LNUG Talks

A repo for organising talk proposals and discussing talks with speakers

Talk Format

• Each event has 2-3 speaker slots available.
• Each talk is allocated 20 minutes, however, this can be altered on a per-case basis.
• We also welcome shorter lightning talks for quick dives on node.js topics - 5-10 minutes max. Takes the pressure off
• Talks are recorded and posted onto the LNUG Youtube channel. * Your permission is implied.

Some loose talk guidelines

• we only host live talks with speakers in the house (no video link ups - sorry, they don't work well for our meetup format)
• We prefer hands on demos and live code-in-practice or a developer story to tell over org charts, process diagrams, product demos or corporate promo material.
• this is the London Node.js User group - we are a broad group of developers and touch many technlogies in our day to day lives - but try and keep the link to Node and JavaScript central to your talk

First time speakers

• Our meetup is inclusive and friendly. If you need some speaking mentorship - we're here to help. Our organizers can provide a hand in multiple ways: Review your talk, provide tips & advice regarding public speaking, help with slides and general presentation.

How? Simply add a comment below your talk proposal (the github issue) that you're looking for some advice when you submit a talk.

How

Its simple. Open an issue to submit a talk.

Please structure the issue as following:

• Title: [Talk Title]
• Body:
  • [Abstract of your talk]
  • [A bit about you, e.g. current job, twitter handle, etc.]
• I confirm my talk is 20 mins long in total.
• I confirm that I will abide by the Code of Conduct

If you are looking for feedback on your talk or have additional question, reply to your issue with extra comments stating your questions but please keep them off the body of the original issue text itself

Please conform to the issue structure so that we can use the api to automate some of the event admin.

Confirmation

• Once your issue is assigned a milestone, it has been approved and confirmed.
• Check the milestone date for confirmation of the event date.

Code of conduct:

LNUG has a code of conduct that speakers as well as attendees are expected to observe - please be sure to read it and comply with it in your participation with LNUG

After the event

Please tweet a url to your slides and put the link in your proposal as a comment.

Thanks, <3 LNUGorg team