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A 10ish-step program for great tech talks

VM Brasseur (Juniper Networks)
9:00am12:30pm Monday, July 16, 2018
Software methodologies
Location: B110-112
Level: Non-technical
Average rating: ****.
(4.90, 10 ratings)

Who is this presentation for?

  • Those who would like to present at technical conferences or would like to up their presentation game

What you'll learn

  • Learn 10 steps to improve your presentations

Description

You know the code and the project. You’re doing lots of cool stuff. You have plenty of slides. So why is everyone in the audience reading their email?

It doesn’t have to be that way. Great presenters are made, not born. The way to become a better speaker is through training, science, and practice. VM Brasseur teaches you the 10 (or so) steps to great tech talks. If you’ve never attended a speaker training before, you’ll see how much better your talks could be. If you have, you might pick up a few tips and ideas. And if you’re presenting at OSCON, this tutorial will give you some last-minute changes to tweak your talk.

The steps include:

  • Know your audience
  • Have an idea
  • Create a good proposal
  • Tell a story
  • Craft your presentation
  • Practice your talk
  • Get ready to speak
  • Present yourself
  • Deal with demo failure
  • Interact with the audience
  • Continue the conversation
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VM Brasseur

Juniper Networks

VM (Vicky) Brasseur is the director of open source strategy at Juniper, where she leverages her nearly 30 years of free and open source software experience and strong business background to help Juniper be successful through free and open source software. She spent most of her 20-plus years in the tech industry leading software development departments and teams, providing technical management and leadership consulting for small and medium businesses, and helping companies understand, use, release, and contribute to free and open source software in a way that’s good for both their bottom line and for the community. She’s the author of Forge Your Future with Open Source, the first and only book to detail how to contribute to free and open source software projects (published by the Pragmatic Programmers). Vicky’s a moderator and author for Opensource.com, an author for Linux Journal, the former vice president of the Open Source Initiative, and a frequent and popular speaker at free and open source conferences and events. She’s the proud winner of the Perl White Camel Award (2014) and the O’Reilly Open Source Award (2016). She blogs about free and open source, business, and technical management.

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Audra Carter | SENIOR SPEAKER MANAGER
07/09/2018 9:24am PDT

Hi @Brad Goettemoeller – you have access to all tutorials, sessions, keynotes, the expo hall, and networking events with your silver pass. The only things you don’t have access to are the two 2-day training courses, one by Ryan Schneider, the other by Rich Ott, and the video compilation. You DO have access to this tutorial you just commented on.

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VM Brasseur | DIRECTOR, OPEN SOURCE STRATEGY
07/09/2018 7:37am PDT

Hi, Brad. I’m just the presenter and won’t be able to answer your questions about which sessions you can access with a Silver pass. There should be O’Reilly contact information on the email confirmation for your pass. I recommend you drop them a line and check with them. Hopefully we’ll see you in this session! :-)

brad goettemoeller | TECHNICAL WEB ANALYST
07/09/2018 7:32am PDT

I’m confused about these training courses. I have a silver pass and so I have access to the tutorials but not the training sessions themselves? Does that mean I shouldn’t show up at the session? How do I access the tutorials?