You can submit to Conferences
TLDR; Identify why you should be the one talking about a topic and hold that Why at your core as you build a short sales pitch for the conference organizers.
Conferences publish call for submissions. You can, and should, answer that call and submit a presentation.
Updated: 20200606 to combine 3 related older blog posts into this. Added a section on pay to speak and tips to reduce cost.
Tips for Presenting Online
TLDR; A collection of tips for presenting online presented on The Evil Tester Show Podcast Episode: get a decent microphone.
500+ videos of experience, crammed into one tiny blog post.
Overcome Impostor Syndrome for Public Speaking
TLDR; I presented a workshop at the Sigist on 14th September 2017 on Public Speaking. Unpack what “Imposter Syndrome” means to you, to identify actionable steps to improve your public speaking. You can rewire your brain by revisiting ’normal’ experiences of speaking in public as public speaking.
A Case Study in Creating a Conference Presentation using Markdown
TLDR; using Marp and Pandoc I can write a report and presentation using Markdown, then add other tools to make it ‘pretty’.