Well, vacation is officially over.
This afternoon myself and our CTO are speaking at The Startup Project. We’ll be covering what the company is about and how we are leveraging Amazon Web Services to get things done.
It should go well and hopefully I can steel my nerves enough to make it through my five minutes of the presentation without too much stammering and sweating! This is such a seismic shift from my last job where I was largely invisible and the expectation was that I remain so; here in the past month I have attended a technology mixer where I spent time shaking hands and getting the word out (on the technical end) of what we are and how we are doing it to now speaking to a captive audience. I’ll be more than happy, though, to slip back behind the command line and not be wrapped up in counting how many times I said “um” in a minute.
Wish me luck!
Tags: Amazon, Conference, Speaking, Work
Good luck! It’s funny, I used to hate public speaking but since I’ve been doing a few library conference presentations, I now find it easy and even enjoyable. I guess it’s all a matter of talking about things you are passionate about and coming up with a presentation style you are comfortable with. Personally, I now use Wink for all my presentations…at least it’s not Powerpoint (plus I _never_ depend on live internet for presentations…too risky!).
Good luck! I’m sure you’ll do great!
And don’t forget to fill out the AWS survey!
good luck. i know what you mean about public speaking. i need to do some practicing before my presentation on monday.
Thanks! It went awesome! Had a great time even presenting, guess it helps to love what you are talking about.