CFP Workshop- PyCon Israel April 2022

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CFP Workshop PyCon 2022 Dafna Mordechai April 2022

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Hello! @Dafna_Mordechai ● Deep Learning Compiler Engineer ● LOVES technology, and LOVES sharing it with others ● Mentor of public speaking and tech-blogging

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Agenda Motivation All About CFPs CFP

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Motivation

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Why Bother? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ● Own what you know ● Learn by teaching ● Share your knowledge with others ● Improve your digital presence KARMA

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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

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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!

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CFP Call for Papers / Call for Proposals

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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

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● 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?

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What to Talk About? This is most likely what others will value the most. Find what interests YOU!

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CFP = Title + Abstract + Bio + talk type & duration + talk outline (might be optional)

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Talk Title Fun | Catchy | Short | Memorable | Curious !! Descriptive !!

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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?

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Talk Abstract Context Talk Description + Value

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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

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Use the Relevant Words

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Examples

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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

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It's not you, it's me

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TL;DR

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● 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

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Thank You! @Dafna_Mordechai https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafna-mordechai