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sophie@social.lol

People who have spoken at tech conferences: what's one thing you wish you'd known before your first talk? (RT for reach please?)

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Jani Eväkallio

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Projecting confidence is as good as having it. Even if you are not 100% happy with your talk, nobody knows what it was supposed to look like, so just rock your stuff and don't apologise for a thing

9:40 PM · Jan 22, 2018

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I have my first talk coming up in a few months and I think this is my favorite piece of advice from the thread so far.

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Jani Eväkallio

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Credits to this advise go to

who taught me "nobody knows what it was supposed to look like"

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