How-To: Give a presentation about {$topic} on {$date}

Steps

  1. Google the topic, do the research
  2. Create a good title
  3. Write a paragraph or two of description
  4. Find a date and event to present at
  5. List it on SpeakerRate
  6. Create a slide deck
  7. Check HTML validity and RDFa metadata for presentation
  8. Include SpeakerRate link into slides
  9. Post event on TechPresentations.org
  10. ! Give a talk !
  11. Link slides from my Talks page
  12. Post presentation with slides on TechPresentations.org
  13. Add link to slides to SpeakerRate page
    {$slides-url}
  14. Post to the blog
  15. Tweet slides link
    Post a short message, 140 symbols max.
  16. Share on Facebook
  17. Email attendees with thank yous, slide links, SpeakerRate link and etc.
    Thank you for attending my talk about {$topic}

    Please rate my presentation on SpekerRate, it'll help me improve:
    {$SpeakerRateLink}

    I've posted slides to my site here:
    {$url}

    I also posted it to TechPresentations:
    {$TechPresentationsLink}
  18. Send email to organizers thanking them
    Don't forget to invite them to your group and to open an opportunity for future collaboration.