PHPNW09
I've been fortunate enough to be asked to hold an informal workshoppy session kinda thing at PHPNW09 on the Sunday. Lorna dropped me an email asking if I was willing to do a jQuery session similar to what I presented at UnSheffield and I jumped at the chance.
Then it really began to sink in. I've presented one session to date (if we don't count the trainwreck that I gave to three people at Leeds Barcamp on the sunday) - and I'm there on a page alongside a host of seasoned speakers. I started to wonder what I was getting myself into, and feeling a bit nervous.
Fortunately, I've had a few ideas about what I can say and some (hopefully) clever ideas to show people just what jQuery can do. I still only have about half a session of content, so if you're headed to #phpnw09 and there's something you'd like to see, let me know. Alternatively, if you're not going but still have an idea that I could use, it would be much appreciated 
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First off, Wtf is a JQuery?
Second, I find public speaking/presenting easy when you really know all the ins and outs of your topic. If you’re well versed in what you are presenting on, then i’m sure you will do fine. Go slow and make it easy for the dumbest people in the room to understand what you’re going on about. And you should avoid any train wrecks.
The easiest way to engage people when speaking, is to occasionally pause, as this will bring anyone who’s attention has drifted off (it always will) back to listening, and if you speed up and slow down in some points.
If that helps let me know
Also! Why do I not get a fancy picture of me next to my comments! >:(
jQuery is a javascript framework. It’s what lets us do all the fancy stuff on t’internet nowadays.
I’ve given the presentation once, and just kind of winged it. I’ve got more time to learn the stuff this time, so it should be a bit more well thought out. In the last session, I just asked people what they wanted to see, and based the next 5 mins around that. Repeat until my time’s up
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