Women in Tech - Lightning Talks Event - February 2025
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Kicking off 2025 with the ever-popular Women in Tech Belfast Lightning Talks event! Lightning talks are short and punchy at 3 to 5 minutes!
We have been holding Workshops and Lightning Talks events for many years now, with the aim of encouraging more women to give technical talks. Female speaker representation in tech events and meetups have increased as a result.
We are keen to provide another event that will help female speakers practice their talks - in advance of upcoming 2025 tech events.
This may be particularly helpful for women who are thinking about giving a talk at the upcoming Women Techmakers event being held on Saturday 8th March 2025 - and we will give preference to those have been selected and who wish to practise a few slides / a condensed version with us first!
Go ahead and apply even if you're not doing WTM - we will try and squeeze as many in as we can.
We are holding the event on Thursday 20th February 2025 at 6pm, once again kindly hosted by the lovely PA Consulting in their fantastic Belfast City Centre office on Chichester Street.
The talks should only be 3 to 5 minutes long – please submit your lightning talk idea here:
https://forms.gle/sgxXHb6Z92SJx11E6
Below also is the WTM call for speakers for Women Techmakers event which closes at midnight on Sunday 19th January 2025!
https://sessionize.com/women-techmakers-belfast-2025/
For the WiT Lightning Talks event: Doors 17.30 for 18.00 start. Food and drink (alcoholic and soft drinks, teas and coffees) will be provided. Gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options will be available.
The Plan for the evening is:
5.30pm – 6.00pm – Food & Drinks, Networking
6-00pm – 8.00pm – Lightning Talks
8.00pm – 9.00pm – Networking
For reference; the following resources were shared after previous events to help with giving a technical talk:
Idea Generation:
- Slides: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_ajhMg4goGGfn_3OFGVv9QWzS5m_Mfiu
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9pL85qp3Hg
Blogs from panellists:
- https://hackernoon.com/writing-a-tech-talk-using-storytelling-techniques-ff116392b4d8
- https://njmcode.github.io/blog/2018/04/25/writing-tech-talks.html
Presentation Skills:
Women in Tech - Lightning Talks Event - February 2025