Would you like to present a talk at a conference? (And probably get your ticket paid for, plus maybe your travel expenses, possibly even with some extra?) Does the thought scare you -- or excite you? Maybe both?

You'll need a message, and to know how to find conferences accepting talks, submit yours, create it (yes, you can submit "vaporware"), and deliver it -- and what to do afterward. This talk will help you with most of that. (There's much more about public speaking than I could tell you in this time, so there will be a list of other resources.)

Meanwhile, come to this talk to find out how to figure out a good topic, organize your thoughts into a speech outline, create slides, find images for them, find conferences accepting submissions, and craft, submit, and track your submissions and presentations. Before you know it, you'll be gallivanting all over the world as a speaker... or doing it remotely if that's your preference.

This is applicable to non-technical conferences, but the vast majority of my conference-speaking experience (but not all!) is at tech ones.

Agenda:
- Why you might want to present at a conference
- Why you might NOT want to
- Very basics of Public Speaking, and some resources
- What's different about *conference* speaking
- Finding a Topic
- Finding Conferences
- Choosing Conferences
- Tracking Your Submissions
- At the Conference
- After the Conference
- FAQs
- Wrapup