My experience with OpenWest (I've helped organize it in the past, but haven't directly been involved in talk selection) is it's like a technical speaker potluck. They accept a huge range of subjects.
What I would do is submit 4-6 talks on a wide range of subjects you'd like to speak on (they ask how many total talks you're willing to give so you don't get all 6 accepted), and the community voting is the primary mechanism they use to determine what talks to accept. The only thing I wouldn't do is submit subjects you're not eager to speak on. :) Justin On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Stephen Godfrey <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never been to the Openwest conference. And looking through the site > all the topics are relate almost specifically to hardware, software, and > development. > > Though I develop applications for clients, I like talking about softer > skills such as Imposter Syndrome (I'm on draft 2 of my book!), Freelancing, > and workflows. Do you think that any of these topics have a place at > openwest? > > Stephen > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Send UPHPU mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of UPHPU digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. OpenWest 2018 - Call For Papers (Victor Villa) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 14:53:54 -0700 > > From: Victor Villa <[email protected]> > > Subject: [UPHPU] OpenWest 2018 - Call For Papers > > To: Utah PHP Users Group Discuss <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > <CAC2jUPgHwOCkRfPUtDwDw2_mR3KEeNcEnoXKaVZNmJgpUP+oEA@ > > mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > OpenWest 2018 - Call For Papers > > > > ** 11th Annual OpenWest Conference > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Call for Papers open until January 31st > > > > The OpenWest Conference is one of the best Open Source conferences where > > community members from around the western U.S. come together to learn and > > share information about the latest trends and technologies in > development, > > system administration, and more. > > > > We know speakers are key to the success of a conference and hope you will > > submit a talk. In appreciation of your efforts, our speaker compensation > > package includes: > > * Full conference pass (excluding tutorials) > > * For speakers remote to the Area: > > + Complimentary airfare/travel (according to conference policy) > > + 3 complimentary hotel nights (additional hotel night for speakers > > presenting a tutorial) > > * Receptions and activities included in regular conference > > ** https://cfp.openwest.org/ > > > > > > ** Speaker Mentoring > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Not everybody feels comfortable with speaking, Please don't let that stop > > you from submitting your name to speak at the conference. We are > starting > > a speaker mentoring program to help everybody to become better speakers. > > > > Steps: > > 1. Submit your speaking idea at https://cfp.openwest.org > > 2. Email us at [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]?subject=IMPORTANT%20%3A% > 20Speaker%20Mentoring) > > and we'll work with you! > > > > v > > > > > > ** Blind community voting > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > We use blind community voting as the main factor in deciding which > speakers > > to invite. Other factors include the number of talks per topic, travel > > cost, and the number of talks submitted by that speaker. We do NOT take > > into consideration gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation. > > > > > > ** Code of Conduct > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > We are also committed to ensuring the conference is a place where ideas > are > > exchanged, old friends get together, new friends meet and harassment is > not > > tolerated. We expect speakers, attendees and sponsor representatives to > be > > professional and courteous to each other. We reserve the right to remove, > > without refund, ANY attendee (speaker or otherwise) who is unable to > adhere > > to this policy. > > Find Out More (https://cfp.openwest.org/) > > > > mj/v > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > UPHPU mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > > > > End of UPHPU Digest, Vol 161, Issue 1 > > ************************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
