About

As an inclusive, and community-driven conference we want to encourage everyone to share their experiences and knowledge. By running a new speakers workshop we hope to encourage those voices we haven't heard form yet.

If you are a new or inexperienced speakers submit your talk and register interest in attending here: Call for Speakers

Time and Date:Saturday 23rd March - 9.30am - 4.30pm

Speaking in front of an audience can be daunting - but it doesn't have to be. This workshop will show you how to create and deliver great technical talks, whether you're speaking at industry conferences, doing a talk at your local meetup group, or just sharing ideas with your own team.

During the first part of the workshop, you'll learn how to design a talk; how to gather ideas, create a structure, and develop your material to suit a particular format or time limit. You'll learn how to use humour and storytelling to connect with your audience, and tips to help you use rehearsal effectively.

The afternoon session will focus on visual material - slides, multimedia, and live demos. We'll look at techniques you can use to make your presentations clear, accessible and engaging, and how to use images, animation and photography to support and reinforce the points you're making in your presentation. We'll look at tips for presenting code, the challenges of doing live demos, and how to use screen recording and video editing to take your live code presentations to the next level.

Dylan Beattie created his first web page in 1992. With nearly 25 years' experience as a professional developer, he's worked on everything from static websites to distributed microservice architectures. Dylan is a Microsoft MVP and the creator of the Rockstar esoteric programming language. He's presented talks about technology and software development at conferences and events all over the world, and online videos of his presentations have been viewed more than five million times. Dylan is online at https://dylanbeattie.net/ and on Twitter as @dylanbeattie.

Requirements

• A laptop
• Presentation software e.g. Microsoft Powerpoint, Google Slides

Travel

By bus

The nearest bus stops to Watershed are on 'The Centre', no more than a 2 minute walk away.
Plan your journey by bus at travelwest.info.

By train

Bristol Temple Meads is the nearest train station and is 10 minutes by public transport links or a 20 minute walk to Watershed.

By car

The closest car parks are Millennium Square Car Park and Trenchard Street NCP parking.
There are two Blue Badge parking spaces to the rear of Watershed on Canons Road.

By bike

There are many cycle parking locations at the front and back of the building.
You can find many more parking locations across The Centre nearby.

Hotels

The nearest hotels are:

• Radisson Blue Hotel: Broad Quay, Bristol BS1 4BY
• The Bristol Hotel: Prince St, Bristol BS1 4QF
• Bristol Marriott Royal: College Green, Bristol BS1 5TA

_{Disclaimer: These instructions are provided for your convenience. We have tried to ensure that they are accurate but can take no responsibility for errors. This is not an exhaustive list of how to get to the venue, other routes are available.}