August 17 2011

Video: Making a JS meetup blow minds

In May I gave this 15 minute talk at JSConf about putting together a great tech meetup, based on my experience putting on VanJS.

JSConf was the largest crowd I’ve presented to so far (about 200 by my count) but it was worth the pressure for sure. Any feedback on my presentation style would be really helpful. Maybe next year I’ll give a talk entitled ‘Eliminating all the “uh”s and head bobbing you see in videos of yourself giving talks’.

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4 Comments

  1. Thomas Howard
    Aug 21 2011
    7:35 pm

    Really enjoyed the talk! :)

  2. Derek Gillies
    Aug 26 2011
    10:37 pm

    This merely serves to remind me that it’s been ages since I’ve collapsed on your floor. If I were more a coder type I’d be all over this beer you speak of :P

  3. Alex
    Jan 18 2012
    9:21 pm

    Thanks for the talk Allen. I’m wondering how the event will go if the beer and provided during the event :-)

  4. Allen
    Jan 19 2012
    10:43 am

    Alex: No problem. I don’t think it matters if beer is provided during the event vs. after. As long as people have time to socialize over food or drinks, it should be a success. Good luck!

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