Switzerland/Events

Speaking at an Event

Many of the events organized in Switzerland have talks.

Proposing your own talk

We usually organize about a talk a month in Zürich. If you have a topic that'd fit our meetups, please get in touch with us over one of the means listed on Switzerland.

Infrastructure

We organize a venue, normally with a beamer, seating for the audience and at least one power outlet. Since that's different from venue to venue, here the most important venues and their infrastructure:

• Liip Office Zürich
  • Beamer with HDMI plug
  • Stereo speakers (3.5m stereo Jack)
  • Power outlet
  • Guest Wifi
  • Seating
  • Special speaker desk for the laptop

• Liip Office Lausanne
  • Beamer with HDMI plug
  • Stereo speakers (via HDMI)
  • Tables and chairs
  • Sofa and other charis for audience
  • Guest Wifi
  • Power outlets
  • Sepcial speaker desk for the laptop
  • ping-pong table :)

Form

You are free to choose how you want to use the time you are given, all we'd like is an opportunity to mention the Swiss Mozilla community. Normally that would be in the beginning of the talk. We also appreciate a slide with the URL to mozilla.ch and our Twitter handle "@MozillaCH". If the presentation is available somewhere on the internet we post the link to it in the Meetup event comments after the event.

Language

Most of our talks are held in English, due to the audience being a wild mix from different language-regions and even countries. Generally be prepared to speak in English, but it may be possible to talk in other languages too, depending on the audience.

Basics

• Define when you want questions to be asked
• Prepare examples and links to documentation
• Link in your presentation, so the online version can be used as reference by attendees
• Prepare to be there at least 15 minutes early. Even though this document tries to cover everything important it's good if everything works before people start arriving. Someone from us (the Swiss Mozillians) will normally be around earlier, too.

Promotion

Almost every event with a talk is on Meetup.com. We promote the Meetup event via our Twitter account and individual promotion by Mozillians.

In order to create the Meetup.com event we need a title and at least two sentences that paraphrase your talk in beforehand.

Organizing an event

Planning

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Promotion

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At the event

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