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Why you should pursue public speaking

About me@

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Hong Kong

Engineering Manager

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● Why

● fear

● get better

● start

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Agenda for today#

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Yelpers

Introduction@

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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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thon ● present

●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

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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

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What holds us back

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Being exposed as a fraud

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● the best

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good enough

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What holds us back

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Not being good enough

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What holds us back

Perc

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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

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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?

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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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●●●

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How to get better

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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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on ● interested● call for proposal● “Who, what and how”

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

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audience● video● questions

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How to get better

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How to get betterLearn

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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

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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

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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

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● action items

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How to get better

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How to get betterRepeat

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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●

● Why

● fear

● get better

● start

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Recap#

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References●●

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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?

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