44: Organizing & Speaking at Developer Events

The Web Platform Podcast

• Episode: 44: Organizing & Speaking at Developer Events
• Website: The Web Platform Podcast
• Feed URL: http://thewebplatformpodcast.com/rss
• Duration: 00:52:58
• Published: 2015-05-19 20:31

It can be overwhelming and, in some cases, downright scary to speak at events for many developers. Aaron Frost, co-organizer of ng-conf & Google Developer Expert, (@js_dev) talks with us about his experiences, mistakes, and triumphs while speaking at developer events as well as organizing them.

Resources

• JavaScript Jabber 124 : The Origin of JavaScript with Brendan Eich - http://devchat.tv/js-jabber/124-jsj-the-origin-of-javascript-with-brendan-eich

• JavaScript Jabber 105 :  JsConf and Organizing Conferences with Chris Williams - http://devchat.tv/js-jabber/105-jsj-jsconf-and-organizing-conferences-with-chris-williams

• JavaScript Jabber 131 : Conferences & Meetups with Dave Nugent - http://devchat.tv/js-jabber/131-jsj-conferences-meetups-with-dave-nugent

• Writing proposals for speaking at conferences - http://weareallaweso.me/for_speakers/how-to-write-a-compelling-proposal.html

• One reason Raquel Velez rocks - https://twitter.com/rockbot/status/555163826400661505

• Adventures in Angular 002 : Angular Meetups with Matt Zabriskie and Sharon Diorio - http://devchat.tv/adventures-in-angular/angular-meetups-with-matt-zabriskie-and-sharon-diorio

• Conference Organiser’s Handbook - http://www.quirksmode.org/coh/

• Loop Conf - https://loopconf.io/

• Ng-Conf - http://www.ng-conf.org/

• React Rally - http://www.reactrally.com/

• JS Remote Conf - https://jsremoteconf.com/

• Ruby Remote Conf - https://rubyremoteconf.com/

• Meetup.com - http://www.meetup.com/

• Call For Proposals on Lanyard - http://lanyrd.com/calls/

Panelists

• Danny Blue - Front End Engineer at Deloitte Digital

• Erik Isaksen - HTML5 Google Developer Expert & Front End Engineer at Deloitte Digital