Some evenings remind you why you love this industry. Backstage of Tech Talk at Intuit Israel was one of them. Sharp minds, generous knowledge sharing, and a level of professionalism that sets a true benchmark for community meetups.
Women on Stage Community Leadership and Impact
Women on Stage demonstrated outstanding excellence in co-organizing this event with Intuit and the excellent speakers that took part. Their commitment to elevating voices, fostering inclusion, and curating high-quality professional content was evident throughout the entire evening.
Start With Why: Public Speaking as a Massively Transformative Project
Racheli Ebner opened the evening with clarity, precision, and presence. Her talk set the tone perfectly structured, insightful, and intellectually generous. She combined practical depth with strategic perspective, leaving the audience fully engaged from the very first minute.
From Blank Page to “Accepted”: Reverse Engineering Talk Proposals
Gilad Shoam deconstructed the art of winning CFPs with remarkable clarity. He demonstrated that acceptance is engineered, not accidental. Gilad shared a structured workflow from ideation to research, including when to leverage AI and when to deliberately avoid it. Practical, precise, and immediately applicable.
You Wouldn’t Ship Untested Code. Why Ship Untested Talks?
Moran Weber delivered a powerful reframing of public speaking through an engineering lens. She showed how structured preparation, iteration, and feedback outperform raw charisma, and explained precisely where AI adds value and where it can quietly damage a great talk. Practical, sharp, transformative.
Build Every Talk Backwards
Shahar Polak presented a distilled, experience-backed framework for building impactful talks. Starting from the ending message, he demonstrated how working backwards, simplifying slides, and validating content through audio-first rehearsal transforms clarity and delivery. Concise, structured, immediately actionable.
Panel Discussion with True Industry Experts
The panel discussion elevated the evening even further. Authentic, intelligent, and candid. No rehearsed answers. Just experienced professionals exchanging real insights. One of the questions raised during the panel focused on the advice participants would give juniors taking their first steps in the industry and considering submitting a proposal to talk at a conference. That question stayed with me. It made me realize that the online conferences I organize, XtremeJ, XtremeJS, XtremePython, and XtremeAI, can actually serve as an excellent starting point. These events are fully online, and speakers are encouraged to pre-record their sessions to ensure a smooth delivery.
Intuit Exceptional Hospitality
The organization by Intuit Israel was simply outstanding. Seamless logistics, warm hospitality, and an atmosphere that encouraged connection.
This was genuinely one of the best meetups I have attended. I learned new perspectives, refined existing ones, and left energized. An evening exceptionally well spent.
