Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Justin Searls has been giving presentations at conferences and meetups for over a decade, and he's designed an approach that's guaranteed to keep people's attention and leave a meaningful impact on audiences. Here are his top ten tips for everything from having your talk submission accepted in a CFP to designing a slide deck to dealing with the nervousness you might feel about getting on stage.

You can see a few of Justin's past talks on YouTube:

* How to Program youtube.com/watch?v=rm8RYzrVkFA
* How to Stop Hating Your Tests youtube.com/watch?v=jmPcVTHmdVo
* The Selfish Programmer youtube.com/watch?v=XvQxfMBp50k
* The Social Coding Contract youtube.com/watch?v=HFRU6eQKp4Y

Read more here: blog.testdouble.com/talks/2023-12-12-how-to-start-speaking-at-conferences