Out of Comfort Zone

Work with me

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One part of my job is about public speaking. It’s something that I really love to do as I like to share my knowledge, ideas and thoughts with other passionate people. Most of the time, presentations are about technical subjects related to the developers’ world, but I’m also a big fan of improving yourself, your life, and I’m also a social media aficionado. It could go from beginner to expert subject, and it could also be in a workshop style. Even if public speaking is the main things I do, I also like to be part of panels, talk to the media and animate conference/camp. You can be sure that my style is unique and authentic…

You are responsible for finding speakers for your conference or user group? You think that I could be good to speak at an event you will attend? Don’t be shy and let me know about the event. You can contact me at fredh@microsoft.com. Even if most of the time I speak in Canada, I’m not limited to my country. I can present in French as in English. You can download my speaking kit that includes my biography in English, French, and my picture in different sizes.

Topics

I can cover a wide variety of topics, usually technical ones. Here is a list, but not limited to, of topics I can do:

Web

  • Mostly any HTML5/CSS3 topics in introduction or advanced level
  • Responsive Web Design
  • Mobile First

Windows Client

  • Anything from beginner to advanced topics about development for Windows 8 with HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3
  • Designing for Windows 8 with Metro UI

Cloud Computing

  • What the hell is cloud computing
  • Introduction to Windows Azure
  • How to build a PHP application for the cloud
  • How to build a JAVA application for the cloud
  • Scaling WordPress with cloud computing

Mobile

  • Mostly anything fron introduction to advance about Windows Phone, the opportunity, and the marketplace
  • How to design mobile applications that don’t sucks

 

IT general

  • The futur of IT
  • How to be awesome when finishing school

 

Lifestyle

For those of you that know me, you know I like to share things about life, being more happy, and be successful. It’s not technical topics, but I’m not a man of only one passion!

  • Be authentic
  • Do what you love
  • Have no regrets
  • Do it
  • Go out of your comfort zone.
  • You can’t please everyone, get over it
  • It’s not about them, it’s about you

 

Testimonials


Some top industry leaders in St. John’s today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ #gobeyondpixels
May 24, 2012 9:33 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@JohnBlundon
JohnBlundon


Sitting on the floor. RWD with @ is packed. #fitcto #rwd
April 23, 2012 3:30 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@andrewsmyk
Andrew Smyk


Frederic Harper offered such a fun, interactive session! Check him out @ #SpotlightHTML5 #FITC
December 3, 2011 3:33 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
@erikaszabo
Erika Szabo


Microsoft + OpenSource. Awesome presentation by @ #webnotwar
December 1, 2011 9:53 pm via SeesmicReplyRetweetFavorite
@ayakobovich
Alexander Yakobovich


My 2 favorite speakers @ Greg Rewis on CSS3 and @ Frédéric Harper on The State of the Web :) Awesome conference!!!
December 3, 2011 7:52 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@MikeMelo1369
Mike Melo

Speaking experience

Upcoming

  • 2013-05-07
  • Montreal Startup Breakfast Club
  • How Microsoft can help your Startup
  • 2013-05-23
  • McGill Writing Centre
  • Panel on writing for digital media
2013

  • 2013-04-13
  • Festival Geek de Montréal
  • Panel: Battle of the Mobiles – Ma plateforme est meilleure que la tienne!
  • 2013-04-06
  • DevTO, HTML5 Toronto & JavaScript Toronto workshop #2
  • Building Windows 8 app, more exciting than a unicorn in Wonderland
  • 2013-03-10
  • DevTO, HTML5 Toronto & JavaScript Toronto workshop #1
  • Designing a Windows Store App
  • 2013-03-10
  • DevTO, HTML5 Toronto & JavaScript Toronto workshop #1
  • Windows 8 & HTML5: friends with benefits
  • 2013-02-28
  • Confoo
  • Windows 8 & HTML5: friends with benefits
2012

  • 2012-12-11
  • DevTeach Montreal
  • Windows 8 & HTML5: friends with benefits
  • 2012-12-01
  • HTML5mtl & Make Web Not War Hackathon
  • The Windows Store opportunity
  • 2012-11-29
  • Wavefront Windows Phone Montréal workshop
  • Introduction to Microsoft’s Modern UI in Windows Phone
  • 2012-11-29
  • Wavefront Windows Phone Montréal workshop
  • The Windows Phone opportunity
  • 2012-11-26
  • Windows 8 Pure Imagination
  • Extending your game with Windows 8 features
  • 2012-11-25
  • Windows 8 Pure Imagination
  • Getting your HTML5 game Windows 8 ready with WinJS
  • 2012-11-15
  • Mobiz
  • HTML5: une révolution à plusieurs niveaux
  • 2012-11-13
  • Communauté .NET Montréal
  • Architecture émergente – Discussion lead
  • 2012-11-12
  • Webin
  • Mobile First: créer une bonne expérience mobile – Keynote
  • 2012-11-04
  • Wordcamp Toronto for Developers
  • WordPress in the clouds
  • 2012-11-02
  • True North PHP
  • Hackathon lead
  • 2012-10-10
  • Social Media Breakfast Montreal
  • What a Technical Evangelist can tell you about branding
  • 2012-09-28
  • SCREENS
  • Responsive Web Design, get the best of your design
  • 2012-08-18/19
  • Wordcamp Montréal
  • WordPress dans les nuages
  • 2012-08-17
  • Montréal Windows 8 Hackathon
  • MC of the event, proctor, and presentation on Windows 8 scenarios
  • 2012-05-25
  • Go Beyond Pixels
  • Using Web technology to develop for Windows 8/Metro UI”
  • 2012-05-15
  • La boule de cristal
  • Panel: L’avenir des Ti passe-t-il par les applications Web et mobiles?
  • 2012-05-12
  • Communauté .NET Montréal Windows 8 Camp
  • Building Metro style apps with HTML & Javascript
  • 2012-05-10
  • McGill College
  • Designing a Metro Style App
  • 2012-04-23
  • FITC
  • Responsive Web Design, get best of your design
  • 2012-04-17
  • Make Web Not War Community Night Vancouver
  • MC of the event
  • 2012-04-14
  • Ottawa IT Camp
  • Introducing the Windows Store
  • 2012-04-14
  • Ottawa IT Camp
  • Building Metro style apps with HTML & Javascript
  • 2012-04-10
  • Windows 8 Anchor Camp Montreal
  • Integrating the Windows 8 Experience with Contracts
  • 2012-03-26
  • Wavefront Windows Phone Code Camp Montreal
  • Windows Phone workshop
  • 2012-03-15
  • Prairie Dev Con West
  • Responsive Web Design: The View of the World Depends on the Glasses I Wear
  • 2012-03-14
  • Prairie Dev Con West
  • WebMatrix: See What the Matrix Can Do For You!
  • 2012-03-08
  • Webcamp presented by Make Web Not War
  • Take the red pill and enter the Matrix
  • 2012-03-01
  • Confoo
  • Building Mobile Experiences That Don’t Suck
  • 2012-02-27/28
  • Confoo
  • Formation HTML5
  • 2012-02-22
  • HTML5mtl
  • Responsive Web Design: La vision du monde dépend des lunettes que je porte
  • 2012-01-26
  • Collège Maisonneuve
  • Maximiser son potentiel
2011

  • 2011-12-03
  • FITC Spotlight HTML5 – Keynote
  • The state of the Web
  • 2011-12-01
  • Make Web Not War Toronto Community Night
  • Make Web Not War
  • 2011-11-30
  • TechDays Montréal
  • WebMatrix, voyez ce que la matrice peut faire pour vous!!
  • 2011-11-29
  • DevCamp Montreal
  • The evolvement of the tech industry
  • 2011-11-29
  • TechDays Montréal
  • Keynote sur Windows Azure
  • 2011-11-29
  • TechDays Montréal
  • Animation de l’événement
  • 2011-11-24
  • CIA
  • Windows Azure Platform Overview
  • 2011-11-16
  • TechDays Vancouver
  • WebMatrix, see what the Matrix can do for you!!
  • 2011-11-15
  • DevCamp Vancouver
  • The evolvement of the tech industry
  • 2011-11-03
  • DevTeach Ottawa
  • HTML5 & Silverlight 5
  • 2011-11-03
  • DevTeach Ottawa
  • WebMatrix, see what the Matrix can do for you!!
  • 2011-10-28
  • FSOSS – Free Software and Open Source Symposium
  • Take the red pill and enter the Matrix
  • 2011-10-27
  • East of Toronto .NET User group
  • Put the 5 in HTML
  • 2011-10-26
  • TechDays Toronto
  • WebMatrix, see what the Matrix can do for you!!
  • 2011-10-25
  • DevCamp Toronto
  • What the hell Microsoft is doing?
  • 2011-10-03
  • Communauté .NET Montréal
  • HTML5 & Silverlight 5
  • 2011-09-21
  • FailCamp Montréal
  • Animateur de l’événement
  • 2011-09-08
  • PHP Québec
  • PHP in the cloud
  • 2011-08-27
  • FOSSLC Software Developers’ Haven - feature speaker
  • Put the 5 in HTML
  • 2011-07-27
  • Collège ISI
  • HTML5
  • 2011-07-15
  • MobileCamp Montréal
  • Pensez mobile
  • 2011-06-11
  • Nova Scotia Day of DotNetNuke
  • HTML5, the new buzzword
  • 2011-06-07
  • Colloque des professeurs en TI au collégial
  • HTML5
  • 2011-05-27
  • Vers le Nuage
  • Démonstration du Windows Phone 7
  • 2011-05-25
  • AzureFest Québec
  • Introduction à Windows Azure
  • 2011-05-07
  • Make Web Not War Vancouver
  • MC of the event
  • 2011-05-02
  • Collège ISI
  • L’avenir des technologies dans le monde de la programmation
  • 2011-04-05
  • UQAM
  • Le Cloud Computing
  • 2011-04-04
  • Communauté .NET Montréal
  • Une visite guidée d’Internet Explorer 9 et HTML5 pour les développeurs Web
  • 2011-03-23
  • La communauté d’utilisateur .NET de Québec
  • Une visite guidée d’Internet Explorer 9 et HTML5 pour les développeurs Web
  • 2011-02-20
  • W3Québec
  • HTML5 et Internet Explorer 9, est-ce réellement compatible
  • 2011-02-08
  • SUPINFO Montréal
  • Sortez du lot, votre futur sera awesome
  • 2011-01-13
  • Réseau des femmes d’affaires du Québec
  • Introduction aux médias sociaux
2010

  • 2010-11-24
  • École du Show-Business
  • Les médias sociaux et les événements
  • 2010-11-20
  • WebIn
  • Animation du TabletteCamp
  • 2010-11-19
  • Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec: carrefour Plein-Sud
  • Les médias sociaux: utiles ou futiles?
  • 2010-09-11
  • Podcamp Montréal
  • Préparer un événement à l’aide des médias sociaux
  • 2010-08-26
  • Sodexo C.A.E. (in collaboration with Mathieu Chartier from KindoWeb)
  • Survol sur les médias sociaux

Samples

Sorry both are in French as I don’t have videos of me presenting in English now.