Eu
roPy
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● Why
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Agenda for today#
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Introduction@
yenn
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journey
Why public speaking@
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Why public speakingThe benefits I got from public speaking
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●communication
● crucial conversations● introverts
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hold us back
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Overcoming our fear
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Overcoming our fearWhat hold us back
#Eu
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● Forgetting● fraud● good enough
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racing
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What holds us back
Our heart racing
● nervousness● harbor●●
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What holds us back
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Forgetting
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What holds us back
Our heart racing
● nervousness● harbor●●
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What holds us back
Forgetting what to say
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What holds us back
Forgetting what to say
●○ comeback○ Time○
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What holds us back
Forgetting what to say
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What holds us back
Forgetting what to say
●○ without slides○ speaker notes○ Local copies○ adapters
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What holds us back
Forgetting what to say
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What holds us back
Forgetting what to say
●○ you blanked out →
○○ water
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What holds us back
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fraud
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What holds us back
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Being exposed as a fraud
#Eu
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What holds us back
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Being exposed as a fraud
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● the best
What holds us back
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good enough
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What holds us back
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Not being good enough
#Eu
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What holds us back
Perc
eive
d ab
ility
Actual ability
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Not being good enough
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● expectations
What holds us back
“One of the best advice for public speaking, is that your first talk will suck. You will get over it!” - Mario Stallone
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Not being good enough
#Eu
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● expectations● went better
What holds us back
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good enough
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Not being good enough
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How good is good enough?
#Eu
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Not being good enough
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How good is good enough?
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● engaging →actually be
a hit
Not being good enough
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get better
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How to get better
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How to get betterThe Lean Startup model
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Building the proposal
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“Most organizers spend a lot of time sourcing for talks!” - Antoine Minoux
How to get better
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How to get betterBuilding the proposal
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“I recommend you mention in your proposal how you would modify your talk for a shorter slot. That way, the program WG might consider your talk for a shorter slot, should they run out of longer slots.” - Raphael Pierzina
How to get betterBuilding the proposal
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Who - your target audienceWhat - what is the takeawayHow - how do you achieve that (e.g. showing code snippets, walk through examples, theories)
How to get betterBuilding the proposal
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on ● interested● call for proposal● “Who, what and how”● experience
How to get betterBuilding the proposal
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on ● interested● call for proposal● “Who, what and how”● experience● Apply again
How to get betterBuilding the proposal
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How to get betterBuilding the talk
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● feedback crew● audience
practice
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How to get better
“Dry-run,Dry-run, Dry-run …” - Nicola Corti
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How to get better
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How to get betterMeasure
#Eu
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audience● video● questions
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How to get better
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How to get betterLearn
#Eu
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Scenario: After the dry-run for my talk, my colleague gave me some suggestions to improve.
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How to get betterLearn
#Eu
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Scenario: After the dry-run for my talk, my colleague gave me some suggestions to improve.Fixed mindset: “Bummer, I totally messed it up. Now my colleagues must think that I wasn’t prepared.”
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How to get betterLearn
#Eu
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Scenario: After the dry-run for my talk, my colleague gave me some suggestions to improve.Fixed mindset: “Bummer, I totally messed it up. Now my colleagues must think that I wasn’t prepared.”Growth mindset: “I’m thankful my colleague gave me those tips. Now my real talk is going to go better.”
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How to get betterLearn
#Eu
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● action items
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How to get better
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How to get betterRepeat
#Eu
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opportunities
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Where to start
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Where to startLooking for speaking opportunities
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● Internal / external● first-time-speaker● underrepresented groups●
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● Why
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Recap#
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I encourage you to apply for a public speaking opportunity within these 2 weeks and get started now!
@yennycheung #EuroPython
Thank you! Any questions?