@aral Why not recommend some good female speakers in your stead? Constructive criticism FTW !
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@uliwitness It’s not my job to do the conference organiser’s job for them. Resources are out there if people are willing to look. -
@aral And it's not uncommon for a speaker to say: "I'm not available right now, but my good friend X is good and looking for speaking gigs." -
@uliwitness I won’t presume to know their job better than they do. I don’t know their curatorial criteria, etc.
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@aral good for you! Maybe they'll use your spot for a qualified female speaker! (Hopefully several) -
@joshblake That’s the idea :)
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@aral your tweet prompted a discussion on speakers & conferences in our forum at http://linkd.in/W0vyRS should you care to drop by to comment. -
@SitAtTheTable Sorry, I shut my LinkedIn account a while back (I really don’t like that site) :)
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@aral maybe no women applied or were skilled enough to speak at the conf? -
@mrsdougan There is an assumption there that the selection process includes an open call for speakers. Please see http://aralbalkan.com/notes/on-false-dichotomies-and-diversity/ …
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@aral the worst thing I could imagine is one of my speakers thinking I chose them simply because I needed a token minority -
@vongillern Diversity and merit are not mutually exclusive. My thoughts on the matter are here: http://aralbalkan.com/notes/on-false-dichotomies-and-diversity/ … -
@aral you're right they aren't, but it goes both ways, just because a conf is all male doesn't mean speakers weren't picked on merit
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@aral oh please... you can't judge a conference based on their line-up alone. We had an all-male line-up last year (1/2) -
@skoop Not judging anything. I don’t need to attend or speak at another sausagefest. Personal preference. - 1 more reply
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@aral well done :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral I organize a conference and we primarily look at sesion abstract. if all presenters were purple, transgender wiccans, then so be itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral did you evaluate anything else that doesn't effect ones ability to speak? religion? sexual preference? race?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral Well done!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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