This is a follow up on [my earlier post] (http://testingfuntime.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/learning-to-talk-finding-your-voice-and.html) about learning how to give a technical talk.

I did it! I gave my talk! The feeling of euphoria afterwards was overwhelming and I think I might still be buzzing from the experience.

I wanted to write a mini blog post to say a massive THANKYOU to everyone that came along to the Newcastle Testing meet up on 1st November. It was good to see a mix of both familiar and new faces. Also thank you to Russell & David for organising the evening and thank you to sponsor Sage for providing a steady supply of beer and pizza.

There are a couple of links I would like to share.

Firstly, for anyone interested in attending the Newcastle testing meet up, full details of future meetings can be found at:

[http://www.meetup.com/Newcastle-Upon-Tyne-Agile-Testing-Meetup/] (http://www.meetup.com/Newcastle-Upon-Tyne-Agile-Testing-Meetup/)

Secondly, for anyone that was unable to make the event, I have managed to get my talk & slides uploaded to Youtube here:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jms67_-tHqY] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jms67_-tHqY)

Retrospective Thoughts

It felt like the talk went better this time than the previous time I gave it. I know the free beer definitely helped suppress any feelings of anxiety and fear.

I feel exhausted from the journey public speaking has taken me on, but its been worth every moment. I need to take a rest but don’t want to lose momentum so I have decided to set myself the following speaking goals for 2017:

• Give a talk to a larger audience
• Give a talk that isn’t about testing
• Give a lightning talk at a conference (probably a 99 second talk at a Test Bash event)

Look forward to hopefully seeing you at the next meet up!

This post was originally published on my software testing blog Mega Ultra Happy Software Testing Fun time.

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