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Author: rmw

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+# Speak
+
+What's a talk proposal?
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Talk proposals are short descriptions of a talk that are submitted to
+conference or meetup organizers. Talk proposals are often submitted to a
+CFP (Call For Proposals) put out by conference organizers.
+
+Proposals typically consist of:
+-   Title
+    -   Get people interested and excited
+    -   Be vague enough that you have wiggle room when creating your presentation
+    -   Be specific enough that readers know what you’re talking about
+-   Description (1-2 paragraphs)
+    -   What’s the main idea? What are some sub­-topics? What’s the conclusion?
+    -   What will the audience come away with?
+    -   Some people include bullet points with a rough outline of the talk
+    -   Keep people interested
+    -   Be vague and specific :)
+    -   Show the reviewer that your talk has substance
+-   Outline
+    - not required but helpful for both the speaker and reviewer
+
+
+Need inspiration? 
+* [Example Talk Proposals](https://github.com/WriteSpeakCode/2013curriculum/blob/master/speak/speak_day_guide_%2B_exercises.md#example-talk-proposals) from the WSC 2013 Handout
+* Check out the descriptions of talks at any conference you attend - usually the published description IS the talk proposal
+* Take a look at [Write/Speak/Code's 2016 talks](https://2016.writespeakcode.com/talks)
+
+Write your talk proposal
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Consider doing the following:
+* Intended Audience
+* Outcomes/Conclusions
+* Outline
+* Description/Abstract
+* Title
+
+Take a look at [Rebecca's talk proposal repository](https://github.com/rmw/talks) and [her proposal template](https://github.com/rmw/talks/blob/master/template.md).
+
+#### Help each other flesh out the idea.
+
+Feedback to give when reviewing proposals:
+
+1.  Do you understand what this talk is about?
+2.  Does it have enough relevance to attendees? ("What's in it for me?")
+3.  Will this talk fit in the time allotted?
+4.  Has this person thought through all the points they want to make?
+5.  Would you want to see this talk?
+
+Find Opportunities to Speak
+--------------------------------------------
+Find opportunites to speak that would fit with your goals and topic.
+
+1. 1-2 big conferences - also include the call for proposal CPF deadline, if easily findable.
+    1. ______________________
+    2. ______________________
+2. Find 1-3 regional conferences (same thing, include CFPs if available)
+    1. ______________________
+    2. ______________________
+    3. ______________________
+3. Find local meetups
+    1. ______________________
+    2. ______________________
+    3. ______________________
+
+Resources:
+-   <https://github.com/WriteSpeakCode/own-expertise-2014/blob/master/speaking-opportunities.md>
+-   <http://lanyrd.com>
+-   <http://twitter.com/CallbackWomen>
+-   <http://calltospeakers.com>
+-   Mailing Lists: DevChix, TechLadyMafia, Systers (more academic-leaning)
+-   Meetups: ask organizers, discussion groups or mailing lists
+-   Where do your leaders in your industry/community speak?
+
+Speaking Opportunities
+--------------------------------------------
+Brainstorm of speaking opportunities, including CFPs (collected Fall 2014)
+
+### Big Conferences:
+
+-	Grace Hopper (Women in CS) - fall
+-	OSCON (Open Source) - summer
+-	PyCon - CFP 9/15
+-	JSConf
+-	RailsConf
+-	RubyConf
+-	JavaOne - CFP March/April 2015
+-	Big Boulder
+-	StrataConf
+-	360iDev
+-	HopeX
+-	DefCon
+-	ShmooCon
+-	OWASP
+-	Velocity
+-	EuroPython (summer - Berlin)
+-	Fluent
+
+### Regional Conferences:
+
+Language-agnostic:
+-	BangBangCon
+-	Desert Code Camp (~Phoenix, AZ)
+-	AlterConf (Gaming, Boston, NYC)
+-	Open Source Bridge, June
+-	ConFoo (Montreal) - CFP open
+-	StrangeLoop (emerging tech) - CFP open
+-	Tallahassee Code Camp - CFP 10/1
+-	Barcamp Philadelphia (unconference 11/15)
+-	QConNewYork 
+-	DataGotham - currently postponed
+-	Self Conference Detroit - spring
+-	Madison+ Mobile 
+-	CanSecWest
+-	Web Conference at Penn State — CFP Open
+
+Language-Specific:
+-	SpaceCityJS (Houston, TX) - CFP 12/13
+-	JSFest (Oakland, Berlin) - CFP open
+-	GoRuCo
+-	GothamGO - CFP 9/9
+-	JavaLand, Germany - CFP 9/26
+-	Drupaldelphia - CFP 9/11
+-	PyGotham (Python, NYC)
+-	SunshinePHP, Miami - CFP 9/30
+-	BackboneConf (Cambridge) - CFP 9/2
+-	Nodevember, Nashville - November
+-	Perl::Dancer (Hancock, NY) - CFP 9/11
+-	Austin Code Camp - CFP 9/28
+-	Clojure eXchange, London - CFP open
+-	PyTennessee - CFP opens Oct 1st
+-	PyData NYC - sometime this fall
+-	All the PyDatas!
+-	PyOhio - next summer
+-	PyTexas - October
+-	Ruby Nation (Washington, DC) - next summer
+
+
+### Meetups, Misc:
+
+-	Ladies Who Code meetup
+-	Women Who Code NYC - lightning talks (next one is November)
+-	HTML5 meetup - events are series of lightning talks
+-	Hack and Tell
+-	NYC Beginner Programmers
+-	NYC Python (Python) - featured talk nights bimonthly, lightning talks, shorter talks during office hours
+-	NYC Flask
+-	PyLadies (Python, women developers) - demo nights
+-	NYC Machine Learning
+-	NYC Data Science
+-	Rails Girls Workshops - speaking opportunities between actual coding
+-	Philly.rb
+-	Girl Geek Dinners (Philly)
+-	Cocoaheads
+-	Internet of Things meetup (NYC)
+-	NY Tech Meetup
+-	Ignite Talks
+-	DBCx