{"id":146,"date":"2019-11-14T11:14:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T11:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicdigital.co\/blog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2024-06-10T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:47:51","slug":"my-first-public-speaking-gig-at-mancseo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daveashworth.co\/blog\/my-first-public-speaking-gig-at-mancseo\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Public Speaking Gig At #MancSEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Earlier this week I did my first public speaking presentation in my capacity as a website optimisation consulant<\/a> at the quarterley SEO meetup MancSEO<\/a>, which “is an informal group of like-minded people, who enjoy talking SEO and getting to know their peers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been planning on doing something like this for a while now, and whilst I had some apprehension about getting up and talking in front of 100+ people, in the end it was a great opportunity to share some knowledge and tips which were well received. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The venue was held at Impossible<\/a>, a Manchester bar that has a function room that conveniently has a stage and is perfect for an event such as MancSEO:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were 3 other speakers on who all did great talks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Hunt<\/a>
Rory Truesdale<\/a>
Dom Hodgson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst post talk it’s always a good event to do some networking with like minded individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeaway for me from this is that if you’ve been considering doing public speaking at all then forget about the nerves and just do it – you’ll get a buzz and it’s great to hear positive feedback and get asked questions by folk who are genuinely interested in what you have to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am certainly looking forward to speaking again in the future. Below are some vidoes \/ pics and a slideshare of the presentation I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Intro\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"mid-talk\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n