Comment by Marko Mudrinić on "I am Una Kravets. Ask me anything."

Hi Una, thanks for AMA.

How ‎does someone start as speaker? Let's say you shine at something, knows topic excellently and you could talk about it. How do you get noticed to be invited on event, or do you ask yourself to talk on event? And when you find it :D what does you need to pay attention to when talking? What are some common mistakes people do? ‎ ‎ For someone who is not in world of Web and UI Development - at this time, what technologies, stacks you should learn to start with developing sites and especially UI? With all this designs, material designs, etc, what are things you need to pay attention when developing UI, is there some good reading about it (practical considerations, what to do or no...)? ‎ This could be a questions for a few AMAs, I hope it doesn't look scary. :D

Thanks once again for AMA. =)‎

Ahh so many questions! I'll try to answer them all here:

RE: Getting started with speaking/noticed

Definitely start with writing -- get your ideas out somehow in an understandable way. Start sharing them. Then, start attending local events -- meet people, get to understand a crowd, volunteer to give a presentation at work or at a local meetup, and work your way up from there. Making yourself noticed (at least to me) has a lot to do with helping your community and infusing yourself inside of it. Then, don't be afraid to submit Calls for Proposals. I've submitted SO many :P

RE: What do I pay attention to when speaking

I try to focus on the audience, gauge who they are and their reaction. Speaking is really about connecting with people--you need to connect before you can get them to hear you.

RE: Getting started with UI development

Basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is where you should start. Don't worry about frameworks or preprocessors until you need them. Some excellent free online resources include: CSS Tricks, SitePoint, and Smashing Magazine

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