Call to Meetup and WordCamp Organizers and their Underrepresented Community Members: Interactive, Transformational Watch Party!

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The Diverse Speaker Training Group (#WPDiversity) invites WordPress event organizers and their marginalized or underrepresented community members to join us for a fun experiment: a 1.5 hour “Interactive, Transformational Watch Party”on February 18th, 2021 at 5:30-7:00 PM UTC!

Topic: How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events.

This unique, interactive Watch Party format will be facilitated by Jill Binder (the lead of the Diverse Speaker Training Group #WPDiversity) and mentorsEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues.. Together, attendees will watch the Diverse Speaker Training Workshop Part 1 on the Learn WordPress site, and be invited to participate in the engaging and impactful exercises.

Does the thought of speaking at one of our meetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. or WordCamps intrigue you? Do you identify as a person from a marginalized and underrepresented group who is thinking about speaking at a meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. or WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more.?

Or are you a meetup or WordCamp event organizer and want to improve the diversity of your speaker lineups?

This workshop is for you if:

You identify as being from a marginalized or underrepresented group in terms of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, age, etc.
You’ve thought about speaking at meetups or WordCamps but haven’t been able to think of a topic
You think you don’t know anything worth speaking about
You are a meetup or WordCamp event organizer and want to improve the diversity of your speaker lineups. It’s best if you can bring marginalized or underrepresented members of your community with you. You can ask us for help with this!

All Meetup and WordCamp organizers are invited to both participate in the exercises and to support the attendees. This Watch Party Workshop is an excellent way to get to know the people who want to speak at your events and help them create talk topics that will interest your community.

*** Please Note: You do NOT have to have any experience in public speaking. This workshop is for all levels of experience.

*** This workshop is for all levels of organizing experience. New and future organizers welcome!

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