Tech Nottingham October 2021
This month we hand control over to … you! The audience takes over in our ever-popular lightning talks event.
Plus we'll be having fun and giving away swag and prizes.
Join us on zoom:
https://nott.tech/tn-oct-2021-zoom
Meeting ID: 861 1384 0998
Passcode: TNOct21!
New to Online Tech Nottingham? Read about what to expect.
Lightning Talks: The Audience Takes Over!
A lightning talk is a short talk, under five minutes on whatever subject you wish to speak about (Code of Conduct permitting!). At the start of the session the audience has time to write their talk title on a virtual post-it and those talks make up our evening. If there are too many talks to fit in to the evening, we'll vote on our favourites.
For the audience it's a rapid-fire session where you'll learn loads and gain unique insight into the thoughts, ideas and passions of your peers.
For speakers it's a unique opportunity to speak your mind, try out a talk idea and boost your confidence in front of a friendly crowd. Since the talks are short, the pressure to prep and polish is low and you can focus on key ideas you want to share.
Great Lightning Talks We've Seen
Elmer McCurdy, who died in 1911 but wasn't buried until 1977
How an innocent pie inadvertently broke an infrastructure project
Becoming a better developer with porridge
For inspiration, you can see some examples in this blog post about a previous Lightning Talks session at Tech Nottingham.
Slides?
You may prepare a few slides but it's totally optional. As the event is remote, you can share your screen and present slides or you can just talk!
Helpful Resources
We’ve collated various resources to help you on your speaking journey, from finding that initial idea, to planning and finally delivering your talk.
Win Stuff at Tech Nottingham!
We’ll be giving away some awesome prizes to our lucky attendees. Details on how to win will be shared during the event.
Join in with the Nottingham Tech Community online
The Tech Nottingham Slack group is a bustling chat community of Nottingham tech folk sharing ideas, jokes, stories and helping one another. We'd love for you to join in and be a part of it!
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