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AGL 087: Giving Your First Talk with Justin James


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About Justin

For over 20 years, Justin has been architecting software, leading teams and sharing his knowledge.  Justin is the founder of Let Your Nerd Be Heard, creator of the Ultimate Presentation Formula for Nerds, an Award Winning Entrepreneur,  an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author, and a Microsoft MVP.  He is hired by nerds to take their public speaking skills from zero to hero so they can speak to more than 1s and 0s and are seen as the go to expert.  He makes the seemingly scary world of public speaking, simple and easy to understand.

 

You can find Justin at letyournerdbeheard.com  for public speaking courses and mentoring and digitaldrummerj.me for his tech blog.

We Talked About
  • Justin’s technology origin story
  • Becoming a Microsoft MVP
  • Why work for yourself?
  • Speaking importance
  • Choosing your topic
  • Finding a conference
  • Writing your bio
  • How to put together a good talk
  • How to practice for your talk
  • Links Mentioned
    • Five Steps to Nailing Your Next Talk
    • Also check out Episode 14 –  7 Tips for Public Speaking
    • Connect with Justin
      • Twitter
      • YouTube
      • Github
      • Website
      • Blog
      • LinkedIn
      • I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to iTunes and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again!

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