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It’s not enough to only conduct outreach for speakers. We need to reduce their risk, too. We do this 3 ways: 1st, we have a stake in their success by offering private dry-runs with @trailofbits employees. 2nd, we limit talks to 20 minutes. 3rd, Chatham House Rule.
The importance of dry-runs cannot be understated. Many young, first-time, or minority speakers lack a network that can help refine a talk. Dry-runs can help an existing talk fit our audience or build an offbeat speaker’s confidence. You know @trailofbits respects your talk.
20-minute talks limit the time invested by speakers, focus their content, and leave room for attendees to bond with each other, arguably the most important outcome of the event. THREADS was my first experiment with 20m talks, and I’ve never gone back.
Everyone is welcome at @EmpireHacking and, therefore, Chatham House Rule is essential. It means little to anyone except the intended recipients: journalists. Knowing you’ll stay out of the papers the next day helps encourage freer discussion. https://www.chathamhouse.org/chatham-house-rule-faq …pic.twitter.com/K729pSCUfy
There’s one piece left: the venue matters for inclusiveness. @EmpireHacking is hosted in corporate event spaces, not a bar, which sets a professional tone and behavioral expectations appropriately. While alcohol is available, we ensure non-alcoholic options are too.
Venue hosts can be problematic by interfering with the event. For example, by sending 20+ recruiters that impede conversations, forcing promotional material into the agenda, or inviting their own, possibly disruptive, attendees. We have refused to rebook certain venues.
These rules and guidelines are well-known to our attendees even if you, on Twitter, are just learning about them. We avoid relying on tribal knowledge and write down as much as possible, particularly to set expectations for newcomers. https://www.empirehacking.nyc/about/
If you want to study up on community management quickly, there’s no better resource than “Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence-based Social Design.” It’s an SoK with academic references for community management “design claims.” https://www.amazon.com/Building-Successful-Online-Communities-Evidence-Based/dp/0262016575 …pic.twitter.com/lryGJ7aHD3
Thank you for reading, and I hope to see you at @EmpireHacking tonight! We’ll be hosted by @onepeloton with lighting talks from Cyber NYC, @WiCySNYMetro, and @trailofbits (on macaroons!) to kick off, then @WeAreConfiant on malvertising and @danielmgmi on Zombieload.
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