Public Speaking about mobile HOT 5 OPEN

Also, I've had so many friends who've turned down speaking opportunities because they thought they had nothing useful to say. We all have interesting experiences that are worth sharing! = another item I'd like to address.

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I think Tumblr does a weekly-ish super low barrier "talk about something for 5 minutes" meeting within the mobile practice https://speakerdeck.com/irace/ios-at-tumblr?slide=5 as a way breaking people in really lightly

FWIW - my first public speaking engagement was a peach kucha, which is why I did the CP version http://blog.cocoapods.org/Cocoa-Kucha/

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Cool! We had small tech talks in the iOS team at SK too. 5min on any topic is a great way of introducing people.

Also, one of my favourite quotes about speaking is: "The audience wants you to succeed". Often we think people will just laugh at us and point fingers, but it's usually the complete opposite.

Will mention a cocoa kucha as another option / place to speak at! Great format.

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There's also this, which I quite like: https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_of_great_talks I'm trying to introduce this back-and-fourth shape in my writing, too.

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Especially for first time speakers, speak about stuff you actually know.

If you have intimate experience with something, then you don’t need to be afraid of making any mistakes. You might learn some extra things from others with experience, or there might be those types that have questions that aren’t really questions (you know who you are), but as long as you know that the thing you’re saying actually works in a production app, then people want to hear from you.

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