We hope you’ve heard about Leading the Product – the fantastic product management conference Down Under.
We teamed up with the LTP folks to hold a pitchfest for lightning talk spots and we’re thrilled to announce Daniel Kinal & Shiyu Zhu will take the stage in October!!
Thanks to everyone for supporting the folks who pitched their talks, to Seek for hosting, for Leading the Product for the great idea and to our judging panel – Adrienne Tan of Brainmates/Leading the Product, Mark O’Shea of Seek and Dan Johnston of CultureAmp.
Before kicking off the pitches, we had a few of last year’s lightning talk folks – Liz Blink, Katherine Barrett & Zac Andrew – to tell us what it was like and give us a few tips!
- Know your beginning and end! Give yourself some time to ad-lib in the middle
- Good memes at the beginning & end help
- Practice, practice, practice, practice!
- Know how fast or slow you speak when you’re in front of people.
- Focus on the content of the talk first and the slides second.
- Props are your friend
- Bring a story to life
- Have 3 things the audience can walk away with
- That sick feeling you have before getting up on stage is a good thing – it’s excitement!
We had 10 pitches on the evening – including a last minute submission! They were all fantastic!! Leading the Product only had 2 spots available so we hope to hear these other talks at Product Camp Melbourne in August!
Stephen says we need mission control for launches. Because 95% of launches don’t hit target #pitchfest at @product_anon pic.twitter.com/x08KmLdkGW
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
George wants to share the war stories and show his scars from being the first PM at a startup @yiorgara #pitchfest at @product_anon pic.twitter.com/eUl3tmNrvS
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
Steve pitched twice: Product you! (You are a product) and product management is like gardening #pitchfest at @product_anon #productanon pic.twitter.com/Pwe68vBKaf
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
David wants to celebrate laziness. Because it’s doing just enough. That’s lean right in other words? Semantics… let’s take back laziness #pitchfest at @product_anon pic.twitter.com/Ucleti3pjT
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
Gaurav used mindfulness to cope with parenting. How can you use it for product and design? #pitchfest at @product_anon pic.twitter.com/hTW3mriQpm
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
Shiyu says AI is like masterchef. One ingredient now make a dish that will impress all the judges. #pitchfest at @product_anon pic.twitter.com/f8pKioi8k5
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
Raymond will let us into the secret of what developers really think of product managers. Stephen says we need mission control for launches. Because 95% of launches don’t hit target #pitchfest at @product_anon pic.twitter.com/pV5EvWwQcJ
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
Intercourse! Aka meetings are the core part of your day. @Danielkinal has the audience in stitches at #pitchfest #productanon pic.twitter.com/AL0qBKz98Z
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
Felicity wants to know if you value your time more than hers. Interruptions! How to make others value your time #pitchfest at @product_anon pic.twitter.com/xnJixMcvxO
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
Winners! Shiyu on the importance of feedback and @dktpm on meetings (aka intercourse). Can’t wait to hear you speak at Leading the Product in October. #pitchfest at @product_anon pic.twitter.com/cbRjyLfziw
— Leading The Product (@LTP_AUS) July 19, 2018
Get your tickets to Leading the Product before they sell out (which they do every year!)!
Thank you Seek for hosting!
Our next event is Product Camp – register now and submit a pitch!