#Call For Proposals
This year at Barcamp Nashville, we would like to shake things up a bit and depart from usual "tech conference talks". Barcamp is in its tenth year in Nashville! When we first started, we were one of the only conferences in the area. Now we have amazing technical conferences like Nodevember, CoderFaire, Music City Code, etc. With these conferences focusing on the technical side of the house, we want Barcamp to be a more inclusive space for technology in Nashville. Barcamp is a place where marketers, developers, product owners, startup founders, designers, and more can all get together under one roof and celebrate the community we have built in Nashville.
Barcamp is a great place for new speakers to gain some cred. We would like to retain any skills based technical topics for those new to the industry. I'm looking directly at you, recent Nashville Software School grads...
For the more seasoned speaker, we want to hear about that idea that has been ruminating in your head with no perceivable place to land. Got a rant? Deliver it here. Something you have been discussing with your tech savvy friends? We want to hear it. Need some examples? In 2013, we had Luke Stokes take a deep dive on Bitcoin. The same year (hey same timeslot actually...) we had Jacques Woodcock go on a ramble about the NSA. Gaines Kergosien talked about becoming a 6-figure developer in 2014.
Leave that React talk at the door and instead discuss what is disrupting our industry. Tell us about Nashville's future as an 'it' city. Reflect on the community's growth since Barcamp began 10 years ago. Talk about your experiences mentoring (or being mentored). What does it take to run a user group or an effective social media campaign? You can even talk about the traffic!! We want to hear about community issues and implications of decisions. Propose something thought provoking with a different subject or delivery style. In to podcasting? Do a live recording for your session! Hands-on/participatory formats welcomed!