Description
This workshop will take place Friday, March 20 from 9 am until lunch. No need to pre-register, this training is included in your camp ticket at no extra cost.
This workshop helps speakers from underrepresented groups prepare to speak at conferences. This will, in turn, help local meetups, Drupal Camps, and even DrupalCons develop a more diverse speaker roster. The workshop helps folks bust through their impostor syndrome and develop a topic, title, pitch, bio, and outline.
The workshop covers:
- Impostor syndrome
- Finding a topic
- Better speaker tips
- Writing a great pitch
- Creating an outline
- Creating great slides
- Public speaking confidence
This workshop is a great fit for you if you’ve ever felt uncomfortable about speaking at events or wanted to present but found yourself thinking:
“What would I talk about?”
“I’m not an expert in anything.”
NOTE: To preserve intimacy and allow for more candid conversations and exercises, this workshop will not be recorded.
Qymana Botts
Web Developer @ NerderyArmed with an arsenal of programming languages, about 6 or 7 musical instruments, and a comically robust knowledge of video game lore, Qymana Botts is a quirky, enthusiastic dev on a quest to contribute a verse to this powerful play. Formerly a globetrotting music teacher, she made the transition to tech in 2017. Now, she works as a Software Engineer at Nerdery in Chicago. She is also an IAAP Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC).
AmyJune Hineline
Aaron Winborn Award Winner and Drupal Core Mentor @ The Linux FoundationAmyJune currently works with the Linux Foundation Education team as their Certification Community Architect. She is responsible for supporting the Certification team’s efforts in building and maintaining exams and related documentation for exam products in the Linux Foundation’s certification portfolio.
She is a Drupal Mentor Coordinator, DrupalCamp organizer, and Drupal CWG Conflict Resolution Team member. She serves on the board of the Colorado Drupal Association. AmyJune is also a member of the CNCF's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group. I connect first-time contributors with roles that match their skills, helping communities discover how they can contribute and belong beyond code.
Her ongoing experience as a hospice nurse keeps her in touch with many end-users' challenges. In her continued efforts to make a difference, she helps organize A11yTalks, an online meetup that advocates all things accessibility - one of the core components of building an inclusive web.
AmyJune helps communities discover how they can contribute and belong in more ways than code. Her ability to eat with her elbows on the table has wowed the world.
