Writing a Technical Talk Proposal
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As a woman in technology, how can you craft a great talk proposal? This presentation has hints and tips for showing what you know.
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- I've submitted proposals for talks since I was a graduate student and explained how to do HTML with real-world examples. I've been to Vancouver, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and most recently Paris thanks to talks and presentations I've given. I've had a book reading at SXSW Interactive. I've met and kept in touch with people specific to my technical areas.
- We have resources to uncover your interesting stories. There are ways to think about outlines, get early feedback, test your hypotheses. Check out Write Speak Code https://github.com/WriteSpeakCode/2013curriculum/tree/master/speak What project/feature/bug are you currently working on? What was the best talk/screencast/video you’ve watched recently? What do you want to learn? What could you teach me about?
- Find ways to give back to your local community and practice locally and regionally. Internal teams also want to hear your talks and can give good feedback.
- Reviewers want to know you know your stuff. They'll review the technical merit as well as want to know why this talk fits in the track or at the conference itself. Prove you belong there.
- Many times women and underrepresented groups think their work is not interesting. Technical niches abound and you can tell stories no one else has experienced.
- Every conference has preferred templates and a specific process to follow. O'Reilly is here: www.oreilly.com/conferences/sample_proposals.html Pycon will help you by giving early feedback. Track chairs for OpenStack will ask you for improvements based on your proposal. Get to know each conference's unique process.
- Reviewers will see if your timings are realistic. They also want to see honesty: they know who you work for and if it matters.
- Reviewers may have a lot of proposals to go through. If the system enables it, submit as early as your ideas are baked.
- Conference organizers want to know you and why to select you specifically. Tailor your bio to the technology and expertise you're representing.
- Three to seven words max; be practical and tweetable. Don't oversell the talk, and imagine it printed in a program or in an online schedule. Stand out.
- Write the proposal in third person; don't use I or we. Show that you care about the audience and are familiar with their abilities and interests.
- You got this.