Archive for the ‘ Talks ’ Category

Presentation Skillz: Handling Audio and Video

Keeping an audience captivated is the number 1 goal of any presenter.  The content of your presentation takes a backseat to being captivating; no one is going to pay attention to what you are saying if you aren’t interesting and engaging!  Being engaging requires energy and enthusiasm, which is easier to do in person because [ READ MORE ]

Presentation Skillz

Many people have recently asked me for advice on presentation skills because I’ve had a number of speaking engagements so I figured I’d share some of my so-called skillz. I’ll do a series of posts because the knowledge I have spans 16 years, and I want to give people the full spectrum. The rules of software [ READ MORE ]

I Don’t Know to CEO: Transforming Passion in Action

  • April 28th, 2010
  • Posted in Talks

On Saturday May 1, 2010, I will speaking on a panel entitled: “Taking Flight – Launching a Belief into a Brand” at the I Don’t Know to CEO: Transforming Passion into Action conference at the Annenburg Auditorium at Stanford University. [ READ MORE ]

Social Developers Summit

  • April 25th, 2010
  • Posted in Talks

I will speaking at the Social Developer Summit on June 29, 2010 (9:30-10:20am).  The session will be about Scaling Social Analytics.  I’ll cover some of the data analytics I worked on at Mint.com, and propose suggestions for building analytics in from the start to then help with scale. [ READ MORE ]

Deploy 2010

  • April 13th, 2010
  • Posted in Talks

I will be speaking at Deploy 2010 hosted by Seattle 2.0 on Thursday June 24th at Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle, WA.  The focus of my talk is pre-launch planning for startups, geared towards engineering.  I aim to cover technologies to use, best practices, and trade-offs to make before crunchtime! [ READ MORE ]

Careers of the Future: Which One is Right for You?

  • April 6th, 2010
  • Posted in Talks

I will be on a panel at the Invent Your Future Conference for Women, on Tuesday April 20, 2010 (10:15am – 11:45am).  The title of the panel is: Careers of the Future: Which One is Right for You?  The conference will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. [ READ MORE ]

PairUp Conference: Building a Startup

  • February 22nd, 2010
  • Posted in Talks

I will be speaking at the PairUp Conference April 8-9, 2010 in London; doing a pair presentation with Nick Pellant.  The both of us will be speaking on how to go about starting a tech startup, and focused on inspiring the youth of the UK! [ READ MORE ]

Takeaways from Girls in Tech: Catalyst Conference

Today I attend the Girls in Tech: Catalyst Conference at the Common Wealth Club in San Francisco.  It was a great meeting ground for all girls in tech.  I was introduced to VCs, CEOs, and of course fellow femgineers!  My panel was: “Curious About Coding & Developing: Developing Creativity & Building a Business.”  Here is [ READ MORE ]

Duke Talk: From Duke to Mint: The Blue She-Devil and Successful Startup

  • December 10th, 2009
  • Posted in Talks

I will be speaking to MEM (Masters in Engineering Management) students at my alma mater, Duke University, on Friday January 22, 2009. I’ll talk about how I contributed to Mint.com’s success two years after I graduated from the Pratt School of Engineering. [ READ MORE ]

Building an Engineering Team – Videos

  • November 5th, 2009
  • Posted in Talks

I was invited to speak to the Berkeley CS students for their e-talks series.  Here is the video from my talk last night. berkeley-talk-1 berkeley-talk-2 berkeley-talk-3 berkeley-talk-4 berkeley-talk-5 [ READ MORE ]