Whether you're a product manager or developer advocate, once you start you think that every presentation has to be unique... spoiler alert, it doesn't have to be

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Every Talk Has To
Be Unique… right?!
Leon Stigter
Product Manager, Modern
Applications Business Unit
June 10, 2020

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2017 was a special year…
Ø In March the Nintendo Switch was released
Ø The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
Weapons
Ø We lost the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft after
a 13 year mission
Ø I sat down with the VP of Product to become
a Developer Advocate
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Who am I?
Ø Product Manager, turned
Developer Advocate,
turned Product Manager
again…
Ø Passionate about
Serverless, Containers,
and all things Cloud
Ø I love dadjokes,
cheesecake, and Go
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I didn’t really know what Dev Advocacy meant at the time…
Source: https://medium.com/@ashleymcnamara/what-is-developer-advocacy-3a92442b627c
Source: https://medium.com/glitch/a-developer-relations-bill-of-rights-21381920e273
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We’re not afraid of public speaking
Well… maybe a little…
Source: https://medium.com/@ashleymcnamara/what-is-developer-advocacy-3a92442b627c
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Every Talk Has To Be
Unique…
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It Depends™
May favorite answer to most questions…
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A dictionary definition of unique
Ø One of a kind?
Never seen before…
probably not
Ø Connected to a
particular group…
yes, very much so
Ø Special… absolutely!
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I’ll give you a personal example…
Continuous Verification in
a Serverless World
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Ø One of a kind? Never seen before… probably not
Ø No, the talk itself has been given a few times 😇
Ø Connected to a particular group… yes, very much so
Ø Every talk (and demo) is tailored to the audience I’m talking to
Ø Special… absolutely!
Ø I always try to add a little bit of fun, different every time
Looking back at the dictionary…
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Continuous Verification in a
Serverless World is a collection of
blog posts, videos, code samples,
etcetera…
The information itself is not unique,
the presentation definitely is…
A talk can be a blog post or video and vice versa too
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To summarize
Ø Talks don’t have to be unique, like you, your
talks are always changing
Ø Knowing your audience is as important as
knowing your subject
Ø Everyone gets nervous, that’s normal
Ø Try to have fun!
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