LibrePlanet: Conference/2021/Lightning Talks

Revision as of 21:31, 4 March 2021

Lightning talks are five-minute presentations given by conference attendees on free software topics they're passionate about.

Lightning talks 2021

If you would like to give a talk:

Please list a title, a short description, and (optionally) your name to the list below.

To ensure a conference that's safe and fun for everyone, we take our Safe Space Policy very seriously. We'd appreciate it if you looked it over before planning your presentation.

The lightning talks will be streamed and posted online.

Our tips for an awesome lightning talk:

Be as selective as possible with what you cover. (In our experience, a five-minute talk cannot cover what a fifteen-minute talk covers and still be effective.)
Use a large, reader-friendly font for all your slides.
Keep the number of your slides low.
Do not visually overload your slides.

Keep in mind

Talk Signup List

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 If you would like to give a talk:
-* Please list a '''title,''' a short '''description,''' and (optionally) '''your name''' to the list below.  You'll also be able to sign up at the conference, or just walk up, if there is time remaining.
+* Please list a '''title,''' a short '''description,''' and (optionally) '''your name''' to the list below.
-* Please make sure your lightning talks are about '''free software&ndash;related issues''' and projects, and don't advocate proprietary software or [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html Services as a Software Substitute (SaaSS)].  There are many conferences focused on "open source," and we're proud that people come to LibrePlanet to be part of the '''free software movement.'''
-* In your presentations, please use the term '''"free software" rather than [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html "open source"],''' to help us keep LibrePlanet focused on computer-user freedom.  We appreciate it, and your audience will too.
 * To ensure a conference that's safe and fun for everyone, we take our [https://libreplanet.org/2021/safe-space-policy/ Safe Space Policy] very seriously. We'd appreciate it if you looked it over before planning your presentation.
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 * Keep the '''number''' of your slides '''low.'''
 * '''Do not visually overload''' your slides.
+'''Keep in mind'''
 '''Talk Signup List'''