Minimalistic Speaker Rider
June 2023 - June 2024 I was retired from speaking. Since I will become a contractor representative in June, my change of employment is
unretiring me but also in control of all of my speaking / training engagements.
I will limit my speaking, and welcome keynotes and community events, especially when travel is manageable.
I have a few things I need to join an event:
- Invite me - I don't invest time on Call for Proposals and I'm happy to design talk for your session.
- No pay to speak - that means travel and accommodation is not out of my pocket.
- Invite me for my expertise. My gender is a plus and I am happy to introduce you to women and non-binary folks in the hundreds.
- Filter the abusive messages from feedback. I don't want to receive hate mail disguised as "feedback" again.
- Consider culture of your event. Many people say they expect a code of conduct, and it's an awareness flag.
When I am at an event, I prefer mingling with the participants throughout the whole event.
I believe it should be a standard requested of a speaker that they stay around. However, I have a very short list of
people I will not mingle with, and I won't publish that list. If we end up at same location, I will yield and retreat to only deliver my talk.
If I notice in advance, I will let the organizer know.
I don't participate in calls for proposals and consider invitation necessary. I encourage conference
organizers to consider all my talks on this site as proposals you can consider,
and I would be happy to deliver if I can make the schedule work.