Some Links

• Laravel Bootcamp 
• Rails Hackathon 
• Ruby Archaeology by Nick Schwaderer 
• "Build vs Buy" on Rails by Colin Loretz 
• Content Creation for Software Developers
• CFP Land

Why speak at a conference?

• Share your hard-won learnings
• Meet other people
• Grow an audience
• Build your talent brand to hire people

What makes a conference worth speaking at?

Do you need to be very senior to speak at a conference?

• No!

Picking a topic

• What are you interested in?
• What are you excited about?
• What do you know a lot about?

Components of a CFP

• Abstract
• Description
• Outlines

Usually a blind selection process

Other Tips

• Watch past talks from the conference you are applying to on YouTube if they are available.
• Check out speakerline.io for examples of CFPs
• On writing well - William https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548