A Responsive Day Out by David Bushell
David shares his first ever speaking experience at the Responsive Day Out. I’m so, so happy he agreed to do it—he was great!
Tags: speaking
Ladies in Tech
A great new site from Jenn and Yesenia: celebrating and supporting female speakers in technology.
Going Full Frontal — Acko.net
Steven Wittens, who gave a terrific talk all about maths at last week’s Full Frontal conference, describes his experience at that most excellent event.
Open Conference Expectations — Gist
This is a really good initiative—a list of minimum expectations from conference organisers (although there’s clearly some differences between cheaper grassroots events and larger industry affairs).
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“Authenticity,” an article by Dan Mall
Cute. I gave Dan some advice. He made it look all pretty.
A Whole Lotta Nothing: Webstock: best conference ever
I’m genuinely touched by Matt’s kind words on my Webstock talk. It really means a lot to me, coming from him.
An open letter to Arran Ross-Paterson : Cennydd Bowles
Cennydd is a gent, slow to anger. So it took a lot to get him wound up enough to write about this issue. I’m glad he did.
SimpleBits / On Speaking
Some good tips on public speaking from Dan.
My Faith in Nerds: Stronger Than Any Gelatinous Cube | 43 Folders
I'm very touched by this description of dConstruct from Merlin. We were incredibly lucky to have him come and speak. He the man.
Andy Budd::Blogography: 7 Ways to Improve your Public Speaking
Excellent advice from Andy on public speaking.
apophenia: spectacle at Web2.0 Expo... from my perspective
A vivid first-person description of danah boyd's talk at the Web 2.0 Expo. I have to say, I'm not entirely surprised that she had a such a humiliating experience at such a douchebaggy conference.
An Event Apart News Archive
If you live in the US, there's a good chance that I'll be speaking at a city near you in 2010. Here are five dates and places for An Event Apart; I'll speaking at all of them.
List of Words it is NOT ok to ever say.
Glad to see "webinar" on this list. Shame about "lifestream."
The Septic's Companion - A mercifully brief guide to British culture and slang
British English slang dictionary with translations into American English.
Douchespeak
Ridiculing the empty language of the corporate world one putrid word at a time.
Eventbrite - A provocative evening of science, technology and design
There's a new London geek event going on. The inaugural evening next week features a nice selection of speakers. And it's free!
Rands In Repose: Out Loud
Some good advice on preparing presentations.
ongoing · In The Audience
Tim Bray echoes my thoughts on conferences. "And let’s be brutal: at most conferences, there are two ways to get a talk accepted: submit an interesting talk, or bribe the conference organizer. Oops, sorry: I meant “be a platinum sponsor”."
When accessibility is not your problem (Joe Clark)
Notes from Joe's @smedias. Please read the whole thing before (mis)judging what he said.
Headshift :: What other conferences can learn from Reboot
If you're involved in organising a conference, there are some really valuable lessons to be gleaned from Lee's examination of Reboot.
Advice for presentations: It happens! ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto
Joe shares his experiences of public speaking. There's some great advice here.
An Event Apart Chicago 2007
Mark your calendars. If you can make it Chicago in August, I'll see you at An Event Apart. I think this is going to be a lot of fun.
help.net : Invitation to AJAX Presentation - Dublin - The Clarence Hotel - May 8th
If you're in Dublin on the evening of the 8th of May, come 'round to Bono's hotel to hear me natter on about Ajax.
Interview with Jeremy Keith » Make Me A Speaker! Blog
Meri asked me a few questions about public speaking. I was only too happy too answer them.
Main Page - MakeMeASpeaker
Meri has created a wiki where would-be speakers can get advice and mentoring from established speakers. I don't know if I'm established but I'm offering my services.
The Dilbert Blog: Good News Day
Scott Adams lost the ability to speak but by hacking his brain through the use of rhyme, regained it again. Paging Dr. Sachs, paging Dr. Pinker.
Toronto Interacts presentation, 2006.10.25
Joe's notes make for great reading, specifically "Accessibility is a precursor to usability."
Istd - Kern up the Volume
Erik Spiekermann is speaking in London at the start of November. For just £15, this event looks like great value.
BBC NEWS | Health | Sex 'cuts public speaking stress'
This is exactly the kind of timely research I need before next week's Ajax workshop.
Buzzword Hell
Am I buzzword or not?
sooper » misc » ppt
A list of articles discussing the impact of a reliance on PowerPoint® and bullet-point based communication.