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Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly
📖Hold Attention on the Virtual Stage - Lorna Mitchell shared a few tactics for creating spaces for people to learn, to ask, to try things, to really take on something new.
📖An interview with Lauren Schaefer - Lauren Schaefer talked about her first conference presentation and how public speaking has influenced her career as a Developer Advocate at MongoDB.
📖Nerds Don't Respond To Marketing; Try Technical Documentation Instead - Portia wrote about creating outstanding documentation as an accessible way to attract paying technical customers.
📖SEO Keyword Opportunities in Developer Marketing - Karl L Hughes shared a methodology and six great opportunities for search engine optimization in developer marketing.
📻Why Writing Matters for Engineers - Ian Varley, Laura Fletcher and Wesley Beary talk about the importance of communication skills, specifically writing, for people in technical roles.
📺Community Success Metrics - Jeremy Meiss, Joe Nash, Mary Thengvall, Matthew Revell, and Tessa Kriesel join Martyn Davies to discuss community success metrics.
📢 A Word From Our Sponsor - draft.dev 📢
🎉'When getting content produced externally, predictability and reliability are key. The team at Draft.dev is extremely proactive and reliable throughout the whole process.' - Manuel Weiss, Founder at CodeShip.
🧑💻DevRel Programs Edition🧑💻
📖The Developer Journey Map - Caroline Lewko and James Parton seek to document the end-to-end life cycle of a developer interacting with your DevRel program.
📖Developer Relations at PostHog - Phil Leggetter shared the current focus and approach he's taking with the Developer Relations program at PostHog.
📖Developer Relations at Seldon - Ed Shee shared what he and Seldon do for the Developer Relations program.
📺The Secret Life of Developer Advocates - Liran Tal gave a great talk (we assume because it's in Hebrew and we don't speak it, yet) and shared adventures from the Developer Relations program at Snyk.
📢 A Word From Our Sponsor - Lob 📢
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📚 CFPs 📚
🥞GroupBy 2021 - https://groupby.org/
CFP: https://sessionize.com/groupby-conference-october-2021
Deadline: August 12, 2021
Location: Online
Date: October 26-27, 2021
Code of Conduct: https://groupby.org/code-of-conduct/
👩💻DeveloperWeek Austin - https://www.developerweek.com/Austin/
CFP: https://sessionize.com/developerweek-austin-2021/
Deadline: August 20, 2021
Location: Online
Date: November 17-18, 2021
Code of Conduct: https://www.devnetwork.com/code-of-conduct/
🚨Ekoparty 2021 - https://www.ekoparty.org
CFP: https://www.papercall.io/ekoparty2021
Deadline: August 14, 2021
Location: Online
Date: November 2-6, 2021
Code of Conduct: https://ekoparty.org/en_US/codigo-de-conducta
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