Being a Public Speaker Mom - Hosting Shmuela Jacobs

05/14/19 • 19 min

Speaking in conferences and traveling the world, can be challenging as is. But what happens when you have a baby? How can you still do it?

In this episode Britt hosts Shmuela, who has been traveling with her baby all over the world, giving talks and workshops, and smiling the whole time! Shmuela shares her experience, with some challenges and how to overcome them. The message is clear and loud - continue to do what you love, everything is possible! She also gives some ideas for organisers on how to make it a little easier for parents to speak and attend, in the hope that even more events will become more inclusive to parents.

Shmuela Jacobs is a Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft, and the founder of ngGirls. She is also a part of Google Developer Expert Program for web.

Britt Barak is a Google Developer Expert for Android, originally from Tel Aviv, newly based in London. She's a part of Nexmo's Developer Relations & Experience team. More of her content is on brittbarak.com

Speaking in conferences and traveling the world, can be challenging as is. But what happens when you have a baby? How can you still do it?

Shmuela Jacobs is a Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft, and the founder of ngGirls. She is also a part of Google Developer Expert Program for web.

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Breaking Tech Structure Mould - Hosting Shai Reznik

If it looks like a tech talk, sounds like a tech talks, and feels like a tech talk, then it probably is a tech talk!

There are just a few people that can take any expectation from a tech talk, break it to pieces, and create a fun and entertaining show that will tech you tech, with tons of laughter. Shai Reznik is definitely one of them.

After performing on the largest Angular conferences with a game show, a scripted play and even a roast, Britt sits downs to explore her inspiration by him. On this episode, Shai shares what motivates him, how does he find creative ideas and how does he prepare for his (not so simple) productions.

If you want to be more creative tech speaker - this episode is for you!

Shai Reznik is the founder and a teacher of Angular on hiRez.io and testAngular.com. He is a consultant and a Google Developer Expert for web technologies, organises jsIsrael community and performs around the world with tech and improv shows.

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Preparing For Public Speaker Life (or: Don't Burn Yourself Out) - Hosting Shai Reznik

Burning out is a dangerous space, which is not discussed enough. When starting a new an exciting journey, it is so common to start full power. Often you may find that you've run so far... but left out of breath.

There's so much to say about burn out. This episode, focuses on some pitfalls that are more significant for public speakers. Shai Reznik and Britt Barak, both love traveling and conference speaking. At the same time, after a while they both felt they need to take some time off and recover.

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Shai Reznik is the founder and a teacher of Angular on hiRez.io and testAngular.com. He is a consultant and a Google Developer Expert for web technologies, organises jsIsrael community and performs around the world with tech and improv shows.