This webinar is specifically designed for the WordPress community in the India and nearby timezones.

This is an event for WordPress meetup and WordCamp organizers, for people who are signing up for the Sept 24 & 25, 2021 workshop: “Empower Women Speakers For Your WordPress Events in India (Sept 24&Sept; 25),” and for marginalized or underrepresented members of your community.

The Diverse Speaker Training Group (#WPDiversity) invites you to join us for a workshop in a fun format: an Interactive, Transformational Watch Party! We will watch a video on Learn WordPress.

Does the thought of speaking at one of our meetups or WordCamps intrigue you? Do you identify as a person from a marginalized and underrepresented group (in terms of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, age, etc.) who is thinking about speaking at a meetup or WordCamp? Do you think you don’t know or have anything worth speaking about?

Or are you a meetup or WordCamp event organizer or other person signing up for the “Empower Women Speakers For Your WordPress Events in India (Sept 24&Sept; 25),” and want to improve the diversity of your speaker lineups?

This workshop is for you!

*** Please Note: You do NOT have to have any experience in public speaking. This workshop is for all levels of experience.

*** This workshop is for all levels of organizing experience. New and future organizers welcome.

This unique, interactive Watch Party format will be facilitated by Oneal Rosero and Rahul Sarker from the #WPDiversity group. Together, attendees will watch the Diverse Speaker Training Workshop Part 1 on the Learn WordPress site, and be invited to participate in the engaging and transformative exercises.

We will cover:

• Why speak at WordPress events?
• Explore what has stopped you from speaking in the past and how to move past your fears
• Dispelling some myths about speakers/speaking
• Coming up with topics and choosing one
• How to boost your speaking confidence
• Practice speaking in a safe space.

There will be an invitation to participate actively by:

• Working on the video exercises together and receiving live coaching from mentors and attendees
• Chatting about the material we are watching in the Zoom text chat

All Meetup and WordCamp organizers and people signing up for the “Empower Women Speakers For Your WordPress Events in India (Sept 24&Sept; 25)” event are invited to both participate in the exercises and to support the attendees.

People signing up for the “Empower Women Speakers For Your WordPress Events in India (Sept 24&Sept; 25)” are invited to this workshop on September 18, 2021 in order to see how this important workshop is run, and learn the many skills that you can then teach to your community.

We call this Transformational because you will not simply be sitting and watching a video. Doing these exercises with us creates a profound shift in how you see yourself and your tech knowledge.

We will send out the Zoom link by email and by google calendar shortly before the event.