BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T020000 RDATE:20191103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20191201T215601Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200124T063000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200124T033000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20191201T215601Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20191201T215601Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250476474 DESCRIPTION:Whether you’ve given hundreds of talks\, just gave your first talk\, or perhaps are thinking of giving a talk next year\, we all coul d use tips in not only overcoming our fears of public speaking but getti ng good at it. As engineering professionals\, sometimes we may focus on the engineering problem and analysis yet don’t realize that how we deliv er the message can be just as important as the message itself. \;\n&# 13\;\nIf you break a sweat when speaking to more than a few people as we did\, you’ll appreciate these transformational tips as Brian and Phil d iscuss practices for putting together a talk for a conference. As an eng ineer\, learn a step by step pragmatic approach with several techniques and exercises to cure your nervousness and improve your delivery in a sy stematic way. Public speaking is a top skill for anyone who wants to eff ect change. Whether speaking to a department\, at a meetup or presenting keynotes around the world\, Phil and Brian have worked to hone their pr esentation skills. \;\n \;\nYou’ve heard “Practice Makes Perfect” right? Well\, that’s not quite right. “Practice With Feedback Makes Perf ect”. In this free workshop\, you will learn systematic methods with exe rcises so that you can improve on the spot. \;\n \;\nWalk away mor e confident in your ability to improve your public speaking skills with a framework and techniques for improvement. \;\n \;\nThis is a fre e three-hour workshop limited to the first 18 people. The content will b e in three parts\, but each section builds on the previous. \;\nPleas e RSVP on Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Pacific-NW-Software-Quality-Con ference-PNSQC/events/266871919 \;\n \;\nBoth Brian and Phil are of ficers and board members of the Pacific NW Software Quality Conference ( PNSQC). \;\n \;\nBrian Gaudreau is a seasoned quality professional with 20+ years of management\, software testing and QA experience relev ant to telecom\, enterprise metadata\, government\, multimedia\, health care and marketing CRM platforms. \;\n \;\nPhilip Lew\, CEO of XBO Soft\, has founded and managed companies in his 25+ year professional ca reer. He frequently can be found speaking at conferences including Softe c Asia\, HUSTEF\, TestIstanbul and StarEast.\n\nTags: public speaking\, networking\, qa\, software quality\, software testing\, tech\, tech conf erence\, testing\, programming\, pitch\, pitching\, scrum\, silicon fore st\, software development\, technology\, test driven development\n\nImpo rted from: http://calagator.org/events/1250476474 URL:https://www.pnsqc.org/ SUMMARY:PNSQC Workshop: An Engineering Approach to Public Speaking LOCATION:Cvent: 308 SW 2nd Ave\, Portland OR 97204 us SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR