Episode 42: Technical Speaking with Saron Yitbarek

Tech Done Right

English - July 25, 2018 15:00 - 49 minutes - 51.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Technical Speaking With Saron Yitbarek
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Summary
Presenting a technical talk can be an important part of a developer's career.
In this episode, we're talking about how to perform a technical talk with Saron Yitbarek. Saron runs the CodeNewbie Podcast, and others, and organizes and coaches speakers for the Codeland Conference. Saron and I both have some thoughts and opinions about how to deliver a good technical talk. This episode has a lot of tips about how to prepare, what to do at the start of a talk, how to engage the audience, and why emoji are better for slides than videos? We'll give advice on how to give the talk that only you can give and how to get the best performance that you can.
Guest
Saron Yitbarek (https://twitter.com/saronyitbarek): Web (http://bloggytoons.com), Podcaster: CodeNewbie (https://twitter.com/CodeNewbies), Base.cs Podcast (https://www.codenewbie.org/basecs), Command Line Heroes (https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes).
Notes
01:46 - Saron’s Public Speaking Experience Prior to RailsConf 2014
Reading Code Good by Saron Yitbarek (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW_xKGUKLpk)
03:02 - The Performance of a Technical Talk
Transitions: The easiest way to improve your tech talk (https://medium.com/@saronyitbarek/transitions-the-easiest-way-to-improve-your-tech-talk-ebe4d40a3257)
OSCON Talk: Ask More Questions (https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/ask-more-questions)
06:50 - Should you memorize or wing your talk?
Deckset (https://www.deckset.com/)
11:58 - Knowing Your Audience
Jen Simmons: It's Never Been A Better Time to Learn Layout CSS (https://speakerdeck.com/jensimmons/its-never-been-a-better-time-to-learn-layout-css)
21:20 - Designing Slides
28:17 - Talk Beginnings and Endings
37:11 - Practicing and Delivering Your Talk
40:43 - Moving Physicality and Talking Speed
46:45 - Giving The Talk No One Else Can Give
Related Episodes
Organizing Technical Conferences (http://www.techdoneright.io/39)
Conference Speaking and Diverse Perspectives with Carina C. Zona and Mark Yoon (http://www.techdoneright.io/9) Special Guest: Saron Yitbarek.

Technical Speaking With Saron Yitbarek

TableXI is offering training for developers and product teams! For more info, email [email protected].

Summary

Presenting a technical talk can be an important part of a developer's career.

In this episode, we're talking about how to perform a technical talk with Saron Yitbarek. Saron runs the CodeNewbie Podcast, and others, and organizes and coaches speakers for the Codeland Conference. Saron and I both have some thoughts and opinions about how to deliver a good technical talk. This episode has a lot of tips about how to prepare, what to do at the start of a talk, how to engage the audience, and why emoji are better for slides than videos? We'll give advice on how to give the talk that only you can give and how to get the best performance that you can.

Guest

Saron Yitbarek: Web, Podcaster: CodeNewbie, Base.cs Podcast, Command Line Heroes.

Notes

01:46 - Saron’s Public Speaking Experience Prior to RailsConf 2014

Reading Code Good by Saron Yitbarek

03:02 - The Performance of a Technical Talk

Transitions: The easiest way to improve your tech talk
OSCON Talk: Ask More Questions

06:50 - Should you memorize or wing your talk?

Deckset

11:58 - Knowing Your Audience

Jen Simmons: It's Never Been A Better Time to Learn Layout CSS

21:20 - Designing Slides