Just a few days before our lightning talk session and we still have spots free. Remember that your talk doesn’t have to be fancy, and it could literally be a couple minutes long. If you have something you could share with the group, drop us a line at i...@nwrug.org <mailto:i...@nwrug.org>.
Cheers, Tekin > On 12 Feb 2019, at 14:57, Ben Aldred <benald...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi people, > > A quick reminder / prod about lightning talks. We still have a few sessions > left. I remember after last month speaking to a few people who had some great > talk ideas. > > Here is what Tekin said about it a few weeks ago (he said it better than I > could): > > Next month at NWRUG we’re doing lightning talks! That means you, our faithful > members have an opportunity to give a short talk, no more than 10 minutes > (note: they can be way shorter) on a subject of your choosing. We’re looking > for up to 8 talks in total. > > Giving a lightning talk at NWRUG > Giving a lightning talk is a great way to try your hand at public speaking, > and we encourage and support first time speakers. Lightning talks don’t have > to be super-polished, or anything ground-breaking or world-changing. It could > simply be about something interesting or surprising you’ve learnt recently. > Perhaps you’ve been working with a new feature in Rails, or a particular gem, > or you’ve been trying a new technique/pattern and have some learnings you can > share. For an idea of the sort of things we’re talking about, check out our > previous <https://nwrug.org/events/may-2018-lightning-talks> lightning > <https://nwrug.org/events/march-2017-march-lightning-talks> talk > <https://nwrug.org/events/february-2014-lightning-talks> events > <https://nwrug.org/events/april-2012-the-lightning-round>. > > We're very happy to help with advice and help on things like: what to talk > about; how to structure your talk; rehearsals; or anything else you might > need to help you prepare and feel comfortable giving a short talk. There are > also some helpful links in the help with speaking > <https://nwrug.org/participate#help-with-speaking> section on the website. > > The event will run from 6:30pm and will once again be the shiny new On the > Beach offices at Aeroworks, Manchester. > > Email i...@nwrug.org <mailto:i...@nwrug.org> if you would like to volunteer > or have any questions. > > I went to a product conference last Friday and the best talks that I saw > weren't even about products or product management. Just sayin' > > Cheers, > > Ben > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nwrug-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:nwrug-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to nwrug-members@googlegroups.com > <mailto:nwrug-members@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members > <https://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nwrug-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to nwrug-members@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
