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USENIX WiAC G+ Hangout: Encouraging Women Speakers
Submitted by rikki on April 25, 2013 - 1:05 pm
Today I hosted a G+ hangout for the first time, which I also recorded and added to the USENIX YouTube channel**. In the hangout, I talked with Amber Graner, Carolyn Rowland, Chris St. Pierre, Margo Seltzer, and Selena Deckelmann. We talked about how to encourage women (and first-time speakers in general) to submit talk proposals for tech events. This is the first in what we hope will be a series of discussions on increasing the number of women and first-time speakers at tech events.
USENIX WiAC G+ Hangout: Encouraging Women Speakers
Follow our Twitter feed to hear about our next hangout, which we hope to do live. You can also find us on Facebook and G+.
If you have ideas for our next hangout, or if you have questions about submitting a talk proposal, contact me at rikki@usenix.org.
Also see:
USENIX open calls for papers
How
to Write a Conference Talk Proposal (and See More Women Speakers)
2012 Women in Advanced Computing Summit (WiAC '12) talk videos
**Because this was my first hangout, and my background is in writing and editing, I had a big learning curve when it came to recording video and editing it.