Name: Women Talking WordPress - A Workshop on Speaking at Meetups & WordCamp
Start: 2015-04-11T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2015-04-11T16:30:00-07:00
Location: BCIT Downtown Campus

Women Talking WordPress is a workshop for women who are thinking about speaking at WordPress events, such as WordPress Meetup and WordCamp. The focus of the workshop will be to help generate topics to give a talk on, boost your speaking confidence, and allow you to practice speaking in a safe space. At the end of the workshop you will have a few ideas for talks, an outline on one topic, a pitch/proposal to submit to an event, and a chance to practice speaking in a small group.

***You do NOT have to have any experience in public speaking. This workshop is for all levels of experience. The session will be a small group of max 20 ppl.

COST: $10

We will be providing water and some light snacks to share. Feel free to bring your own food and non-alcoholic beverage (to share if you wish).

(All proceeds go back to the workshop and meetup group)

This workshop is for you if:

• You identify as female

• You’ve thought about getting up there at Meetup or WordCamp but haven’t been able to think of a topic

• You want to get comfortable speaking in public

This workshop is NOT for you if:

• You identify as male (Sorry, dudes. If this goes well, a more generalized workshop could be in the works.)

• If you don’t think it matters that there are very few female speakers at WordPress events

Agenda

• Why speak at WordPress events? Why do we need more women speaking at them?

• Dispelling some myths about speakers/speaking

• Content generation exercise

• Creating a talk outline

• Creating a pitch/proposal

• Practice giving a short talk

Accessibility

The venue has elevators. Please don't wear scents.

The workshop is organized by Jill Binder, Kate Moore, Mandi Wise, and Vanessa Chu.

Mandi Wise

WPYVR Meetup Organizers

Vanessa Chu

The Vancouver WordPress Meetup Group

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