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πΊWriting Documentation with Neurodivergent Open Source Contributors In Mind - Rin Oliver spoke at Write the Docs Portland 2021, to increase education and awareness around neurodiversity in the hopes it will help us all create a more equitable and welcoming documentation community for those that are neurodivergent.
π»Developer Advocates - Anna Tsolakou went on the 'Under the Hood of Developer Marketing' podcast and talked about the characteristics and traits developer advocates share.
πHow to Get Your First Job in Developer Relations - Laka spent some time identifying a set of skills each of us in DevRel had before joining the industry and shared the list, which also tells you how you can acquire them now, outside of DevRel.
π»Branding & self-promotion - Alice Lee talked about how to approach your personal brand and how you promote yourself in the industry.
πPublic Speaking in a Non-Native Language - Kristin Savage shared seven tips for delivering a talk in a language other than your mother tongue.
πYou should use forums rather than chat to support developer community - Dan Moore shared this hot take after a year or so of trying to build a developer community.
πContent Creation Series: Podcasts - Pachi and Lele wrote about producing and guest-starring in very well organized podcasts without fancy equipment or software.
πLessons from 4 Years of Running Virtual Developer Events - Brian Rinaldi talked about some of the lessons learned over the course of 4 years of building and organizing a virtual community around meetups, conferences and workshops on cfe.dev.
πWhat I learnt from being a director at Women Who Code - Stuti Verma wrote about community organising and shared some secular pointers as a director at Women Who Code Delhi.
πStop being a hero to become a great developer advocate - Ricardo Ferreira uses a Tony Stark analogy to share his view for what the role of a developer advocate should be.
πBrum Tech Tapas: A Retrospective - James Seconde used his DevRel-related skills to put together a non-developer event for the local community and shared a multi-part retrospective about the experience.
π’ A Word From Our Sponsor - Form3 π’
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π CFPs π
π±API Specifications Conference - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/openapi-asc/
CFP: https://sessionize.com/api-specifications-conference-2021/
Deadline: June 11, 2021
Location: Online
Date: September 28-19, 2021
Code of Conduct: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/openapi-asc/attend/code-of-conduct/
πWomen Data Summit - https://www.2020twenty.net/women-data-summit-2021/
CFP: https://sessionize.com/women-data-summit-2021/
Deadline: May 30, 2021
Location: Online
Date: June 24-25, 2021
Code of Conduct: https://www.2020twenty.net/women-data-summit-2021/code-of-conduct/
π§½jsday - https://2021.jsday.it/
CFP: https://cfp.jsday.it/
Deadline: May 23, 2021
Location: Online
Date: July 6-7, 2021
Code of Conduct: https://2021.jsday.it/welcome/coc.html
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