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2013-03-21! Secrets To Success:
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Overview
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What should I talk about?
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Where should I submit my talk?
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Talk venues
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Submission and review process
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Types of talks
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Technology teaching
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Broader technology skills
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Vendor talks
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Case studies and War Stories
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Your FOSS project
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State of the X
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Random stuff from left field
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Aside: Tutorials and Workshops
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Aside: Panels
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Aside: Lightning Talks and Ignite
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Calls for Papers
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Call for Papers
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Interpreting the CFP
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Example- php|tek
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What the organizers want
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Fitting the CFP
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Example - MySQL Connect
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Key point - vendor conference
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Aside: Tracks at conferences
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Key points - Specific guidelines
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Example: OSCON
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Topics vs Tracks
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Tracks (excerpt)
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How do I interpret this?
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Writing your proposal
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What you need
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Titles
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Abstracts, Descriptions
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Abstract - Examples
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Description - Example
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Description - Example
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Key point: enough information
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Your bio
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Example
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Sample talks
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What selectors look for
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Who`s reviewing my talk?
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It`s really simple
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Reasons to reject
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You broke the rules
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Not bad, but...
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Multiple talks on the same topic
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Sometimes you get Rasmused
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Other reasons
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Yay! I got accepted
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Turning your proposal into a talk
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A final note for the unwary
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Questions?