The document provides guidance on presenting and public speaking. It discusses addressing fears of public speaking, choosing presentation topics you are knowledgeable about, and opportunities to gain speaking experience like conferences, meetups, and Toastmasters. It also covers best practices for slides, such as using animation purposefully and designing each slide around a single idea. The overall message is that gaining speaking experience takes practice and there are many avenues one can take to improve their presentation skills.

1. PRESENTING
ON

2. WHAT WE WILL BE COVERING
• Speaking
• Ideas
• Opportunities
• Slides

3. SPEAKING
ON

4. LET’S ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
YOU’LL HAVE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF PEOPLE

5. FEAR

6. — Jerry Seinfeld
“TO THE AVERAGE PERSON,
IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO A
FUNERAL, YOU’RE BETTER
OFF IN THE CASKET THAN
DOING THE EULOGY.”
”
“

7. FEAR OF
REJECTION

8. LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE

9. LACK OF
PERCEIVED EXPERTISE

10. WHAT MAKES AN
EXPERT SPEAKER?

11. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
A SPEAKER AND A NON SPEAKER
SPEAKER
Decides to
share something they know.
NON-SPEAKER
Decides to not
share something they know.

12. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
A SPEAKER AND A NON SPEAKER
SPEAKER
Decides to
share something they learned.
NON-SPEAKER
Decides to not
share something they learned.

13. LEARNING IS
IMPORTANT

14. PRIOR TO LEARNING
SOMETHING NEW, YOU
DID NOT KNOW IT.

15. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EXPERT AND A NON-EXPERT
EXPERT
Knows something you don’t.
You’ve learned it from them.
NON-EXPERT
Knows something you don’t.
You just don’t know it.

16. SO WHAT MAKES
AN EXPERT SPEAKER?

17. WHAT MAKES AN EXPERT SPEAKER?
EXPERT
Knows something others don’t.
SPEAKER
Shares that knowledge.

18. LACK OF
“SPEAKING” SKILL

19. SPEAKING WELL
REQUIRES PRACTICE

20. YOU HAVE MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK

21. INSTEAD OF HIPCHAT,
ASK TO SPEAK
WITH THE PERSON

22. OFFER TO PRESENT
THINGS YOU DID AT THE
ENGINEERING MEETING

23. GIVE AN INTERNAL
TALK HERE

24. SPEAK AT A
LOCAL MEETUP

25. TREAT EVERY
OPPORTUNITY AS A
CHANCE TO REALLY SPEAK

26. TOASTMASTERS

27. — Joe Namath
WHEN YOU HAVE
CONFIDENCE, YOU CAN
HAVE A LOT OF FUN. AND
WHEN YOU HAVE FUN, YOU
CAN DO AMAZING THINGS.
”
“

28. SPEAK LOUDER

29. IDEAS
ON

30. CHOOSE IDEAS
YOU WANT TO BE
AN EXPERT IN

31. REMEMBER:
AN EXPERT SHARES

32. LET’S SEE A WAY
I WORK THROUGH IDEAS

33. WHAT DO I WANT TO SHARE?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

34. I KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM!
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
PROGRAMMING

35. I KNOW HOW TO USE DIFFERENT TOOLS!
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PROGRAMMING?
TMUXRABBITMQPHPNODE.JSIOSPROGRAMMING

36. I KNOW HOW TO USE DIFFERENT TOOLS!
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PROGRAMMING?
TMUX
RABBITMQPHP
LOAD
TESTING
IOS
PROGRAMMING

37. YEAH, SOME ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN OTHERS.
ARE SOME TOPICS BROAD?
TMUX
RABBITMQPHP
LOAD
TESTING
IOS
PROGRAMMING

38. WELL, I COULD DO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TALKS
WOW, THOSE FIRST THREE ARE REALLY BROAD
TMUX
RABBITMQ
PHP
LOAD TESTING
IOS

39. OVERVIEWS, INTRODUCTION, AND WORKSHOPS
LET’S SEE
TMUX
RABBITMQ
PHP
LOAD
TESTING
IOS
TUTORIALS
WORK
SHOP
XP

40. SURE! CUT DOWN ON WHAT YOU ARE COVERING IN EACH
TOPIC TO ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES
COULD I DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY?
TMUX
RABBITMQ
PHP
LOAD
TESTING
IOS
TUTORIALS
WORK
SHOP
XP

41. WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS COULD WE TALK ABOUT
LET’S LOOK AT JUST LOAD TESTING
LOAD
TESTING
TUTORIAL: HOW TO LOAD TEST
EXPERIENCES: LESSONS IN LOAD TESTING
IDEA: LOAD TESTING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER TESTING
EDUCATION: WHAT IS LOAD TESTING?

42. WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS COULD WE TALK ABOUT
LET’S LOOK AT JUST LOAD TESTING
LESSONS IN LOAD TESTING

43. WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS COULD WE TALK ABOUT
LET’S LOOK AT JUST LOAD TESTING
LESSONS IN LOAD TESTING
MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THE APP IS BEING USED
USE A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
FINISH WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR NEXT BOTTLENECK IS
DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS
GET EVERYONE INVOLVED

44. WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS COULD WE TALK ABOUT
LET’S LOOK AT JUST LOAD TESTING
PRESENTATIONS
SPEAKING
IDEAS
OPPORTUNITIES
SLIDES

45. DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
FROM CONFOO.CA

46. DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
FROM CONFOO.CA

47. DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
FROM CONFOO.CA

48. DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
FROM CONFOO.CA

49. DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
FROM CONFOO.CA

50. REVIEW THE
CONFERENCE
SITE FOR TOPICS

51. HELP SITES SUCH AS
STACKOVERFLOW

52. OPPORTUNITIES
ON

53. CONFERENCES
CFP (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION/PAPERS)
OR
CFS (CALL FOR SPEAKERS)

54. FIRST, PERKS!

56. PROPOSING

61. GETTING
ACCEPTED

62. IN THE OFFICE

63. BLOG POSTS

64. ENGAGE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA

65. GET INVOLVED

66. MEETUPS

67. SMALLER
CONFERENCES

68. LANYRD.COM

69. JOIND.IN

70. FOLLOW TWITTER
ACCOUNTS FOR
CONFERENCES YOU ATTEND

71. SLIDES
ON

72. LEARN
YOUR
TOOLS

73. DESIGN
MATTERS

74. ONE SLIDE
IS
ONE IDEA

75. Learn your tools
Power Point
KeyNote
lynda.com
Design Matters
Designer? You need to design your entire slide deck as Masters.
Not a designer? Stick to pre-designed slides.
One Slide, One Idea
Each slide should have only one idea
Multiple ideas compete

76. Learn your tools
Power Point
KeyNote
lynda.com
Design Matters
Designer? You need to design your entire slide deck as Masters.
Not a designer? Stick to pre-designed slides.
One Slide, One Idea
Each slide should have only one idea
Multiple ideas compete

77. ANIMATIONS

78. ANIMATIONS
ARE NOT BAD

79. ANIMATIONS
SHOULD BE SIMPLE

80. ANIMATIONS
SHOULD DRAW ATTENTION

81. ANIMATIONS
SHOULD SHOW CHANGE

82. LET’S LOOK AT A
PREVIOUS EXAMPLE

86. • #!/usr/bin/env node
var program = require( 'commander' );
var request = require( 'request' );
var async = require( 'async' );
var fs = require( 'fs' );
program
.version( '0.0.1' )
.option( '-f, --from [from]', 'From which node e.g. node1' )
.option( '-t, --to [to]', 'To which node e.g. node8' )
.option( '-c, --cluster [cluster]', 'Cluster, eg. http://
rmq.example.com:15672/api' )
.option( '-d, --destination [destination]', 'Destination Cluster' )
.option( '-u, --username [username]', 'Username' )
.option( '-p, --password [password]', 'Password' )
.option( '--destructive <saveFile>', 'Destructive mode, deletes old
queues before creating new ones, include a save file to output
destroyed queues to' )
//.option( '--simulate', 'Simulate the transaction' )
.parse( process.argv );
function apiGet( url, cb ) {
request.get( url, {
auth: {
username: program.username,
password: program.password

87. • #!/usr/bin/env node
var program = require( 'commander' );
var request = require( 'request' );
var async = require( 'async' );
var fs = require( 'fs' );
program
.version( '0.0.1' )
.option( '-f, --from [from]', 'From which node e.g. node1' )
.option( '-t, --to [to]', 'To which node e.g. node8' )
.option( '-c, --cluster [cluster]', 'Cluster, eg. http://
rmq.example.com:15672/api' )
.option( '-d, --destination [destination]', 'Destination Cluster' )
.option( '-u, --username [username]', 'Username' )
.option( '-p, --password [password]', 'Password' )
.option( '--destructive <saveFile>', 'Destructive mode, deletes old
queues before creating new ones, include a save file to output
destroyed queues to' )
//.option( '--simulate', 'Simulate the transaction' )
.parse( process.argv );
function apiGet( url, cb ) {
request.get( url, {
auth: {
username: program.username,
password: program.password

88. .option( '-p, --password [password]', 'Password' )
.option( '--destructive <saveFile>', 'Destructive mode, deletes old
queues before creating new ones, include a save file to output
destroyed queues to' )
//.option( '--simulate', 'Simulate the transaction' )
.parse( process.argv );
function apiGet( url, cb ) {
request.get( url, {
auth: {
username: program.username,
password: program.password
}
}, function ( err, res ) {
if ( err ) {
console.error( err );
}
cb( err, res.body );
} );
}
function apiPut( url, body, cb ) {
request( {
url: url,
method: 'PUT',
json: body,
auth: {

96. ANIMATIONS

100. DON’T GO OVERBOARD.
ANIMATIONS SHOULD SERVE
A PURPOSE.

101. THAT’S RIGHT JASON.
YOU SHOULDN’T
RELY ON THEM
TO SPEAK FOR YOU.

102. SHAME!

103. LEARN
YOUR
TOOLS

104. TOASTMASTERS

105. SPEAKING
IDEAS
OPPORTUNITIES
SLIDES

106. DONE