talks

Talks

presentations, workshops, conferences, lightning talks, PechaKucha, spark/ignite

TALKS I HAVE GIVEN

NOTE: the table below is probably out of date. For updated info, see my collection of slides at: https://chrismanbrown.gitlab.io/slides/

Date	Title	Description	Format
2019.04.03	What Do You Do Here?	Crafting a one-liner elevator pitch	Lightning Talk
2019.02.20	Elixir, Phoenix, and Elm	A Functional Programming stack	60 min. Descriptive Learner
2017.03.13	g38talk	Advice for Bootcamp Soon-To-Be Graduates	Lightning Talk

WHY GIVE TALKS

1. Give back to the community
2. Sharpen your own understanding of the topic

HOW TO DO A TALK

Identify your role (Learner vs Expert) and your voice (Descriptive vs Argumentative)

Note: Descriptive vs Argumentative falls somewhat along the same lines as Theoretical vs Practical as defined in How To Read A Book (Adler and Van Doren).

	Descriptive	Argumentative
Learner	Here's what I learned	There are problems
Expert	Here's how this works	Use this solution

src: https://github.com/developdenver/CFP-Workshop

• Tutorials, learning-oriented (teaching someone to cook)
• How-to guides, problem-oriented (a recipe for cooking a specific thing)
• Explanation, understanding-oriented (historical overview of an ingredient’s cultural importance)
• Reference, information-oriented (an encyclopedia article about an ingredient)

src: https://eli.li/2022/12/30/i-read-some-books-in-2022-and-have-some-thoughts-about-computer-science-writing