Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly - Issue 9
Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly
Building Your Internal Army — DevRelCon London Follow Up​ - in which Amara wrote about her talk from DevRelCon London, with thoughts on how to build a support system of advocates, allies, mentors, peers, and managers — an army. Not only do you need these folks for your own career development, but you also need them to help with all the cross-functional work expected in advocacy.
Giving a Tech Talk, Multiple Times Over​ - in which Hayley Denbraver shares a few things she learned by giving the same talk 6 times over three months.Â
Giving a Talk in a Tech Conference: Behind The Scenes - in which Uri Shaked shares the story of how his talk with Kapunahele Wong at AngularConnect came to be.
Running a Meetup Group - in which Lisa van Gelder wrote down her answers from a Write/Speak/Code NYC panel on how to start a tech meetup, in case they help someone who wasn't able to attend. Stefan Cosma also wrote a really good article this week on organising his first IRL event, offering a perspective on the same topic from half way around the world.
Practical tips for better tech talk slides​ - in which Jason Rodriguez shares a few guidelines you can follow to make sure your slides and demos work well, both from a technical standpoint and an educational one. We share his opinion that there are a lot of articles that go into the actual speaking part of public speaking, but few talk about the preparation that goes into creating slides and demos for a tech talk.
📚 CFPs 📚
PyCon Belarus - https://by.pycon.org/​
CFP: https://www.papercall.io/pyconby
Deadline: December 24, 2018
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Date:Â February 15-16, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â Yes
Code of Conduct: https://by.pycon.org/​
!!Con West - http://bangbangcon.com/west/​
CFP: http://bangbangcon.com/west/cfp/​
Deadline:Â November 30, 2018
Location:Â Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Date:Â February 23 - 24, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â Yes, plus 256$ honorarium
Code of Conduct: http://bangbangcon.com/west/conduct/​
Chicago Roboto -Â https://chicagoroboto.com/
CFP: https://speakers.chicagoroboto.com/​
Deadline:Â January 4, 2019
Location:Â Chicago, IL, USA
Date:Â April 25-26, 2019
Travel & Accommodation:Â $150 per night lodging (two nights, total $300); flights up to $500 for domestic and $1500 for international.
Code of Conduct:Â https://360conferences.com/code-of-conduct
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