Wikimedia Technical Talks/Tips

Overview
This page is meant to provide tips and resources for sharing technical learnings with others and creating and delivering tech talks.

Subjects you might

 * How-tos and tutorials
 * A cool project you've been working on
 * Tips for volunteers and new comers to our projects

Key takeaways
What is the main idea or concept you want your audience to take with them your talk is over?

Long form or conference talks
Long form talks are talks of half an hour or more.

Monthly tech talks

 * The talk is up to 45 Min with 15 min Q&A at the end.
 * Though we prefer having a set date and time, we can be flexible with doing a live broadcast or prerecorded topic and where and how to ask and answer questions.

Usually, folks create a slideshow to refer to during their talk. Some folks use the Wikimedia brand template -- As these are community talks, you should feel free to use whatever looks/feels nice to you. Make sure to use media that are freely shareable and copyright free. A credits slide is useful, if you have a ton of outside references.

Lightning talks
Lightning talks are short presentations (usually around 5 min) delivered in person or online.


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk

Resources

 * Lightning Talks: https://www.perl.com/pub/2004/07/30/lightningtalk.html/
 * Tips for successful lightning talks: https://2019.alamidwinter.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/Lightning%20Talks%20Best%20Practices.pdf
 * How to write a conference talk: https://medium.com/@femkesvs/how-to-write-a-conference-talk-9262d4ddd1c5