#Conference Club Fundamentals
References and exercises for folks who want to get better at speaking / attending conferences. For the backlog of things that might be worth reading and adding to this page, check out the Reading List. And if you want to add something, check out the (pretty light) contribution guidelines.
##TOPIC: Identify topics you are interested in and know something about ###Reading ###Exercises ##BIO: Update your profile on LinkedIn / GitHub / blog / Twitter to reflect your interest/experience ###Reading ###Exercises ##WHEN / WHERE: Find meetups / conferences that might people go along to discuss that topic which have open space or CFP (call for participation) ###Reading
- CallToSpeakers
- Speak.NET
- Richard Littauer's list of Awesome Conferences
- Murtza Manzur's list of Developer Conferences
- The O'Reilly Big Conference List
- Meetup
- Lanyrd
###Exercises ##FORMAT: consider what format is best fit for you and conference (workshop, talk, experience report, etc) ###Reading ###Exercises ##PREPARE: design material slides or exercise to lead session participants through subject of interest. ###Reading ###Exercises ##PROPOSE: put forward your idea to organisers: ###Reading
- Kent Beck on how to write a conference abstract
- Rachel Vélez on Is your conference proposal good enough?
###Exercises ##PRACTICE: do a run through of session with small group to work out any glitches ###Reading ###Exercises ##PRESENT Actually steppign up and giving your presentation. ###Reading ###Exercises ##NETWORKING ###Reading ###Exercises