Does the thought of speaking at a Drupal event intrigue you? The focus of this hands-on, online workshop will be to generate Drupal-related topics to give a talk on, boost your speaking confidence, and allow you to practice speaking in a safe space. At the end of the workshop you will have a few ideas for talks, an outline on one topic, a title, a pitch/proposal for applying to events, a bio, and a chance to practice speaking.

***You do NOT have to have any experience in public speaking. This workshop is for all levels of experience.

This one workshop will be two 2.5 hour sessions, each a week apart.

Part 1: Saturday, September 21 (5-7:30pm UTC / 10:30pm - 1am IT / 1-3:30pm ET / 10am-12:30pm PT):

- Why speak at Drupal events?

- Dispelling some myths about speakers/speaking

- Coming up with topics and choosing one

- Writing a meetup description or conference pitch

- Practice speaking in front of a group

Part 2: Saturday, September 28 (5-7:30pm UTC / 10:30pm - 1am IT / 1-3:30pm ET / 10am-12:30pm PT):

(Prerequisite: Part 1 on Sept 21)

- Coming up with a great title

- Writing your bio

- Writing the outline

- Practice giving a short talk

Materials

- Slides (available upon request)

- Any part of the workshop script is available upon request

This will be held on Zoom Video Conference where everyone will have the chance to participate if they wish in the large group and in small breakout groups of 4-5 each. There will also be an option to participate by telephone instead, but video is preferable so that you can see the slides and have the chance to speak with the group.

Please try to arrive 15 minutes early so that we can start on time.

In order to encourage attendance, we are asking folks to secure their spots with a small ticket price. Tickets are a donation to Drupal Diversity & Inclusion and are on a sliding scale starting at $0. The suggested donation is $5 US, and if you can afford $10 US you will be supporting someone else to attend.

Organized by: Drupal Diversity & Inclusion (https://www.drupaldiversity.com @drupaldiversity)

Facilitator: Jill Binder from Diverse Speakers In Tech (https://diversein.tech @jillbinder)

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Thank you to our partner: Pantheon

Thank you to our corporate sponsors, Lullabot and Kanopi Studios, and to our individual sponsors, Dries Buytaert and Drew Griffiths.

Thank you to all of the other individuals and organizations who donated to help make this initiative possible.

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Organizers

Drupal Diversity & Inclusion, Organizer:

Our purpose is to continue the conversation about diversity and inclusion within Drupal. This includes:

To provide a safe space to discuss issues of d&i within the Drupal community.

To provide support for people who are marginalized in technology

To provide strategies for increasing d&i of communities and organizations

To share resources/education about social justice issues in our technological communities - d&i, equality, inclusion, accessibility, etc.

https://www.drupaldiversity.com @drupaldiversity

Jill Binder, Facilitator:

Jill Binder is the Diverse Speakers in Tech Founder and Chief Consultant/Trainer. She leads the Diversity Outreach Speaker Training working group in the WordPress.org Community Team which encourages underrepresented people to speak at WordPress events. She helped organize the first BuddyCamp and for three years co-organized WordCamp Vancouver. She was named one of the top 100 Influencers of WordPress in 2014 by Torque Magazine and one of the top 10 Women of WordPress by CloudWays. She is excited to be bringing this impactful workshop to more technologies.

https://diversein.tech @jillbinder