Why Your Excellent Conference Talk Was Rejected

Post by tomjen3 » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 9:02 PM UTC

krschultz wrote: post #25

wirrbel wrote: post #8

Can't argue much with these criteria. Yet why "previous presenter experience"? If you are afraid of inexperienced speakers to deliver a boring talk, why Not just give them a 10-15 minute slot? Them, I am reminded that many speakers tour many events with the same talk. I rather like the idea of having fresh speakers on stage over the 4th instance of the very same old talk.

I think of it as a ladder that you progress through as a speaker. This reduces risk for the organizers, but it's also good for your growth as a speaker. If you think you can just hop right into a conference talk with no warmup, then the earlier steps should be a breeze. - Short meetup talk (10-20 minutes). - Long meetup talk (20-40 minutes) - Conference talk. The only gotcha is that most meetups are not recorded. Tha…

Post by natmaster » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 9:06 PM UTC

mivok wrote: post #22

A lot of the comments here are complaining about the last point in the article (the n00b), asking how on earth you get started if you have to have presented before in order to present. The article is telling you exactly how to do that: - Speak at local user group meetings. Most of my local meet ups are constantly calling for speakers, and it's an excellent way to get practice at presenting in a lower stress environme…

Post by repler » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 9:27 PM UTC

ergo14 wrote: post #86

autarch wrote: post #82

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> (Completely ignoring that local, state, and federal laws all already exist to handle all of it.) Except that they don't. If I walk around a conference saying that all the women at this event are filthy whores who should go back to the kitchen, what law am I breaking? Do you really think that's acceptable behavior at a conference?

Did you ever actually see anything like that? Because I've been attending to many of IT conferences and never ever seen something even remotely close. http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassmen... - here is a very reasonable CoC that mostly deal with behavior that is actually law breaking. https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/

Post by softawre » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 9:35 PM UTC

gnarbarian wrote: post #88

autarch wrote: post #80

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I don't see these two goals as being mutually exclusive. Even if they are, it'd be good to aim for a balance, rather than just choosing one entirely over the other. They're both good goals for a conference.

Many people don't agree with me and that's OK. I literally couldn't care less about demographic checkboxes when listening to a talk about technology. The number one priority should be having thought provoking, relevant, and high impact talks about technology at a technology conference. Seeing these talks and engaging in conversations about the technology should be the number one priority for attendees. Ideas are what…

Post by ergo14 » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 10:29 PM UTC

repler wrote: post #95

ergo14 wrote: post #86

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Did you ever actually see anything like that? Because I've been attending to many of IT conferences and never ever seen something even remotely close. http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassmen... - here is a very reasonable CoC that mostly deal with behavior that is actually law breaking. https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/

I know you weren't replying to me but I've never seen it. I also would never condone that kind of behavior, or even be associated with people who did that. Someone actually flagged my comment, which to me is pretty jaw dropping. This isn't a topic we can discuss? Okay.