Becoming a Tech Speaker
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This document provides advice for becoming a tech speaker. It discusses gaining experience by participating in open source projects, writing articles, and answering questions online to build name recognition. Speaking at conferences is recommended to gain experience presenting. When creating a session, the speaker should focus on a clear topic of value to attendees, use prepared demos and coding standards, and practice extensively. Becoming an expert in a niche technology area helps speakers gain recognition and opportunities to present. Overall, the document emphasizes starting small with public contributions and gradually gaining experience speaking before larger audiences.
Becoming a Tech Speaker
- 1. Becoming a Tech Speaker Gil Fink CEO and Senior Consultant, sparXys @gilfink
- 2. About Me • sparXys CEO and senior consultant • Google Web Technologies GDE & Microsoft MVP • ReactNext and AngularUP co-organizer
- 4. My Story
- 7. What’s In It For Me? (WIIFM) • Helping other developers to learn! • Travel to many places (also in Israel ☺) • Meet a lot of people (attendees and speakers) • Speaker activities and special SWAG • Adrenaline rush ☺ • And in the end…
- 10. Name Recognition – Building Your Brand • Open a Blog • Help in open source projects • Write articles • Answer questions in forums such as Stack Overflow • Write a book • Be active in tech social media (Facebook groups, Twitter and etc.) • Once there are references to things you’ve done, it’s easier to persuade organizers to give you a speaker shot
- 12. Find Your Niche • It isn’t enough to be knowledgeable • You must dig in and be an expert to get recognition • For example: knowing Angular doesn’t mean that you know how to create/explain how Angular Animation work
- 13. Were to Gain Experience? Conferences
- 14. Creating a Session SESSION • Be focused • Find your WIIFM and build the session around it • Be precise • Don’t take any assumptions about • The crowd • The organizers • Anything DEMO • Short and simple • Use coding conventions and standards • Use prepared demos at first • After you master that, strive for live coding
- 15. Preparing for a Session
- 16. Preparing for a Session • Practice, practice, practice! • Story time (Bank Hapoalim) • Make a check list to prepare before you start a session • Put notes in hard slides (if needed) • Assume the worst and hope for the best
- 17. Summary • Being a tech speaker is very challenging • Start slow and then increase your speed • Name recognition is the key • Being an expert is your tool
- 18. Thank You!