How to ace that talk

Now that you’ve aced that CFP, the gang is back to share our best tips & tricks to help you give your best conference talk ever.

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Featuring:

• Natalie Pistunovich – Twitter, GitHub
• Johnny Boursiquot – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Kris Brandow – Twitter, GitHub

Show Notes:

• Go Time #265: How to ace that CFP
• Go Time #164: Why writing is important
• xkcd #2501
• Phind: AI search engine for devs

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Timestamps:

(00:00) - It's Go Time!
(00:58) - Eurovision
(03:53) - Conferences!
(16:59) - The crowd doesn't know what you meant to say
(25:25) - Dealing with attention seakers
(32:36) - Introducing yourself in a talk
(45:03) - How to ace your talk
(50:10) - Twitter handles on your slides?
(57:12) - AI opinions
(1:00:30) - Phind
(1:05:27) - Johnny's unpop
(1:14:44) - Gotta go!
(1:15:37) - Next time on Go Time