Show HN: Call to Speakers – Find, track and apply to speak at tech conferences

by conroy • 11 years ago

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conroy5• 11 years ago

Hi HN, last time I posted about Call to Speakers, I got great feedback. Since then, I've added talk submission (directly from the website), filtering and search to the homepage, and customizable email notifications about new conferences.

I'll be here in the comments if you have any questions.

andlarry• 11 years ago

Hi, really neat idea (didn't see it last time). Just browsing the homepage, LDAPCon has the wrong country in summary view.

conroy5• 11 years ago

Thanks! All fixed.

egonschiele• 11 years ago

Very useful! I'd like to see "Ruby" in the topics list.

conroy5• 11 years ago

Looks like it was being accidentally filtered out. You should now see it in the topics list.

metasean2• 11 years ago

Cool idea!

I'd love it if there were also (a) a way to submit requests for presentations and (b) a way to vote on presentations.

conroy5• 11 years ago

Thanks for the feedback.

If you're running a conference, we can host your CFP on Call to Speakers. See https://calltospeakers.com/hosted for more info.

If you just know about a conference and would like it added to the list, fill out the form at the bottom of the homepage (I just added this, so don't worry if you didn't see it before).

As for b), that will be up to the conference organizers. Most use a selection committee instead of letting the crowd decide.

metasean2• 11 years ago

Have you considered other applications of the underlying system? For example, in our area we have several meetup groups that have constant calls out for presenters, but there are also requests for certain topics to be covered. So, a "rolling" version would be really useful (e.g. the possible presenters that were not selected this month, are automatically kept in queue for next month).

WhitneyLand• 11 years ago

Search for mobile yields 0 results.

Do you need more content in this area, or have all the important mobile focussed events collapsed into just WWDC and I/O?

jongalloway2• 11 years ago

The footer is overlapping the header in IE11 because #content flex-basis is somehow being set to 0. I'm not sure if IE is being more pedantic on the flexbox spec or what.

This change in prefix-style.css seems to fix it:

#content { -webkit-box-flex: 1; -webkit-flex: 1; -ms-flex: 1 1 auto; flex: 1 1 auto; }

whitingx• 11 years ago

A very useful site - I've been following and promoting it for a while now :)

Could the 'Topics' filter be set to filter by UX events?

AustinDizzy• 11 years ago

Looks like a really useful site for enabling speakers!

A few months ago, I was emailed and asked to speak at two different conferences but didn't respond to either request because I wasn't sure if travel expenses would be covered or not. I could've just asked them straight up, but I didn't want to seem like I was only interested in compensation. I'm also still full-time student, so I believe I would've been justified if I asked but I guess I was just too busy at the time to worry about it.

So, HN, are speakers at tech conferences typically reimbursed for travel expenses or receive compensation to pay for travel + lodging?

Show HN: Call to Speakers – Find, track and apply to speak at tech conferences

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