The ultimate guide to crafting your GopherCon proposal (Go Time #175)

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The Call for Proposals for GopherCon 2021 is open from Monday, April 5th to Sunday, April 25th. Kris Brandow, an experienced GopherCon speaker, has published a series of guides to assist Gophers as they craft their proposals and think about submitting.

In this episode Kris reads through his guide, discussing the four parts with a GopherCon newbie, Angelica Hill, who spoke for the first time at GopherCon last year, and is a first time CFP reviewer this year.

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Featuring:

• Kris Brandow – GitHub, X
• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• Storytelling On Stage series
• Storytelling On Stage: The Basics starts at 4:29
• Storytelling On Stage: Storytelling starts at 33:48
• Storytelling On Stage: Advice starts at 52:26
• Storytelling On Stage: Proposal Writing for Procrastinators (not yet published) starts at 1:04:53
• GopherCon CFP

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