THIS MONTH, JOIN US ONLINE!
Due to Government advice regarding COVID-19, we’re hosting our events remotely for the safety of all our staff, venue staff and community members. You can read more about our policy for COVID-19 here.
The event is remote via Zoom, you can join us using this link:
https://nott.tech/TNAug20
Meeting ID: 856-9625-9060 | Password: zap
We’ll also be following along live on the #tech-nottingham-monthly channel on Slack for general event chat.
You can join from your computer, phone or tablet - all you need is an internet connection. As we’re using both Zoom and Slack, and we’ll be running interactive activities, a computer or tablet would work better.
You can sign up to Slack right now at technottingham.com/slack
How To Join The Tech Nottingham Slack Group
Lightning Talks: The Audience Takes Over!
This is the event where you take control - we'll be running lightning talks and anyone can speak!
What Is A Lightning Talk?
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 stick it up using our lightning talks Jamboard 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 porridgeFor 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 have some great prizes to give away at this month’s event! Details coming soon!
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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