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Tech Talk 101: Topic Generation

Tech Talk 101: Topic Generation

Given at Dreamforce 2014 in the DevZone

Rebecca Miller-Webster

October 13, 2014
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  1. Tech Talks 101: Topic Generation Rebecca Miller-Webster Instructor at Dev

    Bootcamp Founder Write/Speak/Code @rmillerwebster
  2. The schedule • 101: Topic generation - Mon 11:15am •

    201: Talk Development - Mon 12:00pm • 301: Stage Presence - Mon 12:45pm • Lightning Talks • Tues 4:00pm • Wed 12:15pm • Thurs 10:45am
  3. Topic What do you know or want to learn? What’s

    appropriate for the conference? How can you meaningful contribute? What the process of giving a tech talk? Proposal Talk Title Description Outline* Bio Slides Stage Presence Do it!
  4. Have you ever thought … “Oh crap! Everyone is going

    to realize I have no idea what I’m doing.”
  5. Do you feel like a fraud because … • didn’t

    start coding when you were 12? • don’t work on side projects for “fun”? • aren’t yet Salesforce certified?
  6. Tech is communal • Conferences • OSS • Books &

    blogs • Stack Overflow & online documentation • Teams, pairing, agile
  7. Reframe • Teaching • Sharing • Helping others • Narrating

    history • Being a role model • Mentoring • Changing the world!
  8. Help others • Teach things you know • Ask the

    first question so someone else doesn’t have to • Connect with others
  9. Three values related to your happiest or proudest moments •

    Accomplishment • Accountability • Achievement • Activism • Adventure • Affection • Ambition • Autonomy • Challenge • Close relationships • Commitment • Community • Compassion • Competence • Competition • Confidence • Coolness • Courage • Creativity • Credibility • Decisiveness • Economic security • Effectiveness • Efficiency • Enthusiasm • Excellence • Excitement • Fairness • Family • Free time • Freedom • Friendships • Growth • Health • Helping others • Helping society • Honesty • Independence • Influence • Inner harmony • Insight • Inspiration • Integrity • Introspection • Justice • Knowledge • Leadership • Loyalty • Meaningful work • Mentorship • Merit • Openness • Persistence • Pleasure • Privacy • Public service • Quality • Recognition • Reputation • Responsibility • Security • Self-knowledge • Self-reliance • Self-respect • Stability • Truth • Vibrancy • Volunteering • Wealth • Will-power • Wisdom
  10. What do you know? • Languages (HTML, Java etc) •

    Frameworks (Django, Rspec, CakePHP) • Tools (make, rake, WordPress) • Documentation, Testing, Team, Project Management
  11. Answer one … • A hack I used to accomplish

    X • Last bug I fixed • My favorite tool/technique/module/etc • Bad advice for beginners • Most painful tool to use • Something I thought would be useful but didn’t work.
  12. Next Steps • Choose a topic • Brainstorm titles &

    descriptions for topic • Create an outline for topic • Research conferences to submit to • Practice presenting and public speaking
  13. Next at Dreamforce • 101: Topic generation - Mon 11:15am

    • 201: Talk Development - Mon 12:00pm • 301: Stage Presence - Mon 12:45pm • Lightning Talks • Tues 4:00pm • Wed 12:15pm • Thurs 10:45am