Public Speaking: Top 12 Resources for You
I’m proud to say I have the privilege of speaking at OSCON 2013 on July 24th. While working on my presentation I’m doing R&D on being a better speaker. Why? As a coder I’m naturally shy and introverted. All the same I want to do a great job serving the audience by clearly sharing practical and useful stuff.
Surely we can all admit how unnatural it is to jump in front of a crowd and exclaim “Look at me – I’m interesting – and I have the answers you need!” Given that we can all use a little help on how to get partially there.
Top 12 List
Below I’ve listed resources I’m finding helpful for delivering to an audience, crafting the presentation, and applying to speak. I consider public speaking as one of those things that if it doesn’t kill me it’s going to make me stronger.
- Rails Conf 2013 How to Talk to Developers – Ben Orenstein
- No, Really, I’m Shy: My Ignite I/O Talk – Pamela Fox
- Speaker Notes – Rebecca Murphey
- jQuery Portland 2013 Prospective Speaker Q&A – Rebecca Murphey and Adam J. Sontag
- 10 Powerful Body Language Tips for your next Presentation – Soap Presentations
- 10 Lessons from the World’s Most Captivating Presenters – HubSpot
- 11 Presentation Lessons You Can Still Learn From Steve Jobs – Forbes
- How to Rock an Audience
- Five Habits of a Great Presenter
- Neal Ford on Giving Technical Presentations
- speaking.io – Because “imagine everyone’s naked” is terrible advice
- Neo-Shambolique: How I Give Presentations
Those Helped Me
I didn’t take advice from any of those absolutely literally, but I think I’ve internalize the guidance, and expect the proper answer while pop into my brain when most needed.
With any luck you’re working on a presentation and speaking soon and stumbled upon this list. Have a coffee and read through these. I know these offered inspiration and practical advice to me and I hope the same for you. Ping me on Twitter when you’re speaking because I love to learn!
