Pitch your expertise with Frances Simowitz, Program Director at NUMA!
Write/Speak/Code is for non-binary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genderqueer) people & women, cis & trans, & is emphatically trans & queer friendly.
Description:
Have you ever gone to a meetup or career fair & just froze up when trying to tell people why you kick butt? Do you freeze up, use hedging qualifiers like just, & end up feeling like you couldnt get your points across? Learn how to craft your pitch & think on your feet as you deliver it in a series of short, one-on-one speed-dating-style interviews with other attendees.
Bio:
Frances Simowitz is the Program Director at NUMA, a tech accelerator for international innovators.
6:30 - Registration, Mingling
7:00 - Pitching Primer with Frances Simowitz
7:45 - Speed Dating pitching
8:30 - Wrap Up
Our code of conduct is here http://www.writespeakcode.com/about/code-of-conduct/
We ask that all attendees use gender neutral language, introduce themselves with their pronouns & respect others pronouns (intro to pronouns PDF (http://bit.ly/2zMR8F8))