Open Source Summit Europe 2022

Open source conferences are always striving to increase their diversity by recruiting new speakers and encouraging people from underrepresented groups to submit talks. The goal of this talk is to provide resources to help everyone feel included, welcome, and worthy of being a conference speaker. As a new speaker, how do you decide what topic to cover? What can you do to help your topic stand out? How do you prevent imposter syndrome from getting in the way of your success as a speaker? You do not need to be the world’s leading expert on a topic to give a presentation. You just need to know a few things that can help other people learn enough about the topic to get started. By bringing your authentic voice and unique perspective to the topic, people will walk away from your talk with new insights that they wouldn’t get from another speaker. This talk contains several sections. Selecting a topic and conference for your topic. Writing a title and abstract that will increase the chances of your talk being accepted. The importance of your bio during the talk selection process. Tips for writing and preparing your presentation. The audience will walk away with practical advice about writing and submitting talk proposals along with some tips for delivering a successful presentation.