● We all have valuable knowledge to share ● Speaking and writing help you learn to craft an argument ● Articulating your ideas helps you question and refine them ● Researching talk content helps you learn new things Reasons to share your work
● I want to write more. ● I want to get more comfortable presenting work. ● I need help picking topics. ● How do you craft a narrative? ● What are some low impact, quick ways to write and present? Survey Results
“Think about what you love, where you come from, where you are, what you do, what you wish you were doing, and what makes you special. Come up with a spread of information that answers these questions. At the intersection of all these things you will find your strongest topic.” —Rachel Nabors “Finding Your Killer Talk Idea” Finding your angle
Design systems What you love, where you come from, where you are, what you do, what you wish you were doing, and what makes you special. Visual design Responsible design Leading with empathy PHL & PR Inclusion
Shitty first drafts “So I'd start writing without reining myself in. It was almost just typing, just making my fingers move. And the writing would be terrible. I'd write a lead paragraph that was a whole page, even though the entire review could only be three pages long…” —Anne Lamott “Bird by Bird”
Editing & Proofreading 1. Second draft: start to figure out the narrative and pacing 2. Share with an editor for feedback on flow and narrative 3. Third draft 4. Proofread and gather assets
Hook Problem Cause Solution Conclusion Punch/ Attention Getter What is the problem? Who does it affect? Why is it important? What causes this problem? How are you going to solve this problem? How do you know this solution works? Recap/Call-to-action/Bigger idea
1. What are you reviewing? 2. What is new or how has it changed since the last time they saw it? 3. Why were these decisions made? 4. What do you need from them? (Feedback, approval?) 5. What they should expect from you next and when Setting the stage https://twitter.com/sophshepherd/status/803338955181658112
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