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    <h2>Speaking Resources</h2>
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    <p>Speaking at a conference can be intimidating. Here is a collection of
        resources that will help you prepare writing out your talk, practicing
        your talk, designing your slides, and everything in between.</p>
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      <h1>Speaker Tools</h1>
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      <ul>
        <li><a href="https://github.com/imakewebthings/deck.js">Modern HTML Presentations</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/">HTML Presentation Framework</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://github.com/schacon/showoff">ShowOff: A Sinatra-based Web App for Presentations</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://github.com/adamzap/landslide">HTML5 Slideshows from Markdown, rST, or Textile</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/io-2012-slides/">Google IO Slide Deck</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://speakerdeck.com">Speakerdeck</a> (for sharing slides)</li>
    </article>

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      <h1>Books</h1>
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      <ul>
        <li><a href="http://www.presentationzen.com">Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, Garr Reynolds</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Public-Speaker-English/dp/1449301959">Confessions of a Public Speaker, Scott Berkun</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Things-Every-Presenter-Needs-People/dp/0321821246/">100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know about People, Susan Weinschenk</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596522347/">slide:ology, Nancy Duarte</a></li>
      </ul>
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      <h1>Blog Posts</h1>
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      <ul>
        <li><a href="http://zachholman.com/posts/slide-design-for-developers/">Slide Design for Developers, Zach Holman</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://gazit.me/2012/12/05/designing-presentations.html">Designing Presentations, Idan Gazit</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://benramsey.com/blog/2012/11/writing-an-effective-talk-proposal/"</a>Writing an Effective Talk Proposal, Ben Ramsey</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://roguelynn.com/words/crap-im-speaking">Cr@p! I'm
          speaking at [insert conference here]! How do I prepare? Lynn Root</a>
          With Follow up advice and discussion from
          <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4871633">Hacker News</a></li>
      </ul>
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