Designing an OpenStack Summit Session Submission for Success

January 15, 2015

Niki Acosta, Anne Gentle, Diane Mueller

Sponsored by the Women of OpenStack

Designing an OpenStack Summit Session

Submission for Success

Why are

we here?

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Keynotes: Monday - Tuesday

Marketplace Expo Hall: Monday - Thursday

Main Conference Breakout: Monday – Thursday

Design Summit: Tuesday – Friday

Register: www.openstack.org/summit

OpenStack Summit

Vancouver

Monday – Friday May 18-22, 2015

How does the proposal system work?

SUBMISSIONS VOTING TRACKS

5

Audience Analysis

More than half are new

to OpenStack

Regional awareness

Paris

November 2014

58% first-time attendees

Atlanta

May 2014

65% first-time attendees

7

Title informative,

not too cute

Description sets out

problem, shows learning

objectives

Match to style requested

(workshop, case study)

Show your knowledge

Timing matters

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GREAT EXAMPLES!

www.oreilly.com/conferences/sample_p

roposals.html

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WOMEN OF OPENSTACK

lists.openstack.org, LinkedIn Group

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Any questions?

Submit by February 9th!

We are willing to help!

@nikiacosta

@annegentle

@pythondj

Resources

PYCON | Advice for

Speakers https://ref.readthedocs.org/en/latest/advice_for_pycon_speakers/index.ht

ml

OSCON | Tips for writing a good proposal for a good talkhttp://www.oscon.com/open-source-2015/public/cfp/360

O’REILLY | Examples of Winning Proposalshttp://www.oreilly.com/conferences/sample_proposals.html

Resources

Women of OpenStack Mailing Listhttp://lists.openstack.org

women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org

Women of OpenStack LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/groups/Women-OpenStack-WOS-4681909