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==Paused ==
According to [https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/pausing-tech-speaker-program-support/66157 this 2020-08-21 Discourse post]:
<blockquote>Last week, Mozilla announced some general changes in our investments and as a result we will be pausing Tech Speaker program support.</blockquote>
 
More details at the post: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/pausing-tech-speaker-program-support/66157
 
You may also follow the Twitter account: https://twitter.com/MozTechSpeakers


==Overview==
==Overview==
'''Mozilla Tech Speakers was a program to bring together volunteer contributors who are already speaking to technical audiences (developers/web designers/computer science and engineering students) about Firefox, Mozilla and the Open Web in communities around the world.''' We want to support you and amplify your work!


'''Description: Increase developer awareness and adoption of Mozilla products and the Open Web as a platform through a strong community-driven technical speaker development program.'''
As Mozilla Tech Speakers, participants had an opportunity to work on public speaking skill development with a cohort of technical contributors from many countries. Mozillians old and new, and our allies across the open web, at all levels of experience in public speaking and at different stages in their careers, are welcome to apply. Most participants are not native English speakers, but at this time you must be willing and able to communicate in English to participate in this program.
 
* '''Status:''' Program design, pilot development
* '''Contact:''' [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/havi/ Havi Hoffman]
* '''Core Team:''' Rosana Ardila, Dietrich Ayala, Soumya Deb, Emma Irwin, Janet Swisher


==Mission & Purpose==
'''Practice and constructive feedback in a safe and friendly environment are at the heart of how we work together.''' We are always experimenting with the design of this program, learning from participant feedback, with the aim of being able to grow to meet the global demand for this type of training.


'''Increase developer awareness and adoption of Mozilla products and the Open Web as a platform by:'''
'''Looking for a Tech Speaker?''' We can help you find one if you fill this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1R-25A5KBMGnCwi6TWaY-ghR2YJrmQEgu3QMSAqetGLI/edit form].
* Growing a base of high-quality volunteer speakers...
===General info===
* Supporting their efforts with training for both speaking and content generation...
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
* In order to present timely, relevant technical material at regional developer events.
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  <th bgcolor="lightgrey">'''[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation/ Community Participation Guidelines]'''</th>
  <th bgcolor="lightgreen">'''[http://bit.ly/TechSpeakerGuide Event Process]'''</th>
  <th bgcolor="LightSalmon">'''[http://bit.ly/TechSpeakerAssetRepo Asset Folder]'''</th>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>All our activities must respect this code of conduct.</td>
  <td>How to find events, submit talks, and request sponsorship from the program.</td>
  <td>A collection of documents and assets to be used and reused in talks and workshops.</td>
</tr>
</table>


'''Outcomes'''
===Calendars===
* Volunteer speakers have improved speaking skills and high quality technical content when representing Mozilla at influential, top-tier developer events, and at relevant regional, educational, and community-run events.
* [https://tchspk.rs/cfp '''Call for Proposals Calendar'''] – A community-maintained calendar of deadlines to submit talks and workshops to interesting conferences
* Mozilla has a global team of trained speakers to send to conferences, to host workshops, and represent the project in other technical contexts.
* [https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mozilla.com_pn0rt7a2nop8tokpcsb25jnbj8@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles '''TechSpeakers Appearance Calendar'''] – The calendar where you can announce your appearance, so we know about it!
* Speaker materials and assets become easily discoverable and accessible (content and templates).
* Graduates replicate the program in their regional communities.


==How It Works==
===Forms===
* [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc02bX170u055V0d7u3qKLIplSGcs7rav-qyBweZKI8Ot6Uig/viewform '''Event Sponsorship Form'''] – The form to fill to request a sponsorship
* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfguNLIWJZvobSdL9R_hhn6M2ey_jA29Va0KxRpvGd070xGhQ/viewform '''Event Feedback Form (2020)'''] – The form to fill after an event - it tells us how it went.


Tech Speakers is a six week program that we're building. Currently, our pilots of the program are by invitation only. The sessions combines group speaking practice and technical content development.
== More details about the program ==


Each participant:
'''Program objective: Increase developer awareness and adoption of the Web, Firefox, and Mozilla through a strong community-driven technical speaker development program.'''
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9tPhj7utI4&list=PLo3w8EB99pqJkl8kawWQVbV1co4bAUo0L '''Promo video - Introducing Moz Tech Speakers''']
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo3w8EB99pqJkl8kawWQVbV1co4bAUo0L '''Mozilla Tech Speakers playlist - includes Tech Speaker program masterclasses''']


* Picks a topic at the beginning of the program
{| class="wikitable"
* Develops a talk on that topic during the program
|-
* Submits their talk to a conference CFP by the end of the program
|}
* '''Contact:''' [mailto:techspeaker_ops@mozilla.com Tech Speakers operations]
* '''Alumnis:''' Thanks to: Michael Ellis, Jean-Yves Perrier, Jessica Rose, István Szmozsanszky, Rosana Ardila, Havi Hoffman, Dietrich Ayala, Soumya Deb, Emma Irwin, Janet Swisher
* For the most current information about Mozilla Tech Speakers, please visit the [https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/c/speaking '''Speaking topic on Discourse''']


Each week:
===Mission & Purpose===
* Participants speak for two minutes on a predefined topic
* The group provides feedback to the speaker
* Guest speakers will join, to teach their area of expertise


Materials
'''Increase developer awareness and adoption of Mozilla products and the Open Web as a platform:'''
* [[TechSpeakers/Curriculum|TechSpeakers Curriculum]]
* Grow a base of qualified and well-informed volunteer speakers.
* [[TechSpeakers/Tips|Speaking Tips]]
* Support volunteer technical evangelism efforts with training for speaking and creating presentation materials.
* Empower contributors to present timely, relevant technical material at conferences & regional developer events.


==How To Join==


* We are currently running the second iteration of the pilot program, to test the format and curriculum.
'''Desired Outcomes'''
* After the pilot phase has completed, we’ll share our learnings and develop the next steps for extending the program and making it available to all Mozillians.
* Volunteer speakers gain skill and experience as public speakers and gain access to information and funding when representing Mozilla at developer events, and at relevant regional, educational, and community-run events.
* Mozilla has a global team of trained speakers to send to conferences, to host workshops, and represent the project in other technical contexts.
* Speaker materials and assets become easily discoverable and accessible (content and templates).
* Graduates replicate the program in their regional communities.


==Project Meta==


===Resources for Speakers===
==Resources for Speakers==


* CFPs or How to find a conference to speak at
* CFPs or How to find a conference to speak at
** How to write a good CFP:  
** One way to write a good CFP: [http://www.oreilly.com/conferences/sample_proposals.html Sample Proposals for O'Reilly Conferences]
** Subscribe to Technically Speaking  
** Subscribe to [http://www.techspeak.email/ Technically Speaking, a public speaking newsletter]
** For developer-oriented conferences, subscribe to [http://thecfpreport.com/ the CFP report] and set your preferences
 
* Presentation Basics
* Presentation Basics
** Posture and presence
** [https://slackhq.com/youre-a-pretty-monkey-and-other-public-speaking-tips-for-the-timid-5e6f8e17767a#.gkfjoxh28 Picturing yourself as a silly animal, and other public speaking tips for the timid]
**
** [http://scottberkun.com/2011/speakers-checklist/ How to prepare: Speaker's Checklist]
* Creating great technical content
** [http://www.inc.com/ss/jeff-haden/20-public-speaking-tips-best-ted-talks 20 Public Speaking Tips of the Best TED Talks]
** [http://www.inc.com/sims-wyeth/how-to-capture-and-hold-audience-attention.html 10 Ways Great Speakers Capture People's Attention]
** [http://alicebartlett.co.uk/blog/how-to-do-ok-at-slides A white-label slide deck]
 
* Storytelling (suggestions from Alison Meyer & other sources)
** [https://blog.bufferapp.com/science-of-storytelling-why-telling-a-story-is-the-most-powerful-way-to-activate-our-brains The Science of Storytelling: What Listening to a Story Does to Our Brains]
** [http://www.fastcompany.com/3052152/how-i-get-it-done/6-rules-for-great-storytelling-from-a-moth-approved-master-of-the-form 6 Rules for Great Storytelling]
** [http://resonate.duarte.com/#%21page0 Resonate (a book on presentations)]
** [http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en The Danger of a Single Story]
** [http://gloriadwomoh.me/blog/lessons-talk-coaching-session/ Talk Coaching: Few Lessons to Keep in Mind] - Tech Speaker Gloria Dwomoh wrote up the notes from her coaching session


* Finding Inspiration (suggestions from Pilot 3 - memorable presentations)
**  [https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness?language=en Robert Waldinger - What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness]
** [https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en Simon Sinek- How great leaders inspire action]
** [http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_why_good_leaders_make_you_feel_safe?language=en Simon Sinek- Why good leaders make you feel safe] "Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank..."
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlRDFw2iNV4 The 26%: Facebook’s Mary Lou Jepsen Says Tech is Hostile to Women] "When someone tells you something is impossible, it really means they're a little bit jealous, and keep going, you're on the right track..."


===Timeline===
* Technical Speaking
** [http://writing.jan.io/2013/05/10/how-to-give-the-killer-tech-talk---a-pamphlet.html How to give a killer tech talk - Jan Lenhardt]
** [https://gist.github.com/starkcoffee/f822f1804852dcb39dbc1419b59cdd14 Font tips for code in presentations  - from starkcoffee ]
** [https://soledadpenades.com/2016/08/17/how-to-write-a-talk/ How to write a talk - Soledad Penadés]


'''Pilot #2 - IN PROGRESS
* Crafting Decks
** [[TechSpeakers/Presentations|List of presentations from Mozilla Tech Speakers]]


* Q3/Q4 - High-level Schedule
* Tools
** Determine schedule and general structure
** [http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ Hemingway] - online editor that analyzes readability
** Candidate selection process
** Invite candidates
** Select and invite guest speakers
** Pre-program introductions
** Program begins
** Program completes


'''Pilot #1 - COMPLETE
* Places to Get Help
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
** [http://helpmeabstract.com/ HelpMeAbstract] - Get feedback on talk abstracts from real conference organizers
The first pilot completed successfully.
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
* Q1 February
** Program design solidified
** Program mission and goals socialized
** Pilot design completed
** Pilot participant list drawn up
* Q1 March
** Program design published on wiki
** Workflow with Reps, MDN decided
** Pilot participants selected and communicated with
** Achievement criteria defined and published
* Q2 April
** Pilot is ongoing
** Participants are working through the curriculum
** Regular meetings for ongoing assessment
* Q2 May
** Pilot concludes
** Post-mortem to identify improvements and impact
** Program refinements from pilot results are implemented and communicated
</div>
</div>


===Pilot Program===
*Older Materials
**[[TechSpeakers/Curriculum|TechSpeakers Curriculum]]
**[[TechSpeakers/Tips|Speaking Tips]]


* Description
===Mozilla Tech Speakers===
** Work with Mozilla Reps to select five participants
** The selected participants help work out the kinks - refine criteria, identify mentorship needs
* Outcomes
** Set of program refinements required to be implemented prior to official launch


===Communication===
'''This is a partial list of people who have completed the Tech Speakers program. If you completed one of the Tech Speaker cohort trainings, you are welcome to add yourself and a link to your Reps or Mozillians page, or other relevant profile or contact info.


* General
* Abhiram Ravikumar (India)
** Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mozilla-tech-speakers
* Candy Tricia Khohliwe (Botswana)
** IRC Channel: #techspeakers (for now)
* Abiel Tomás Parra Hernández] (México)
** Telegram: techspeakers
* Luis A. Sánchez (México)
* Adrian Crespo (Spain)
* Adriano Cupello (Brazil)
* Ahmed Nefzaoui (Tunisia)
* Alaa Shaheen (Palestine)
* Alex Lakatos (UK)
* Alex Saladrigas (Spain)
* Amine Zaafouri (Tunisia)
* Andre Garzia (Brazil)
* Andrzej Mazur (Poland)
* Anghel Adrian "Jobava" Mârza (Romania)
* Anjana Vakil (USA)
* Areej Amer (Jordan)
* Ayah Soufan (Palestine)
* Brou Yannick Aka (Ivory Coast)
* Carsten Sandtner (Germany)
* Chen Hui Jing (Malaysia)
* Christos Bacharakis (Greece)
* Christophe Villeneuve (France)
* Daniele Scasciafratte (Italy)
* Diky Arga Anggara (Indonesia)
* Dipesh Monga (Finland)
* Diwanshi Pandey (India)
* Dorothée Danedjo (Cameroon)
* Elio Qoshi (Albania)
* Eugenio Petullà (Italy)
* Fate Cabag (Philippines)
* Felipe Do E. Santo (Brazil)
* Gabriel Micko(Hungary)
* Gabriele Falasca (Italy)
* Giannis Konstantinidis (Greece)
* Gloria Dwomoh
* Harsha Vardhan (India)
* Ioana Chiorean (Romania)
* István 'Flaki' Szmozsánszky (Hungary)
* Jan-Erik Rediger (Germany)
* Jayesh Katta Ramalingaiah (India)
* Jyotsna Gupta (India)
* Karthickeyan Narasimhan (India)
* Kaustav Das Modak (India)
* Kristi Progri (Albania)
* Kritika Maheshwari (India)
* Manel Rhaiem (Hungary)
* Mariot Tsitoara (Madagascar)
* Marko Letic (Serbia)
* Miguel Useche (Venezuela)
* Pooja Purswani (India)
* Rabimba Karanjai (USA & India)
* Ram Dayal Vaishnav (India)
* Ramón Huidobro (Austria)
* Riccardo Iaconelli (Italy)
* Rizky Ariestiyansyah (Indonesia)
* Robert Kaiser (Austria)
* Robert Reyes(Philippines)
* Rufus Chakravarthy Sharma (India)
* Saif Ahmed (Egypt)
* Salman Rahman Desh (Bangladesh)
* Santosh Viswanatham (India)
* Sayak Sarkar (India)
* Shagufta Gurmukhdas (India)
* Shreyas Narayanan Kutty] (India)
* Soumya Chakraborty (India)
* Srushtika Neelakantam (England & India)
* Sumanth Damarla (India)
* Tanay Pant (India)
* Trishul Goel (India)
* Tushar Arora (India)
* U.M.K. Dikshit(India)
* Viswaprasath KS (India)
* Yuliana Reyna Jiménez (Mexico)
* Vigneshwer Dhinakaran (India)
* Willian Martins da Silva (Brasil)


* Announcements
== See Also ==
** Lists: devrel, mdn, mozillians, reps
* https://twitter.com/MozTechSpeakers
** Hacks - blog post (Havi/Mar 30)
** Social: TBD

Latest revision as of 07:23, 7 August 2021

Mozilla TechSpeakers

Paused

According to this 2020-08-21 Discourse post:

Last week, Mozilla announced some general changes in our investments and as a result we will be pausing Tech Speaker program support.

More details at the post: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/pausing-tech-speaker-program-support/66157

You may also follow the Twitter account: https://twitter.com/MozTechSpeakers

Overview

Mozilla Tech Speakers was a program to bring together volunteer contributors who are already speaking to technical audiences (developers/web designers/computer science and engineering students) about Firefox, Mozilla and the Open Web in communities around the world. We want to support you and amplify your work!

As Mozilla Tech Speakers, participants had an opportunity to work on public speaking skill development with a cohort of technical contributors from many countries. Mozillians old and new, and our allies across the open web, at all levels of experience in public speaking and at different stages in their careers, are welcome to apply. Most participants are not native English speakers, but at this time you must be willing and able to communicate in English to participate in this program.

Practice and constructive feedback in a safe and friendly environment are at the heart of how we work together. We are always experimenting with the design of this program, learning from participant feedback, with the aim of being able to grow to meet the global demand for this type of training.

Looking for a Tech Speaker? We can help you find one if you fill this form.

General info

Community Participation Guidelines Event Process Asset Folder
All our activities must respect this code of conduct. How to find events, submit talks, and request sponsorship from the program. A collection of documents and assets to be used and reused in talks and workshops.

Calendars

Forms

More details about the program

Program objective: Increase developer awareness and adoption of the Web, Firefox, and Mozilla through a strong community-driven technical speaker development program.

  • Contact: Tech Speakers operations
  • Alumnis: Thanks to: Michael Ellis, Jean-Yves Perrier, Jessica Rose, István Szmozsanszky, Rosana Ardila, Havi Hoffman, Dietrich Ayala, Soumya Deb, Emma Irwin, Janet Swisher
  • For the most current information about Mozilla Tech Speakers, please visit the Speaking topic on Discourse

Mission & Purpose

Increase developer awareness and adoption of Mozilla products and the Open Web as a platform:

  • Grow a base of qualified and well-informed volunteer speakers.
  • Support volunteer technical evangelism efforts with training for speaking and creating presentation materials.
  • Empower contributors to present timely, relevant technical material at conferences & regional developer events.


Desired Outcomes

  • Volunteer speakers gain skill and experience as public speakers and gain access to information and funding when representing Mozilla at developer events, and at relevant regional, educational, and community-run events.
  • Mozilla has a global team of trained speakers to send to conferences, to host workshops, and represent the project in other technical contexts.
  • Speaker materials and assets become easily discoverable and accessible (content and templates).
  • Graduates replicate the program in their regional communities.


Resources for Speakers

  • Tools
    • Hemingway - online editor that analyzes readability
  • Places to Get Help
    • HelpMeAbstract - Get feedback on talk abstracts from real conference organizers

Mozilla Tech Speakers

This is a partial list of people who have completed the Tech Speakers program. If you completed one of the Tech Speaker cohort trainings, you are welcome to add yourself and a link to your Reps or Mozillians page, or other relevant profile or contact info.

  • Abhiram Ravikumar (India)
  • Candy Tricia Khohliwe (Botswana)
  • Abiel Tomás Parra Hernández] (México)
  • Luis A. Sánchez (México)
  • Adrian Crespo (Spain)
  • Adriano Cupello (Brazil)
  • Ahmed Nefzaoui (Tunisia)
  • Alaa Shaheen (Palestine)
  • Alex Lakatos (UK)
  • Alex Saladrigas (Spain)
  • Amine Zaafouri (Tunisia)
  • Andre Garzia (Brazil)
  • Andrzej Mazur (Poland)
  • Anghel Adrian "Jobava" Mârza (Romania)
  • Anjana Vakil (USA)
  • Areej Amer (Jordan)
  • Ayah Soufan (Palestine)
  • Brou Yannick Aka (Ivory Coast)
  • Carsten Sandtner (Germany)
  • Chen Hui Jing (Malaysia)
  • Christos Bacharakis (Greece)
  • Christophe Villeneuve (France)
  • Daniele Scasciafratte (Italy)
  • Diky Arga Anggara (Indonesia)
  • Dipesh Monga (Finland)
  • Diwanshi Pandey (India)
  • Dorothée Danedjo (Cameroon)
  • Elio Qoshi (Albania)
  • Eugenio Petullà (Italy)
  • Fate Cabag (Philippines)
  • Felipe Do E. Santo (Brazil)
  • Gabriel Micko(Hungary)
  • Gabriele Falasca (Italy)
  • Giannis Konstantinidis (Greece)
  • Gloria Dwomoh
  • Harsha Vardhan (India)
  • Ioana Chiorean (Romania)
  • István 'Flaki' Szmozsánszky (Hungary)
  • Jan-Erik Rediger (Germany)
  • Jayesh Katta Ramalingaiah (India)
  • Jyotsna Gupta (India)
  • Karthickeyan Narasimhan (India)
  • Kaustav Das Modak (India)
  • Kristi Progri (Albania)
  • Kritika Maheshwari (India)
  • Manel Rhaiem (Hungary)
  • Mariot Tsitoara (Madagascar)
  • Marko Letic (Serbia)
  • Miguel Useche (Venezuela)
  • Pooja Purswani (India)
  • Rabimba Karanjai (USA & India)
  • Ram Dayal Vaishnav (India)
  • Ramón Huidobro (Austria)
  • Riccardo Iaconelli (Italy)
  • Rizky Ariestiyansyah (Indonesia)
  • Robert Kaiser (Austria)
  • Robert Reyes(Philippines)
  • Rufus Chakravarthy Sharma (India)
  • Saif Ahmed (Egypt)
  • Salman Rahman Desh (Bangladesh)
  • Santosh Viswanatham (India)
  • Sayak Sarkar (India)
  • Shagufta Gurmukhdas (India)
  • Shreyas Narayanan Kutty] (India)
  • Soumya Chakraborty (India)
  • Srushtika Neelakantam (England & India)
  • Sumanth Damarla (India)
  • Tanay Pant (India)
  • Trishul Goel (India)
  • Tushar Arora (India)
  • U.M.K. Dikshit(India)
  • Viswaprasath KS (India)
  • Yuliana Reyna Jiménez (Mexico)
  • Vigneshwer Dhinakaran (India)
  • Willian Martins da Silva (Brasil)

See Also

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