People who have spoken at tech conferences: what's one thing you wish you'd known before your first talk?
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Rehearse three times:
- First alone
- Second with supportive audience (partner, friends, colleagues)
- Finally, a smaller local meetup
By the conference you'll know your timings & punchlines by heart and have ironed out any kinks, so you can focus on having fun
My first talk ever is in front of a meetup group on Friday 🤗 I hope I can give my same talk at a conference in the future!
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Only three times? I'd rehearse alone more than that. Use presenter notes extensively during rehearsals but as you learn it trim it to key points as reminders in large type but with no scrolling needed to see all notes per slide.
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Yes! My friends let me rehearse with them before every presentation. Man, they are great people. I should tell them that more.
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Only three. I do it for weeks before hand. I don’t stop until I know the next slide before I click.i have had to do a talk once where equipment messed up and I couldn’t see screen or laptop and did it blind.
Sorry, I think three times is insufficient, unless you’re assuming 10+ rehearsals *before* these final three :)