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Thaísa Vieira

Hello, world! It is always a pleasure to have new members at DEV. We are a kind community and we want to read about your interests. I'm looking for people who would like to participate in the Public Speaking Challenge, do you wanna join?

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Paweł Ciosek

Hello! 👋

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Thaísa Vieira

Hello, @pavelee !

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Jose Juarez

Any source on how to improve at public speaking ? I’m terrible at this

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Michael Tharrington

Haha, I feel you on that. I'm pretty awful at it too. 😅

But hey, we do have loads of these resources... did a little search for ya here and there are quite a few articles on this topic!

If you need practice, I've heard a lotta folks talk about Toastmasters as being a great safe place that brings folks together to practice.

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Jose Juarez

Thanks

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Thaísa Vieira

Thanks for all your recommendations, @michaeltharrington! I'll check it out!

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Thaísa Vieira

Just like me! The only way we can get better at public speaking is by exercising and with this Virtual Coffee project, we will be guided to the goal of the presentation. I have a lot of difficulties like I'm shy and I won't speak my mother language but I'm pretty determined to join this challenge.

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Jose Juarez

Not much human interaction or face to face. I’ve been working remotely since beginning pandemia

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Jose Juarez

@thaisavieira what is this Virtual Coffee project ?

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Thaísa Vieira

Agree! Also, most educational systems just bring bad experiences about it without any theory or healthy practices to exercise.

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Thaísa Vieira

The challenge will be a great opportunity to break this ice. Choose your favorite topic, something you feel comfortable to talk about.

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Thaísa Vieira

You can check the latest event in this Youtube playlist. The Virtual Coffee is a monthly challenge and it will be my first time participating too!

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Chris Jarvis
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Gourav Pandey

But how to join ?
I am new I dev

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Thaísa Vieira

For more details about joining this challenge, you can check the Public Speaking thread of two parts here:
1 dev.to/virtualcoffee/step-into-the...
2 dev.to/virtualcoffee/step-into-the... (check-in)

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Khan Zahid Nazir

👋

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Thaísa Vieira

Hello, Khan Zahid Nazir, be welcome!

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Olamide Femi-Babatunde

Yes I would like to join

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Thaísa Vieira

YEAAAHH! It will be a pleasure to listen to your topic at the event! Do you have anything in mind?

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Olamide Femi-Babatunde

I don't really have anything in mind

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Thaísa Vieira

I'm sure to some ideas will pop up soon!

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Olamide Femi-Babatunde

Yeah, me too