.. image:: /_static/img/speaking.jpg :align: right :height: 450px Speaking ======== I have always had an interest in teaching, and I believe that conference presentations are one of the best ways to teach in a professional setting. I believe that speakers should be part of the conference as well as presenting talks. A lot of the value in conferences comes from the hallways. If I speak at your conference, I will also attend. I am interested in speaking on the following topics: * Documentation * Read the Docs & Sphinx * Django & Python * Leading Open Source Projects If you would like me to speak at your event, feel free to `email me`_ Videos ------ Here are a few videos of my previous talks. GitHub webcast: Using GitHub for documentation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Was featured on a GitHub webcast talking about using GitHub for documentation. You can see more information and get the video here: https://resources.github.com/webcasts/GitHub-writing-documentation-for-your-projects/ .. raw:: html

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Introduction to Sphinx & Read the Docs - Djangocon 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My thoughts on why Documentation is important, how Sphinx thinks about documentation, and how to use it well. .. raw:: html Documentation as Empathy - Open Source & Feelings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My thoughts on how Documentation plays a role in the open source world. .. raw:: html Documentation as Empathy - Django Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This talk tells the story of how Documentation was a large part of my entry into the tech world. I relate this to other folks who are trying to get into the tech world, and how we need to continue to improve documentation to keep them in the industry. .. raw:: html Past Events ----------- I have spoken at the following events, on a number of topics including Read the Docs, IRC bots, Testing, and Documentation: * ConFoo 2016 Vancouver * Keynote: Pycon Colombia 2016 * Keynote: PyCaribbean 2015 * Open Source & Feelings, 2015 * Django Under the Hood 2015 * Djangocon US 2015, 2011, 2010 * Django Birthday 2015 * Keynote: Pycon Malaysia 2014 * Pycon Phillipines 2014 * Open Source Bridge 2014, 2012, 2011 * Pycon Web Summit 2012 * OSCON 2011 * Djangocon Europe 2010, 2009 Organizing & Speaking --------------------- * Write the Docs 2013-2016 * Write the Docs EU 2014-2016 More information available on Lanyrd: http://lanyrd.com/profile/ericholscher/past/speaking/ .. _email me: mailto:eric@ericholscher.com?subject=Speaking%20Engagement