# Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 3: Content

DevFeed: [Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 3: Content](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/preparing-for-a-tech-talk-part-3-content-36189.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://overreacted.io/preparing-for-tech-talk-part-3-content/>)

Published: 2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dan Abramov](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dan-abramov.md>)

Topics: [structure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structure.md>), [Template](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/template.md>)

Tags: [presentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/presentation.md>), [structure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/structure.md>), [talks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/talks.md>), [template](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/template.md>)

## AI overview

A personal guide to creating content for a tech talk. The author combines top-down outlining with bottom-up development, continually revises a living outline, removes filler, and often uses the Hero's Journey to structure the presentation.

## Source excerpt

Turning an idea into a talk.