Tag: speaking
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Yesterday Sucked, Today is a New Day
This talk shares a personal journey through trauma, anxiety, and depression, emphasizing the power of tailored coping strategies like cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness and the importance of resilience and hope in overcoming mental health challenges.
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On The Move: Maintaining Healthy Routines While Traveling For Work
The art of balancing health and wellness while traveling for work is not an easy feat. Often, we find ourselves stuck in a conference room, surrounded by pastries, seated for hours on end, and then to top it off, our sleep is disrupted. How can we maintain healthy routines while on the road?
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Dance with Technology: KCDC’s Innovative Talk on Ballet and Distributed Computing
Kansas City Developer’s Conference (KCDC) has always been an exceptional platform for technologists, fostering an atmosphere of innovation, creativity, and learning. This year, the conference steps into a new territory – a unique intersection of art and technology – with a talk by K Rain Leander titled, “Tutus and Tech: A Ballet-Inspired Guide to Distributed…
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Inspiring the World: A Path to Becoming a TED Speaker
Becoming a TED speaker is a dream for many people who want to share their ideas with the world. TED talks have become famous for their ability to inspire, inform and entertain audiences from around the globe. If you’re interested in becoming a TED speaker, there are some steps you can take to increase your…
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Put On Your Own Mask First
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy] As told at Short Stack Conference this morning! Trigger Warning: This talk contains information about sexual assault and violence which may be triggering to survivors. I’d like to pretend that you’ll never need to know how to help a friend because we all live in a world without…
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Two Talks This Week!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty Six] This MAY or may not have been why the past few weeks have been super sketch – stress is a BEAST, yo. But first the news: Hacks, screengrabs and ‘consolation negatives’: the chaos of test for access Dutch pediatricians now support vaccinating 12-17 year olds against Covid-19…
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Put Your Own Mask On First
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty Five] Hello and thank you for flying with Leander Air. A few announcements as we begin our post. There is no safety card in the seat in front of you, unless you’re reading this from a flight in which case, good on you! Please keep your seat belts…
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Getting Started: Embrace Your Inner Child
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty Four] On the road to becoming a unicorn, you need to go backwards to make progress. I know what you’re thinking right now, “do I want to be a unicorn?” Of course you do. And now you’re thinking, “but my inner child is pretty messed up…” Fair. Mine,…
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Developing Communities: The DevRel Podcast
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Forty] It was my absolute pleasure to join Alex & Mackenzie on their podcast, Developing Communities: The DevRel Podcast, where they discuss emerging trends and talk with experts in developer relationships to unpack this growing field. But first the news: Janssen vaccine removed from Dutch programme over blood clot…
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Want To Talk At Tech Conferences Like Me?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eighty Eight] IF your project is open source AND you want to talk with developers, as opposed to companies, then you’re like me. Once you’ve figured out your voice and jumped down the rabbit hole of new experiences, share your adventures by speaking at technical conferences. First, check out…
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I Call It An Extrovert Hangover
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fifty] Yesterday it was my absolute pleasure to co-host Equinix Proximity. “And, boy, are my arms tired.” I was only on screen for about ninety minutes or so and then helped with hallway track for another couple of hours – by 1900 local, put a fork in me, I…