This document outlines the agenda and instructions for a workshop on generating ideas for public speaking topics. It instructs participants to brainstorm topics based on their professional experiences and accomplishments from the past month, 6 months, 2 years, as well as skills learned. Participants are then asked to share their top ideas with a group and get feedback on expected audience and questions. The document encourages participants who are interested to sign up to present further on a speaking opportunity and provides additional resources on public speaking.

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LET’S BRAINSTORM
SPEAKING
TOPICS

2. 1YOU CAN
SPEAK *
*Yes, you.

3. “I’m just here for the
pizza. I don’t actually
want to get into public
speaking.”
-You, or the person next to you

4. You do have something
valuable to share with the
community.

6. “Me? I don’t have
anything worthwhile to
say.”
“Of course you do. We all
do.”

7. Photo: http://www.kitf.photo/

9. This can also be your
story.

10. 2WORK-
SHOP

11. First,we’ll generate ideas.
Lots of ideas.

12. Quantity,not quality while
generating ideas.

13. You’re going to generate
ideas based on a series of
questions.

14. What have you done
(professionally) in the
past month?

15. Learned Show & Hide with JQuery
Created Proto Personas for
Project X
Mentored Junior Designer in
Usability Testing
Interviewed UX Designer
Candidates
Wrote a Blog Post on X
Organized UXPA Meetup

16. What have you done
(professionally) in the
past month?
You have 3 minutes to write down 8 things.
Use the paper sheet provided. No laptops,
tablets, or phones!

17. What have you done
(professionally) in the last
6 months?

18. What have you learned or
accomplished in the past
2 years?

19. What techniques or tools
have you learned in the
past 2 years?

20. What do you know how to
do now that you didn’t
know when you were in
school?

21. What soft skills have you
accumulated throughout
your career?

22. Excited
About
Want to Do
More Of
Confident
About

23. 3SHARE IN
GROUPS

24. Pick 2-3 of your top-
ranked ideas. Top-ranked
ideas have the most
symbols next to them.

25. Discuss your top-ranked
ideas as speaking topics.
Share them with the
group.

26. Each Person Takes a Turn
Share Your 2-3 Topics
Each Person Has 10 Minutes
Ask Your Group:
If you were planning to attend this talk, what’s
one thing you would expect to learn?
What’s one question that you would expect
me to answer in this talk?
Based on the topic I described, who do you
think is the target audience?

27. Share out!

28. What’s Next?

29. “I’m excited about my
topics. Now what?”

31. Articles & Podcasts
7 Tips for Giving the Best Presentation of
Your Life (https://goo.gl/ZdQVeN)
On Speaking (http://goo.gl/WD5KcJ)
Speaking? Tips. (http://goo.gl/tMZYs6)
Podcast: ‘I want Action, Man’ with Aarron
Walter and Jared Spool (http://
www.unfinished.bz/108)

32. Fill out the interest sheet.
Leave it here.
An organizer will contact
you about speaking for
UXPA TV.

33. Return pens,please!

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Jessica Ivins, Facilitator
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THANK YOU