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HackconEU - What I Learnt From Event Organizing

HackconEU - What I Learnt From Event Organizing

In the past couple of years I've realised there's been quite a lot that I've learnt from event organising that I could apply in a proper job as well.

This talk is split into two parts: in the first I look at how specific skills I use in my current job map back to event organising, in the second part I focus on more general lessons or things that I wish I had learnt a bit sooner.

Melinda Seckington

September 02, 2016
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  1. A long time ago… in 2007… there was a girl.

    hi! I’m Melinda! @mseckington
  2. public speaking nothing i do is worth sharing I get

    too nervous I’m not a good speaker I can’t present I’m not an expert @mseckington
  3. If you only do what you can do, You’ll never

    be better than what you are “ ” ~ Master Shifu @mseckington
  4. Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how

    to control your fear, and how to be free from it. “ ” ~ Veronica Roth, Divergent @mseckington
  5. failure is a manifestation of learning and exploration. If you

    aren’t experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it. ~ Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc. “ ” @mseckington
  6. Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta

    good at something “ ” ~ Jake @mseckington
  7. The scientist is not a person who gives the right

    answer, they’re the one who asks the right questions. “ ” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss @mseckington
  8. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in

    someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift. “ ” ~ Erin Morgenstein, The night Circus @mseckington
  9. @mseckington Goal: https:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/tisvet/15161469566/ Learning: https:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/15903347764 North by Northwest:

    https:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/blackzack00/21976036458/ Lego Stormtrooper: https:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/clement127/12411080645/ Dancing Lego: https:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/rooners/8425744435/ Question box: https:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/jarbo/9379813470/