• Discussion Group: Who am I to be speaking? + Finding a topic for a WP event

    If you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group in WordPress in terms of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, age, etc. join us for a discussion on this workshop: Who am I to be speaking + Finding a topic. To prepare for this discussion, please watch this workshop in advance: http://wayback.fauppsala.se:80/wayback/20200929170124/https://learn.wordpress.org/workshop/diverse-speaker-training-workshop-part-1/ We invite you to do the exercises along with the video, and bring your answers to the discussion group to get feedback. This workshop is geared towards people from marginalized or underrepresented groups in WordPress who are intrigued by the idea of speaking at an online WordPress event. The focus is to look at what has stopped you from speaking in the past and explore how to move past your fears, generate WordPress-related topics to give a talk on, and boost your speaking confidence. You can join this discussion on its own or with the other 2 discussions of this series this week. It is the same zoom link for all 3.

  • Discussion Group: Writing a pitch for being accepted to speak at a WP event

    If you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group in WordPress in terms of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, age, etc. join us for a discussion on this workshop: Writing a pitch To prepare for this discussion, please watch this workshop in advance: http://wayback.fauppsala.se:80/wayback/20200929170124/https://learn.wordpress.org/workshop/diverse-speaker-training-workshop-part-2/ We invite you to do the exercises along with the video, and bring your title, pitch, and bio to the discussion group to get feedback. This workshop is geared towards people from marginalized or underrepresented groups in WordPress who are intrigued by the idea of speaking at an online WordPress event. The focus is to look at creating a workshop description (aka pitch) and bio that has a higher chance of being accepted by speaker selection committees. You can join this discussion on its own or with the other 2 discussions of this series this week. It is the same zoom link for all 3.

  • Discussion Group: Online Stage Presence for speaking at WordPress events

    If you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group in WordPress in terms of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, age, etc. join us for a discussion on this workshop: Online Stage Presence To prepare for this discussion, please watch this workshop in advance: http://wayback.fauppsala.se:80/wayback/20200929170124/https://learn.wordpress.org/workshop/online-stage-presence/ This workshop is geared towards people from marginalized or underrepresented groups in WordPress who are intrigued by the idea of speaking at an online WordPress event. The focus is to have better stage presence – in general for any stage, as well as specifically for presenting from your computer for online events. You can join this discussion on its own or with the other 2 discussions of this series this week. It is the same zoom link for all 3.