Global Diversity CFP Day NYC

1-DAY WORKSHOP ON PUBLIC SPEAKING

Saturday

,

February

03

at

9:00am

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CODE OF CONDUCT

We strongly believe in having and enforcing a Code Of Conduct that ensures everyone has a safe, welcoming and productive experience at this event.

Please review the CODE OF CONDUCT guidelines provided for Global CFP Day events.

If you see or experience any violations of this code, please report it immediately to an event organizer! (We will identify organizers during the welcome session.)

We will take immediate action against violators, including possible ejection from the event or lifetime bans from events run by supporting organizations.

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ABOUT THIS EVENT

Have you always wanted to become a conference speaker but didn't know where to start? Let 2018 be the year that you make this a reality.

Join us in NYC as we celebrate Global Diversity CFP Day with a 1-day workshop bringing together aspiring speakers with expert mentors. Craft your speaker bio, then work on your first CFP proposal with the help of your mentor - then present it for feedback to the whole group.

#MakeTheTalkHappen

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WHERE & WHEN

Saturday

,

February

03

at

9:00am

WORKSHOP AGENDA

This is a tentative schedule for the full-day workshop. The goal is to empower every attendee to write and share a "Speaker Bio" and a "Talk Proposal" by the end of the session. Based on time & audience size, we may also accommodate presentations.

09:00 - 10:00 am

Arrival & Coffee

Attendees must check-in at the front-desk with photo ID.

You must be pre-registered for this event via the General Assembly ticketing site.

10:10 am

Introductions

Event Facilitator: Zoe Gagnon from WSC NYC

Thank you to our sponsors, Code of Conduct, review of the agenda

10:30 am

Biography Writing

Attendees will pair up and interview each other.

Each attendee will write the other's Bio, then use it to introduce them to the group.

10:50 am

NY Conferences

Speaker: Nitya Narasimhan - GDG NYC

Talk on upcoming conferences in the local area and their CFP deadlines

11:05 am

Morning Break

11:15 am

Idea Generation

We'll do a short exercise to create some talk topics and choose the right one.

11:25 am

Abstract Generation

We'll focus on writing an abstract for your talk.
Focus on the outcome - what will people learn?

12:05 pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:10 pm

Meet the Organizers

GDG NYC - Nitya Narasimhan

Codebar NYC - Sam Canvin

Write/Speak/Code NYC - Lauren Murphy, Lisa van Gelder, Zoe Gagnon

1:20 pm

Stretches

1:25 pm

Proposal Writing + Feedback with mentors and peers

2:10 pm

Afternoon Break

3:30 pm

Panel: "What makes a good CFP proposal?"

Moderator: Nitya Narasimhan from GDG NYC

A panel of NYC conference organizers and speakers. Organizers will share insights and advice on what they look for in a proposal and experiences they've had submitting their own CFPs.

Audience Q&A

4:30 pm

Networking & Feedback

EVENT ORGANIZERS

Codebar
NYC

codebar is a non-profit initiative that facilitates the growth of a diverse tech community by running regular programming workshops.

Learn more at

https://codebar.io

Write/Speak/Code
NYC

Write/Speak/Code is on a mission to increase the visibility & leadership of women & non-binary coders through thought leadership, conference

speaking, open source contributions, career development, personal

growth and self-care.

Learn more at

http://www.writespeakcode.com/

Google Developer Group
NYC

The Google Developer Group of New York (GDG NYC) is a community of technologists with an interest in Google APIs, services & platforms in mobile, web, wearables, cloud, data, voice & AI domains. We are also a Women Techmakers community.

Learn more at: https://www.meetup.com/gdgnyc.

EVENT MENTORS

Celia La

Software Engineering Manager

Khan Academy

Chys Wu

TeLisa Daughtry

Founder & CEO

FlyTechnista

Yuliya Kaleda

Android Developer

Jet.com

Nitya Narasimhan

Organizer/Consultant

GDG NYC / BitNBot

Lisa van Gelder

VP, Product Engineering

MEETUP

Helen Lam

Software Developer/ Developer Advocate

IBM

John Chapin

Partner

Symphonia

Jenna Zeigen

Frontend Engineer

Slack

Artur Paikin

Lead Designer and Frontend Developer

Baguette, Transloadit

Lauren Murphy

Organizer/ Database Manager

WSC NYC / PBB

Jon Banafato

Software Engineer

Morty

PANEL: "What Makes a Good CFP proposal?"

Lisa Van Gelder

Write/speak/code

conference organizer

Celia La

Pygotham

conference organizer

Mike Dallesio

GoRuCo

Conference organizer

Nataliya Krivenko

droidcon

conference organizer

Jon Banafato

PyGotham

CONFERENCE ORGANIZER

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