I’ve been lucky enough to speak at various events on topics including SEO, marketing and creativity over the years. But it all came to a stop early in 2020, as it did for everyone. And I haven’t really been pursuing opportunities since then for various reasons, but my return to public speaking at events finally happened last week at the April 2025 Digital People in Peterborough meetup.
The talks are normally between 20-40 minutes, but having put together a presentation on ‘The Biggest SEO Myths: Fact or Fiction’, I found out later that I’d been speaking for more than an hour, including some brilliant questions from the DPiP audience.
I couldn’t have asked for a better experience to re-introduce myself to public speaking, and it led to some great conversations about SEO, the growing impact of AI, and why the answer to almost every question will be ‘It depends’.
If you’re interested in speaking at, or attending, a DPiP event, you can find all the details here. It usually takes place on the first Thursday of each month, and everyone is welcome, whether you’re based in Peterborough and the surrounding area, or travelling from further away. And I can highly recommend it if you’re speaking for the first time, challenged by nerves or looking to try out something new, as everyone is incredibly supportive.
I will try and share the presentation itself in the near future, but due to the short notice and some other complications, I need to go back through it to check all the appropriate image attributions and notes are in place. Or it might appear as a series of articles if I can schedule the time to do each myth justice.