AGL 343: Tech Talks with Oscar Santolalla

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About Oscar

After a decade and a half in the technology arena, Oscar Santolalla embarked on a mission to help people in technology companies present better, inspire others, and sell more.

He is author of “Rock the Tech Stage” (Apress, 2020) and “Create and Deliver a Killer Product Demo” (Apress, 2018). Oscar helps professionals in the technology industry rediscover the power of sharing their best ideas onstage.

Since 2014, Oscar hosts Time to Shine, the pioneer podcast show in public speaking. He works as a Senior Sales Engineer at Ubisecure, in which he hosts the podcast “Let’s Talk About Digital Identity” and leads the company’s product training program. He has also contributed as speaking coach in several TEDx events. Oscar lives in Helsinki, Finland.

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Today We Talked About

• Oscar’s background
• Giving Talks
• Why?
• Mistakes that are made
• Put your ideas into a format (but don’t start with powerpoint).
• Make an outline
• Don’t be too abstract
• Don’t use too many acronyms or buzzwords
• Practice
• Keeping your talk tight… short timeline
• Records yourself (at least Audio)
• Passion for your topic
• “An Audience is not given to you, it something you fight for.”
• Speak only on topics you are passionate about. You can’t fake it.
• Stories
• Interaction is important when giving talks (especially with virtual conferences)

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Connect with Oscar

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Book
• X
• Time to Shine – Podcast

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