CFP Workshop- PyCon Israel April 2022

Writing a CFP for a conference you love can be intimidating at first. But the truth is that it is fairly simple.

This talk will go over the entire process in detail: how to think about a good idea, how to find a great title, what is important in your biography description, and the most important part: how to craft your abstract so you will maximize your chances of speaking on your favorite stage!

Transcript

1. CFP Workshop PyCon 2022 Dafna Mordechai April 2022
2. Hello! @Dafna_Mordechai • Deep Learning Compiler Engineer • LOVES technology, and LOVES sharing it with others • Mentor of public speaking and tech-blogging
3. Agenda Motivation All About CFPs CFP
4. Motivation
5. Why Bother? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ • Own what you know • Learn by teaching • Share your knowledge with others • Improve your digital presence KARMA
6. Why Me? • You have relevant hands-on experience • You work on interesting projects • You love to learn and teach • You reflect your peer’s needs
8. A Crash Course in Overcoming Demons In fact, all these things are skills that: -> Can be acquired with professional guidance, -> Can be improved with practice and feedback, And we will overcome the demons with self-compassion and encouragement from friends. “I'm not an expert" | "I don’t have an original idea” | "My topic is not interesting" | “I have no experience with X" | "I'm not good at Y" | "Public speaking is scary" | "My English is not good enough" WE ALL FACE THE SAME FEARS!
9. CFP Call for Papers / Call for Proposals
10. Who Can Apply? ◦ Python Developers ◦ Engineering Managers / Team Leaders ◦ Data Scientists ◦ Algorithm Developers / ML / AI ◦ DevOps Engineers ◦ Automation testing Domains: Any Python devs • Cyber, Crypto, Data Science, OS, Cloud, Storage
11. • Architectural decisions • A programming methodology • A side project • A useful tool or a library documentation • An interesting or a common BUGS / MISTAKES (and how to fix them…) What to Talk About?
12. What to Talk About? This is most likely what others will value the most. Find what interests YOU!
13. CFP = Title + Abstract + Bio + talk type & duration + talk outline (might be optional)
14. Talk Title Fun | Catchy | Short | Memorable | Curious !! Descriptive !!
15. Talk Abstract Context Talk Description Value What is the domain / the topic / the problem? What will be discussed? What is the main flow? WIFM - If I will attend to this talk, what is the value for me?
16. Talk Abstract Context Talk Description + Value
17. Speaker Bio • Adapt your bio to the specific conference • This is NOT the time to be humble • Short and to the point • Make is personal and memorable
18. Use the Relevant Words
19. Examples
24. Tips & Tricks • Same talk different relevant conferences / meetups • Same conference different talk duration • Use the buzzwords but don’t overuse them • Perfect your abstract, and make it memorable
25. It's not you, it's me
26. TL;DR
27. • You have A LOT to say! And we will listen :) • Craft your CFP carefully • Get to work: outline first, slides later • Practice, practice, practice! • Enjoy the show :-) Public Speaking in a Nutshell
28. Thank You! @Dafna_Mordechai https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafna-mordechai