[LRUG] CFP for lightning talks in Feb

[Murray Steele]

If you weren’t at the meeting last night you won’t know that I’ve got
plenty of volunteers to talk in Feb.  This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t stop
volunteering to talk, just that you most likely won’t get a slot at the Feb
meeting if you do.  There are plenty of opportunities to talk at future
LRUG meetings though (from April onwards).

Thanks to everyone that has volunteered so far!

On 6 January 2017 at 10:48, Murray Steele <murray.steele at lrug.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Our February meeting on Monday 13th is our annual lightning talks event
> where all the talks are no longer than 10 minutes.  There’s room for short
> talks at all our meetings, but in Feb that’s all we do.  It’s one of my
> favourite meetings of the year because we get to hear from so many people
> on so many topics.
>
> Of course, it does mean we need lots of volunteers to talk, which is where
> you come in.  If you made a resolution to speak at your first event this
> year our Feb meeting is the perfect way to make that happen.  There’s room
> for 8 speakers, and I’ve filled about half of the slots already, so I
> wouldn’t hang around if you’re interested.
>
> If I get more applicants than slots I’ll give preference to new speakers.
> Missing out on a slot for Feb doesn’t mean we don’t get to hear your talk
> though.  I’ll keep you on my list and we’ll hear from you at the next
> meeting with space for a short talk.
>
> To put yourself forward to give a talk reply to me off list and we’ll sort
> it out.
>
> As usual, if you’ve spoken, rather than putting yourself forward for a
> slot consider offering to help your friends and colleagues to prepare
> something and submit it.  Sometimes all it takes for someone to realise
> they have something worth saying is for someone else to give them a little
> push, particularly if that push is a specific one.  I certainly get a
> better hit rate if I say to someone “I noticed you were working on <that
> thing>; have you thought about giving a talk about it?” compared with
> saying “hey, what have you done recently you could talk about?”.
>
> Of course, if you do prepare something and you realise there’s more to say
> than a 10 minute talk allows for get in touch anyway.  There are LRUG
> meetings stretching far into the future and we’ll hear from you as soon as
> we can.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Murray
>
> ps. Details are blank at the moment, but you can already sign up with
> Skills Matter to attend if you’d like via: https://skillsmatter.com/
> meetups/8503-london-ruby-usergroup-meetup (remember to read
> http://readme.lrug.org/#code-of-conduct first).
>
>
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