The latest articles on DEV Community by Slava (@m0sth8). https://dev.to/m0sth8 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F113498%2F0717192d-af19-46da-a4dc-ee9b04effc86.jpeg https://dev.to/m0sth8 en Slava Tue, 04 Feb 2020 20:25:56 +0000 https://dev.to/tulula/digest-2-videos-from-events-and-online-conference-platform-2dck https://dev.to/tulula/digest-2-videos-from-events-and-online-conference-platform-2dck <p>Hi! </p> <p>Hope your February is off to a great start! </p> <p>In case you missed it, we introduced a new feature on Tulula - <strong>Videos!</strong> 🎬 </p> <p>You can now watch videos from the past events right on Tulula, no need to scout Google or Youtube. We've already added over 10 000 videos for <a href="https://tulu.la/events/?past=show&amp;videos=true">340 conferences</a> and keep going. </p> <p>If the conference is new and there are no videos yet - no worries! Hit <strong>"Get Videos"</strong> button on the event page, and we will notify you as soon as the videos become available.😎 </p> <p><a href="https://sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/tulula/prod/digest/digest2-big2.png"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--oqCYyOfU--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/tulula/prod/digest/digest2-small3.png" alt="image"></a></p> <h3> What's next? </h3> <p>🕵️‍♀️The search experience on Tulu.la will be much, much better with the new elastic search we are currently finalizing. No more missed events! </p> <p>🦄We are working on the <strong>brand new platform for online events</strong>. Please check our <a href="https://tulu.la/landing/online">landing page</a> and let us know what you think! We started working on it because we met so many people who cannot attend the conferences in person. That's not fair, and we want to change it! </p> <p>Your feedback is super important to us, as we are working on new features. If you have something to share, please reply to this email. </p> <h3> Interesting links </h3> <ol> <li><a href="https://www.cfpland.com/guides/speaking/">Really good guide on speaking at technology conferences by Karl Hughes.</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.frankel.ch/advices-junior-conference-speakers/">Great advices by Nicolas Fränkel for new speakers</a></li> <li><a href="https://forum.tulu.la/t/2020-calendar-for-software-testing-and-qa-conferences/3192">2020 calendar for software testing and QA conferences</a></li> <li><a href="https://forum.tulu.la/t/10-conferences-to-submit-your-tech-newbie-talk/2532">10 conferences to submit your “tech newbie” talk</a></li> </ol> Slava Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:20:50 +0000 https://dev.to/tulula/you-don-t-need-to-be-an-expert-to-go-on-stage-285h https://dev.to/tulula/you-don-t-need-to-be-an-expert-to-go-on-stage-285h <p>I've heard many reasons why people don't want to speak. The most popular are:</p> <ul> <li>"I don't have anything to tell" </li> <li>"I'm not an expert in this topic"</li> <li>"I don't know anything special"</li> <li>or other variants.</li> </ul> <p>People tend to think that the only way to talk is to be an expert or specialist in something. While it's true that we like talks by experts in their fields because of deep insights and new knowledge, there're many other types of talks.</p> <p>Tara Sophia Mohr from Adobe wrote a great post about identities <a href="https://99u.adobe.com/articles/7277/understanding-how-to-frame-your-creative-expertise" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://99u.adobe.com/articles/7277/understanding-how-to-frame-your-creative-expertise</a>.</p> <p>She argues that one shouldn’t be an expert in the field in order to speak. Though talks by experts are the most popular on Tech Conferences, people often feel that such talks weren't practical enough for them or too abstract.</p> <p>She suggests three other Identities:</p> <ul> <li>Survivor</li> <li>The called</li> <li>Cross trainer</li> </ul> <p>I prepared a simple sketch for you:</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fthepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fmutsbcaue18e7ss33byo.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fthepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fmutsbcaue18e7ss33byo.png" alt="Sketch"></a></p> <p>Other identities I have in mind and see often on stage:</p> <ul> <li>teacher. These people want to learn something new and think that the best way to learn is to teach somebody else. It's quite popular in the world of podcasts.</li> <li>journalist. Many different sources, links between them. Unexpected connections.</li> </ul> <p>Please suggest more in comments!</p> <p>Sometimes the only thing you need to be a good speaker is a passion and some time to prepare your talk. </p> <p>We’ve built <a href="http://tulu.la" rel="noopener noreferrer">tulu.la</a> to help all speakers in their journey.</p> speaking identities