Tech Nottingham 10th August - Lightning Talks! ⚡️

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:
https://technottingham.com/coronavirus

The event is remote via Zoom, details will be posted here and shared on Slack and via email fifteen minutes before the event.

We’ll also be following along live on the #tech-nottingham-monthly channel on Slack for general event chat and Q&A.

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 https://technottingham.com/slack

How To Join The Tech Nottingham Slack Group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S412wSKjsqY

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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 come up, write their talk title on a post-it and stick it to 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.
https://www.technottingham.com/speaking-resources

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Win Stuff at Tech Nottingham!
We have some great prizes to give away at this month’s event! Details coming soon!

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Thanks to our sponsors:
Capital One, Cordius, Experian, MHR