NOTICE: this may ruffle some feathers!
This is an attempt to put thoughts into words. To document how I think, we as a company, should be looking at the practice of public speaking. Whether a presentation at a large conference or lightning talks over lunch with your teammates.
Before I begin, a little background on how I arrived at this opinion. At the end of 2013, I started reflecting on my contributions to the technical community. I realized that I had a great passion for speaking and communicating my ideas to my peers. I also realized I hadn’t made much of an effort to contribute back to the community. So… an effort was made to up the ante. I concentrated on presenting as often as possible during 2014. At the end of 2014, I had presented at 13 conferences. 2015 is starting off well, with two conferences booked. Hope to see many of you during the 2015 year… I will be presenting at Agile and Beyond 2015 and self.conference 2015.