TALKTIPS DAY 07: Too Many Things
I almost always have way more talking points than I need by the time I’ve put together an outline. Editing can be really challenging. What goes? What stays?
Here’s a trick I learned quite by accident that, so far, has proven to be really awesome and useful.
This Spring, I did a “5-minute Lightning Talk” at CocoaConf Portland. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, I volunteered with maybe two hours to shape the idea into a 5-minute talk. I’d had this idea for a talk I wanted to do that was a continuation (part II) of my “Burnout” talk.
Boiling the ideas down into something I could communicate within 5 minutes helped me narrow down A LOT of ideas into what the most important ones are. I’ve since teased those out into 20, 30 and 60-minute talks. The core message remains the same. Here’s a 20-minute version of what the 5-minute lightning talk became: “No Excuses”.
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Jaimee Newberry is a professional experimenter, speaker and writer who lives, learns and fumbles out loud. She’s the founder of tinychallenges.com and co-host of the tinychallenges podcast. She’s also the independent mother of two girls and two cats, and girlfriend of a beautiful, shy man who likes to remain mostly anonymous. More at jaimeejaimee.com
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