Podcast: How and Why to Become a Speaker

This is a podcast version of my rant-in-the-bar advice to anyone thinking about speaking, or wondering how to begin. Personally I think many more people could be sharing their expertise at events than actually do so, and I would really like anyone who wants to get involved to have a starting point. So if that’s you, and you have a spare ten minutes to listen to my thoughts on the subject, then the mp3 is here.

Let me know what you think, and if you have any other advice you’d give to someone who isn’t yet speaking.

8 thoughts on “Podcast: How and Why to Become a Speaker

  1. Awesome podcast. Thanks for sharing. I’ve been considering submitting a talk for Zendcon, and have almost chickened out a couple of times. After listening, I’m off to work on three or four abstracts. Thanks for the kick in the butt.

  2. Great points Lorna. I just gave my first presentation to a user group just last week and can confirm a measure of terror before I did it.

    Now, I’m too busy thinking what I can do to improve it for next time, and wondering what else I could do as well.

  3. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment on the podcast, I’m really pleased its been useful to some of you and very happy to hear where you speak as a result

  4. It’s official, PHP North West 2010 is definitely happening … and for that we’ll need some people to pop along and give a talk! As in previous years, we’ll first of all deal with selecting the papers for our main conference day, 9th October. Talks can

  5. Pingback: DevZone » ZendCon ’12 Call for Papers is Now Open!

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