Overcoming your doubts so you can talk in front of strangers and give back to the community.

2. Here's a story

3. About speaking

4. to humans

5. applause!
applause!
applause!

6. but first
what do I know about
public speaking?

7. I've seen things

8. where have you spoken?
‣ Meetups
‣ Community Events
‣ Speaker Panels
‣ Workshops
‣ Company lunch-and-learns
‣ International Conferences

9. Cool story

10. Does this
sound like you…

11. I don't have anything
interesting to talk about

12. I wouldn't even know where
to start

13. I'm not good at speaking
in front of people

14. What if do something to
make myself look foolish?

15. I don't have anything interesting to talk about
If you've had a problem,
someone else has, too.

16. I wouldn't even know where to start
Tell a story
Context
Conflict
Resolution

17. I'm not good at speaking in front of people
Practice with no notes
It's just a conversation

18. What if I do something to make myself look foolish?
You can't control everything
Don't read from a script
Slow down

19. Stage Fright

20. I'll tell you
a secret

21. (sorry)

22. This never really goes away

23. (gulp!)

24. Embrace it

25. "The way you overcome shyness
is to become so wrapped up in something
that you forget to be afraid."
Lady Bird Johnson

26. Even experienced people
get nervous

27. Overpower your fear
with the motivation
to talk about
something that matters
to you.

28. so

29. You've decided to speak
In front of a group of people
Now what?

30. DeliveryThree tips to better public speaking.

31. 1. Be Conversational

32. 2. Move around

33. 3. Pause for effect.

34. Watch the
language

35. Not that language
shit happens

36. Ditch the
jargon

37. Capitalize on
low hanging fruit
to identify a ballpark
value added activity to beta test.
Override the digital divide with additional clickthroughs from DevOps.
Nanotechnology immersion along the
information highway will close the loop
on focusing solely on the bottom line.

38. What the hell did she just say?

39. Don't be that speaker

40. What did we
learn?

41. Your story is interesting. Tell it.
Don't read from a script.
Slow down.
Speak conversationally.
Remove all jargon.
Keep doing it.

42. I can't remember all this!

43. You can find this on Medium
Giving Talks: 101
https://bit.ly/2ORQM6A

44. Learn more from Justin Jackson (@mijustin)
Speaking at a tech conference
Nov 27-30 10am PST
https://bit.ly/2RV7io4

45. Thanks!

46. I'm on the internets
Tweeting about UX, CSS, and my cat:
@ladycarni