Mozilla Tech Speakers

What is Tech Speakers?

• Community-driven technical speaker development program...
• Designed to be self-guided or run in your group...
• In order to increase developer awareness and adoption of Mozilla products and the Open Web.
• In order to communicate clearly to your teams and groups!

Nothing is free.

• Being a good speaker is not magic.
• But becoming one might be uncomfortable.
• And will take a little bit of work.
• But a little work goes a LONG way.

It's all about you.

I am not running this.

You are, as a group.

It'll be hard. But fun!

The Program

• Six weeks short.
• Combines content crafting and speaking practice.
• It is repeatable.

Story Crafting

• Who is your audience?
• What do you want them to do?
• What is the bottom line?

The ThoughtBox

The ThoughtBox

• A tool to craft your story.
• Organizes your thoughts.
• Makes sure you cover all the bases.
• Print as landscape and get to work.

Speaking Practice

Record yourself...

Talking about anything...

For 2 minutes...

Watch as a group.

Repeat!

Feedback Guidelines

• Watch entire presentation without comment.
• At the end, go around the group.
• Say what you liked.
• Say what you want to see more of.
• Repeat!

tl;dr Schedule

• Week 1. Introduction. Homework: Pick a topic.
• Week 2. Watch recordings! HW: ThoughtBox.
• Week 3. Recordings + group feedback. HW: Preso outline.
• Week 4. Recordings + group feedback. HW: Preso draft.
• Week 5. Recordings + group feedback. HW: Preso polish.
• Week 6. Final presentations. Party party party.