My Cranky Talk Application
Below is my application for the June Cranky Talk workshop. These are my actual feelings, so please be kind.
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What do you want to get out of this workshop? *
Limit: 150 words. Cranky Talk scholarships are highly competitive and your answer to this question will be the deciding factor in the selection of workshop participants.
When I opened www.crankytalk.com and saw Karen McGrane’s photo, I thought ‘Holy crap I want to be like Karen McGrane, I should go to Cranky Talk…but Chicago is really far away.’
But that’s not right, Chicago is just 4 hours away and I will never be Karen McGrane. I have to be Abi Jones and I have to figure out how to be myself as a public speaker.
I’ve presented to clients in the workplace and to non-UX folks at conferences and small workshops, but I’m coming clean: I’ve avoided presenting to UX professionals. At first it was because I didn’t know enough about UX to actually give a talk. And now, even though I’m an “experienced” practitioner, I still have those same feelings of doubt. I want to fix that, and I think being a part of this workshop is a great first step.
Please describe presentation experience (if any)
I’ve presented at BlogHer (Usability for Beginning Bloggers), the Institute of Food Technologists (Utilizing Social Media to Engage Customers & Create Brand Advocates), at InfoCamp Berkeley (Designing a Beverage Tracking Service [www.idrankthis.com]), and at workshops for artists (New Media and Online Promotion), but never to or in front of other UX professionals.
Anything else you want to say?
Limit: 150 words.
*Actual thought when I opened www.crankytalk.com: “Holy Shit, I want to be like Karen McGrane,” which seemed like way too awkward of a way to start an application.
