Since 2007, I’ve been involved with organizing events, meetups, and conferences for web workers, user experience professionals, WordPress users and developers, and higher education professionals.
One thing I’ve learned: finding speakers is challenging.
Many people aren’t comfortable speaking.
I’ve invited several hundred people over the years to submit proposals and speak at events. And heard many reasons why they don’t feel ready to speak:
- Never presented before
- Nothing useful to share
- Not sure how to create a proposal or slides
- Fear of speaking in public
Which is why I’m excited to learn about a resource, a whole site, devoted to first-time speakers.
Get Speaking
Originating from a March 2014 Vancouver WordPress meetup encouraging women to speak at WordCamps, Get Speaking is an online resource site for first-time speakers and those people looking to improve their speaking skills.
On Get Speaking you’ll find resources on:
- General Resources on Public Speaking
- Ideas & Proposals
- The Art of Presentation Slides
- Becoming a Great Speaker
- Finding Events
I discovered motivational sites, videos, recommendations for creating slides, tips for writing compelling proposals, mistakes to avoid in public speaking, and more.
Thank you to Kathryn Presner, Tammie Lister, and Cat Rymer from Automattic for curating all the resources.
Are you ready to get started speaking?
