Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly - Issue 15
Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly
Encoding Diversity: A New Sponsorship Tool  - in which Margaret Staples talks about building the framework that aspires to shoulder some of the mental labor required to put on more inclusive events.
Developer relations in sub-Saharan Africa - in which Anthony Kiplimo of Africa’s Talking shares his experience of being part of the DevRel community in sub-Saharan Africa.
DevRel Weekly Year One: Patterns, Projections, Plans - in which Mary Thengvall looks at the data she gathered in a year of building the DevRel Weekly newsletter. She's also featured on a webinar next week, about the business value of developer relations, where you can win a copy of her book.
Developer Blogging: Q&A  - in which Ali Spittel answered the questions she'd got on Twitter about starting to blog.
Global Diversity: helping designers break into the speaker circuit  - in which Jose Coronado lists a few points that he hopes will let you gain some perspective of the path to travel towards becoming a speaker.
Reducing barriers to make technology conferences diverse - in which Zainab Bawa suggests some pointers for people in a decision-making position, on promoting diversity and enabling greater participation from women and non-binary genders at technology conferences.
The data-driven approach to writing developer content is wrong  - in which Floor Drees argues against the data-driven approach for writing developer content.
📚 CFPs 📚
Microsoft Build - https://www.microsoft.com/build
CFP: https://sessionize.com/build
Deadline: March 16, 2019
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Date:Â May 6-8, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â Yes
Code of Conduct:Â https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/build/faq#what_is_codeofconduct
ML4ALL -Â http://ml4all.org/
CFP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebPtY5OjgXeNkoWkm0LEFjQmS9wKRt2silsWhIdkkWPB5DpA/viewform
Deadline: not decided yet
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Date:Â April 28-30, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â $1000 for domestic travelers (USA/Canada) and $1500 for international travelers
Code of Conduct:Â http://ml4all.org/code-of-conduct.html
Deconstruct - https://www.deconstructconf.com/
CFP: https://www.deconstructconf.com/speak
Deadline: March 31, 2019
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Date:Â July 11-12, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â Yes + $2000
Code of Conduct:Â https://www.deconstructconf.com/code_of_conduct
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