| # Resources for New Speakers |
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| Go needs everyone's help. |
| We want to see more new speakers with new perspectives at Go conferences, |
| especially more women and others underrepresented in the Go community. |
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| The process of applying to speak at a tech conference can be a bit opaque and confusing |
| for first-time speakers. |
| In general, please remember that, first and foremost, |
| conferences organizers want to find great talks; |
| there is no single format or recipe for a great talk; |
| and you need not be a Go expert to give a great talk. |
| All that you need to be is excited about sharing something |
| you've observed or learned about using Go. |
| |
| Elsewhere on the wiki, we maintain a list of [upcoming conferences](Conferences), including links to CFPs, |
| along with past conferences, including talk videos. |
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| ## Contact Us |
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| We, the Go community members listed below, |
| are happy to discuss or review talk proposals |
| and answer other questions about the overall speaking process. |
| Feel free to contact any of us directly. |
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| - Russ Cox, rsc@golang.org, [@_rsc](https://twitter.com/_rsc) |
| - Steve Francia, spf@golang.org, [@spf13](https://twitter.com/spf13) |
| - William Kennedy, bill@ardanlabs.com, [@goinggodotnet](https://twitter.com/goinggodotnet) |
| - Cassandra Salisbury, cassandra@golangbridge.org [@cassandraoid](https://twitter.com/cassandraoid) |
| - Ashley McNamara, ashmc@microsoft.com, [@ashleymcnamara](twitter.com/ashleymcnamara) |
| - Brian Ketelsen, bjk@microsoft.com, [@bketelsen](twitter.com/bketelsen) |
| - Natalie Pistunovich natalie@golangbridge.org, [@nataliepis](https://twitter.com/nataliepis) |
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| (Experienced speakers, feel free to add your contact information to the list, or email rsc@golang.org if you don't have wiki edit permission.) |
