Presented as the closing keynote at EmberCamp Chicago 2019, this talk focuses on redefining risk taking through the following approaches: - Taking small steps forward. - Enhancing your current skill set. - Shifting towards a growth mindset.

1. Redefining Risk Taking
Olivia Liddell
@oliravi

2. @oliravi
About Me
● Senior Cloud Training Specialist at Cloudbakers
● Former Chicago Public Schools teacher
● First became interested in tech through hacking

3. What does risk taking
look like?

9. Risk Taking:
Taking small steps forward

11. @oliravi
I want it to all work right away,
with no mistakes!
😂

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I don’t want to feel
inadequate.

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● Directionality issues when concatenating variables
(L-R) and Arabic letters (R-L)
● Needing to use Unicode to display Arabic letters

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16. @oliravi
● Directionality issues when concatenating variables
(L-R) and Arabic letters (R-L)
● Needing to use Unicode to display Arabic letters
● Directionality issues when using Arabic letters (R-L)
within an HTML table (L-R)

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Triliterize
olivialiddell.com/triliterize

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Taking smaller steps makes it
easier to see your path.

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Does it Connect?
olivialiddell.com/doesitconnect

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Taking small steps forward
is still moving forward.

21. Risk Taking:
Enhancing your current skill set

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Trying something new
does not take away from
who you already are.

25. Risk Taking:
Shifting towards a growth mindset

26. @oliravi

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Shifting towards a growth mindset:
● Share both your successes and your struggles.

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Shifting towards a growth mindset:
● Share both your successes and your struggles.
● View your struggles and setbacks as opportunities to
teach others.

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Shifting towards a growth mindset:
● Share both your successes and your struggles.
● View your struggles and setbacks as opportunities to
teach others.
● Seek out positive and encouraging communities.

32. How can we
redefine risk taking?

33. @oliravi
Risk Taking is:
● Taking small steps forward.
● Enhancing your current skill set.
● Shifting towards a growth mindset.

34. What does risk taking
look like?

35. My first
conference talk:
Tulsa TechFest,
2017

36. @oliravi
Thank you!