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What is MagnoliaJS?
We are a new volunteer-run developer conference coming to the Jackson, MS area with a focus on web-based technologies. We also happen to be Mississippi’s first-ever developer conference! It’s called the MagnoliaJS, and it’s landing in the Jackson area on Thursday, April 18, 2019! Our mission is to bring together a diverse group of around 200 web developers and friends to learn new skills and concepts and to network and develop new relationships. With this conference, we want to contribute to the cultivation of a welcoming, inclusive, and dynamic tech scene throughout the Southeast and beyond, as well as give visitors a positive Mississippi experience to help foster growth in our local tech community.
Where is MagnoliaJS?
The conference will be held at the Jackson Convention Center in Jackson, MS on April 18, 2019.
CFP Description
Who Should Apply?
You! We welcome speakers of all experience levels and backgrounds. Your technical AND non-technical experience is valuable to the community! There is no limit on the number of proposals you can submit.
We are prioritizing first-time conference speakers this year (though anyone can apply!). It’s our first time to plan a conference, so let it be your first time to speak!
Format
Sessions: 25 minutes long, with no Q&A after. Be sure to let the audience know during your talk if you will be available at another time that day to answer questions!
Workshops: If you are interested in giving a workshop, please contact us via jc@jchiatt.com.
Themes and Levels of Expertise
We are looking for talks at all experience levels.
Technical Skills: Your talk doesn’t have to relate to JavaScript, but it’s more likely to be accepted if it does. That said, use your imagination! We are a diverse group with diverse interests!
Professional/Human Skills: Sometimes called “soft skills,” these talks don’t need to be related to JavaScript at all. We look to these talks to help us become better communicators, contributors, mentors, and general humans.
The theme of this year’s conference is “how coding can change your life”. We are especially excited to accept talks like this. Do you have a good story? Come tell it!
Your talk could:
- Help solve a common challenge or sharpen our skills
- Alert us to new or neglected challenges
- Present us with new, important information
- Make our daily lives easier
- Help us achieve better work/life balance
- Encourage or guide new developers
- Show experienced professionals how to lift up new and aspiring developers
- Demonstrate something unique or entertaining
Speaker Selection Process
- You read through this Call for Proposals (reach out if you need help or have questions!) (required)
- You submit a completed application by 03/15/2019 (required)
- We send out speaker acceptance emails by 03/25/2019
- We see you at the conference on 04/18/2019!
Speaker Perks & Accommodations
Speakers will receive a free admission to MagnoliaJS.
If you have any special needs or circumstances we should know about, please contact us as early as possible, but no later than 04/10/2019! A special need might include (but certainly isn’t limited to) an extra ticket for a spouse or caregiver, wheelchair access, reserved seating, ramps, etc. Please contact us at jc@jchiatt.com.
Financial Assistance
Since we only had 10 weeks to plan this conference, funds are extremely tight. In order to keep admission prices as low as possible for our first year, we strongly encourage speakers to ask for travel assistance from employers. However, we acknowledge that this often results in a far less diverse group of speakers.
If you will be unable to travel to and attend MagnoliaJS without financial assistance, please contact jc@jchiatt.com.
If you or your company would like to sponsor a speaker’s travel, we have a sponsorship level for that! Contact jc@jchiatt.com for more info!
New Speakers!
Welcome to speaking! If you are looking for some written guidance, CodeMash offers excellent advice in their Call for Speakers.
We specifically recommend the section entitled “How to write a good submission.”
If you would like a human mentor, we can help connect you with a mentor. Please let us know at jc@jchiatt.com.
Important Info!
All submissions and applicants are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct. Please read this Call for Proposals thoroughly. Please don’t hesitate to ask questions!
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