Lara Hogan — Public Speaking Training

Lara Hogan is an engineering director at Etsy and the author of Designing for Performance and the coauthor of Building a Device Lab. Her latest book, Demystifying Public Speaking, tackles every step involved in taking the podium and delivering the killer presentation.

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1:38 Welcome to Lara Hogan
2:50 How did you get started on a book about public speaking?
6:40 A break though on how to handle Q&A sessions.
9:00 Why should people in tech give talks in the first place?
12:18 Shaping a talk becomes an everyday process.
17:25 Talks don’t happen in a vacuum.
18:10 Finding the right venues to speak at.
19:45 As a speaker you have to be very professional.
20:45 Having back up plans helps reduce your fears.
23:30 Event organizers should be letting you know expectations.
24:45 Words of wisdom for anyone thinking of public speaking.

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