BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anguilla X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anguilla BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3783271:Event:71738 DTSTAMP:20260508T160420Z SUMMARY:Crossposting - Software as a Craft - Speaking at Conferences DESCRIPTION:Sat March 2 10:00 am to 2:30 pm\r\nSoftware as a Craft Gl obal Diversity CFP ( Call For Proposals )\r\nRSVP https://www.globalD iversityCFPday.com/events/79\r\nWorkshops for newbies on how to presen t on topics in Tech - advice - encouragement - proposal\r\nWHAT WE A T AGILEPHILLY CAN TELL FIRST TIME PRESENTERS - often, you can work wit h event planners to zero in on the topics they want covered - Intro t opics are usually welcome too - You don't need it 100% to be welcome. A four line abstract gets you started.\r\n-======= from the website = =======-\r\n **EVENT OVERVIEW**\r\nSpeaking at conferences, meetups, a nd other events can boost your career, inspire innovation in your comp any, and even spur your entire field forward. It’s also a great way to deepen your expertise, gain confidence, and help new engineers or d esigners grow. But it’s scary to hit send on that first proposal—e specially when you’re not used to seeing people like you on stage.\r \nIn this workshop, you’ll hear from experienced speakers in tech an d design, and learn how they developed their ideas into talks, built t heir profiles, and overcame barriers. Then, we’ll walk you through a step-by-step process that takes you from “I don’t know where to s tart” to having a draft proposal, a place you want to pitch it, and the confidence to make it happen.\r\nOver the course of the day, we wi ll: - Brainstorm talk ideas, and identify the unique expertise you bri ng to the table - Develop one idea into a specific topic that's authen tic and memorable - Draft a talk proposal and bio that commands attent ion and resonates with your audience - Decide where you want to pitch your talk and get started - Get feedback on each stage of your work fr om a team of experienced speaking mentors—and from your peers\r\n**A GENDA**\r\n10:10 - 10:30 - Welcome and Opening Activity — 10:30-11 - Mentor Panel Facilitated by Sara Wachter-Boettcher, Product & Content Strategy Consultant, Author, and Principal @ Rare Union Panelists: - Sarah Guido, Senior Data Scientist @ InVision - David Dylan Thomas, Pr incipal, Content Strategy @ Think Company - Jennifer Voss, Software En gineering Lead, Precision Medicine @ Elsevier — 11-11:30 - Developin g a Topic We’ll use a guided process to brainstorm topics and consid er our audience. — 11:30-12:15 - Turning a Topic into a Talk We’ll take one idea from the brainstorm, and develop it into a talk proposa l. — 12:15 - 1 - Lunch Kindly sponsored by our friends at Linode! 1-1:15 Identifying Conferences, Meetups, and Other Events Working in small groups, we'll identify events that are a good fit for your talk . — 1:15-1:50 Peer Feedback and Revision We’ll share our proposals , gather feedback, and revise them to be clearer and more memorable. 1:50-2:15 Bios We’ll help you draft a bio that celebrates your pe rsonality and communicates your unique expertise. — 2:15-2:30 Closin g We’ll close the day by discussing what’s next for your speaking career!\r\n**MEET YOUR ORGANIZING TEAM**\r\nSarah Gray, Software Devel opment Manager @ Linode Jenn Voss, Software Engineering Lead, Precisio n Medicine @ Elsevier Sara Wachter-Boettcher, Content Strategy Consult ant, Author, and Principal @ Rare Union Karin Wolok, Program Manager o f Community Development @ Neo4j\r\n**THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!**\r\nL inode for hosting us at their venue and for lunch DevOpsDays Philly fo r our caffeine for the day\r\n**AND OUR PARTNERS!** Global Diversity C FP Day DataPhilly Rladies Tech Women Network Female Professionals Coll ective\r\n\n\nFor more information visit https://agilephilly.ning.com/ events/how-to-speak DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20190302T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20190302T143000 CATEGORIES:software, as, a, craft, crossposting, cfp, proposals, speak ing LOCATION:Linode WEBSITE:https://www.globalDiversityCFPday.com/events/79 URL:https://www.globalDiversityCFPday.com/events/79 CONTACT: ORGANIZER:Sarah Gray ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0 /file/get/1042653558?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="John Vor is, Lead Coordinator":https://agilephilly.ning.com/profile/JohnVoris END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR