Diverse Speaker Training Workshop Part 1

Thank you everyone for being here at our
demo of our speaker training workshop or

diverse speaker training workshop,
depending on if you're running it for

general or for everyone. I will be going
through some, you know, there'll be some

some parts in it that are decisions to
make, depending on what group you're

running it for, or some other things to
customize for yourselves. I'll be running

it today for as if we're running it for
underrepresented folks. And some of the

things I haven't quite filled in on the
slides that you will be filling in on

yours. And that's something that I will
have in the facilitator module notes. So

we are going to get started. First, I'm
going to say a few words about myself, the

facilitator. So my name is Jill Binder.
I'm the lead of the diverse speaker

training group in the community team in
WordPress, which is the training that

we're making this for now. I also am
bringing this workout to other technology

conferences and companies and bringing
this as part of my business diversity uh

Diverse in Tech. And also I live and
currently live in Vernon and I go back to

Vancouver BC a lot. So that is just a few
words about myself. The agenda that we're

going through today is introductions and
icebreaker, finding a topic, writing a

pitch, creating your talk and becoming a
better speaker and creating great slides.

So we're going to go through introductions
and icebreaker, why we're holding this

workshop for for underrepresented groups
today, what we're looking for, dispelling

the myths of speakers and why do you want
to speak. So the first thing that we're

going to do is go through a little
icebreaker exercise so that we all get

comfortable with our with each each other
in the room. Going around the circle,

we'll, I'll give you each a minute to say
your name and what pronouns you'd like us

to use for you today, if you're
comfortable sharing them, for example,

she/her, they/them, your WordPress
experience, what is your speaking

experience, if any, and what you want out
of the workshop today. I know that you can

always opt out of this or any of the other
exercises in a workshop. At your turn,

just say pass. So I'm going to give an
example. My name is Jill Binder. My

pronouns are she her. My WordPress his
experience is I've been using it since

2011. And up until earlier this year in
2019, I was WordPress web developer. And

I've been working in the community for
many years. And now I'm working community

team as part of my actual work. My
speaking experience, I have been doing

public speaking for a really long time. I
used to be a life coach and I would do a

lot of public speaking then I was also
performance poet. And now for a number of

years, I've been doing many workshops
within WordPress. And now I deliver these

workshops. And what I want out of the
workshop today as the facilitator is to

hold a really great experience for all of
you. So what I'm going to do is the order

that I see you on my screen, I'll call
your name. And if you'd like to give a

precise, great and if not just say pass,
and I'm also going to open up a one minute

timer for us.

So the order that you're on my screen are
a Aurooba, Angela, Miriam, Chandrika and

Bhargav. So Aurooba, can you unmute
yourself and I'll restart the timer once

you start. Okay, can you see the timer on
my screen? Yep. Perfect.

Okay. Hi, everyone. My name is Aurooba. My
pronouns, is pronouns are she and her.

I've been using WordPress since 2008. And
I've been a web developer for about six

years. I have some speaking experience. I
have spoken four or five times. And I

would love to come out of this workshop
with a couple more topics that I could

speak on.

Thank you. Angela.

I, my name is Angela and my pronouns are
she her hers. My WordPress experience -

I've been using WordPress since about
2011. And I contribute to the community

team as a community deputy

speaking experience, not too much. I've
spoken just a couple of times. So what I'm

looking for out of the workshop today is
to

get a couple more topics,

feel more confident in

when I'm doing talks.

Great. Thank you very much. Miriam.

So hi, my name is Miriam, my pronouns are
she and her. I've been using WordPress

since about 2008 and I've been primarily
developing with WordPress since 2012. I

have about probably about three years
speaking experience now a couple wordcamps

a year. And I just hope to again, get more
topics and especially about creating

better slides because that is definitely
one of my weak points.

Great, thanks very much. And next we have
Chandrika.

Hi, I'm Chandrika. My pronouns are she and
her. I've been using WordPress since about

2011. I am a WordPress developer, I build
custom WordPress themes and plugins. I've

spoken a few times, few times in meetups
and once in a WordCamp. So what I want out

of the workshop today is more confidence
in speaking, a few more topics and like

Miriam said, tips on creating good slides.

Great, thanks very much. And lastly, we
have Bhargav.

I am Hi, I'm Bhargav Mehta. My pronouns
are he and him. Right. I have been working

in WordPress since 2014. So I guess, I am
the youngest in the group. And my speaking

experiences, I have spoken a couple of
times in the meetup. I have been

organizing meetups in our city. And one
time WordCamp speaker. From the workshop,

I am trying to understand how we can
improve the speaking skills and getting

the community ready for other meetups.

Thanks very much. You're all in the right
place today for what you're looking for.

Okay, so now we're gonna chat about why
we're holding this workshop for

underrepresented groups today. So there's
a few reasons why you might want to.

There's a few reasons that we want to hold
this workshop for underrepresented groups

today. First of all, oh, okay, I will add
that slide back in. I just put number one

is a disproportionately large number of
speakers at WordPress meetups and

wordcamps, and tech events in general,
look alike and come from the same

background. That means that the speakers
do not represent everyone sitting in the

audience. Underrepresented groups they may
therefore feel like they don't belong

there. But there are many with a wide
range of knowledge to share and everyone

can feel included. WordPress is amazing in
that it is open source. So all kinds of

people use it. And we want a more fair
representation of users and the people

that are speaking. One of the ways in
which WordPress is being shaped by is by

the people who speak about it publicly.
Many folks from underrepresented groups by

nature of having had different life
experiences would approach problems

differently and just tell the developers
point of view is different from a user's

point of view, so are our viewpoints.
Folks from underrepresented groups have

experiences that aren't necessarily being
shared right now. By bringing in more

diversity to the people at the podium,
there's a better chance of bringing in

folks who are straddling different roles,
and thus creating unique things with

unique perspectives. Power users who are
using it in interesting ways, front end

developers and business people who use
plugins to make specific kinds of sites,

typographers who use WordPress to do wild
things with typography, and people to talk

about running a business in WordPress, how
developers can communicate with designers,

different things you can do with
WordPress, etc, etc. And lastly, when

people see themselves represented on stage
that gives more people confidence and

helps them feel like they belong there.
They feel less under represented. So what

we're looking for today this is a section
that if there is something specific that

our group was looking for, we would put
this in but I have nothing specific for

us. So that would be something for you to
fill your own info there. Next, we're

going to talk about one of my favorite
parts of this workshop called dispelling

the myths. So everyone has their own
reasons for not speaking in public,

especially at tech events. But most of
these reasons are based on myths that we

can dispel, or concerns that we can
address. Myth one, I'm not an expert. And

that's okay. You don't have to be an
expert. Everyone has a different idea of

what expert means. No one knows
everything, and everyone has something to

learn. You just need to know a little more
about your topic than your audience knows.

And you can find a topic where you have
knowledge that your audience does not.

There are things that you do with
WordPress all the time that other people

don't, that makes you an expert in your
eyes. Even if your audience has knowledge

about the same topic, they actually will
not frame the knowledge in the same way

and they'll still have something to learn
from you. It's possible that you feel you

only know a little bit about a topic. But
it's so more than many people in the

audience are happy to learn what you know,
you're probably more of an expert than you

think you are. A lot of us suffer from a
little thing called imposter syndrome.

This is a psychological phenomenon, where
you feel like you are an imposter. And you

don't really have the knowledge or skills
to be here. But you've somehow managed to

fool everyone and soon they'll find out.
And imposter syndrome is really common.

You're not alone. A lot of us have
imposter syndrome because we don't see

people presented like us as experts on the
stage. Many people who are not part of the

overrepresented majority set a much higher
bar for expert knowledge.

Many communities have surveyed their
members to ask what kind of information

they want to learn at meetups and
wordcamps. And most people request

beginner topics. Remember that there are
people out there who know nothing about

any of this stuff. And they want to know
more. If you've used WordPress before you

have knowledge that other people want you
to share. One area where you're always an

expert is your own experience. Case
studies make great talks, talk about how

you did something, how you learned
something, how you overcame an obstacle

and the process that you went through to
create something or to solve a problem.

These kinds of talks are great because
they're unique. It's not just the same

information that anyone can find in an
online tutorial. These topics help

everyone overcome the I'm not an expert
problem. You're just a normal person

sharing a normal experience. And that's
valuable. So people will come to value

their own experience and expertise. Even
if you're giving a talk that the audience

already knows about all about already,
they have a different perspective, and

they're likely to learn something new. So,
you might not feel like an expert, but you

are if you care about your topic that will
shine through. And that's what is

important. Okay, number two, people will
ask questions that I can't answer, and

I'll look like a fool. Yes, people may
very well ask questions that you can't

answer. But that's okay. Your audience
understands that not everyone knows

everything. And it can be hard to think on
your feet and the audience is sympathetic.

If you don't know the answer, there are
several things that you can do. You can

ask if anyone on the audience has an
answer, and you can tell them that you'll

look up the answer and get back to them.
Tell them that you post the answer on your

blog, they'll get more visitors to your
website. And sometimes people ask

questions that are off topic, feel free to
tell them that the question is off topic,

and we'll be happy to discuss it with them
later. Also, remember, it's okay to say, I

don't know. People will think more highly
of you if you admit that you don't know if

you try to make up an answer. And we're
going to be going into all of these in

much more detail in the tricky questions
section towards the end. Myth number

three: I'm too nervous to speak. Your
audience gets that too. After all, most of

them didn't have the bravery to speak.
First of all, practice, practice,

practice. The more you practice in front
of pets, family, friends, the mere small

audiences, the less nervous you'll be. But
if you're still nervous, that's okay.

Everyone gets nervous in front of
audiences. And that's just part of being

human. Keep in mind that the audience is
on your side, they want to see you

succeed. In fact, it's okay to admit that
you're nervous people be sympathetic. I am

really really, really nervous right now
too. But I'm up here speaking in front of

you and I haven't died yet. I'm making a
little joke at the beginning about being

nervous like I just did can help dispel
the nervous energy in the room. If you're

really nervous, you might not want to
start speaking at an event where you'll be

having a big audience and start at a
smaller meetup or even just start in front

of the mirror, pets friends and family
etc. We will talk more about this in the

better speaker section later. Myth number
four: I have failed if everyone in the

audience is not totally engaged. Sometimes
when you're speaking, you'll look outside

out to the audience, and it will look like
everyone is bored. And that's okay. First

of all, most of them probably aren't as
bored as they look, audiences generally

sit with neutral faces. So if they aren't
smiling and nodding and cheering, that

doesn't mean that they're not engaged. If
they're using their phone, tablet, laptop

or another device, it doesn't mean that
they're ignoring you. In fact, it might

just mean that they're writing down your
every word, or they might be live tweeting

your talk. And no matter how good a
speaker you are, you will not connect with

everyone in the audience. And that's okay,
too. No speaker can connect with everyone.

Expect that. Don't take it personally, and
be happy with the people who do connect

with you. And Myth number five: a talk
followed by q&a is the only format I can

use to share my knowledge. No. There are
plenty of other ways to share your

expertise at WordPress events, you could
lead a group discussion, lead a workshop

or put together a panel. Some events offer
the opportunity for lightning talks, which

are usually about 10 minutes. And this is
a great format if you're nervous because

it's okay to talk fast, and it's over
quickly. Okay, so let's have a little bit

of a discussion. I have for those of you
who haven't spoken. We know what do you

think? What are things that you're worried
about? Why haven't you talked at a meetup

or wordcamp? Or who've only talked once?
Why did you not do it again? So I for

this, I'll have people put up your hand in
the video if you have something to

contribute for this. Chandrika and then
Angela?

I am I'm really nervous to stand in front
of an audience and speak. So that's my

biggest problem.

Yeah. Okay. So you're you're just really
nervous about it. Got it. Great. Thank

you, Angela. Seeing here,

I've done it before. And it's scary every
single time. And I like to overcome that.

The nerves

that you cut out for a second. So you so
we I heard you say that, you know, you're

nervous every single time and you'd like
to overcome that? Yes. Great. And that is

something that we'll have a whole section
in the better speaker section on tips for

overcoming nerves. Does anybody have an
answer that we haven't said yet, but you'd

like to contribute?

Miriam.

Well, I guess about why haven't I spoken
is actually I haven't spoken on technical

topics, despite being a web developer, is
the fact that I'm afraid to have somebody

more experienced just come out and say
that I'm absolutely

wrong.

Right. That is a valid fear. And we're
actually going to address that later as

well. Great. Okay. Thank you very much.

Bhargav had something to say too.

Oh, sure. Okay, Bhargav will be our last
one for today. Thanks. Thanks Aurooba.

So, in, in our community, they say that we
don't know English, we cannot communicate

in English. So that's why we don't want to
speak. They don't even speak in local

language because of the fear of not
speaking in English.

Why? Okay, so there's, there's a language
concern that a lot in your country. Okay.

Yeah, that's important as well. Thanks for
sharing that.

Okay.

So let's, that was a lot of the reasons
that people don't want to speak. But what

about reasons that you do want to speak?
And so this is actually going to be

another discussion question for you. You
know, what are reasons that you do want to

be speaking in? Just a way so I can see
hands again. Miriam.

I want to give back because I have been
given so much I'm a big proponent of

giving back to the community. So

Oh, that's wonderful. Thank you, Aurooba
and then Chandrika.

I want to make sure that I'm essentially I
don't see a lot of women speaking and I

want to help make change that and I'm a
woman. I speak.

Right. So by example you want to be
showing women want to be a woman who's

speaking and that's right example for
others wonderful things Chandrika.

One reason I do want to speak is I want to
be able to teach new people who are like

beginners in WordPress. There are a lot of
questions and you know, speaking about how

to get started is a way of me giving
trying to get teach someone.

Great. Yeah, absolutely. I love that. So
it's something that you're actually

wanting to do for your career be able to
do more speaking than that. Okay, great.

Any others before we move on? Angela, and
then they'll be the last one for today.

I would love to I agree with a lot of the
reasons that were just shared. I also see

Yeah, well, that's wonderful. Especially
you have a big role building community in

WordPress. And so it would be useful to be
starting some discussions around that, or

there might be other things outside of
that as well, that would be useful. All

right, thank you. We have a list of
examples of why people might want to be

speaking. So you said some of these, and
then you added in some others as well. So

here's some reasons that people have, that
we have for speaking, be seen as an

authority in your field, share your
knowledge with others, build your

confidence, give back to the community,
meet people, be part of the community,

travel, learn at conferences, speaking
teaches you more. It's fun, it's

rewarding, it can have a feeling of
accomplishment, and it can help build your

career, and for some folks, they might
want to be a role model for folks who are

from the same underrepresented group as
them. So it could be a role model for

diversity. Okay, module number two:
finding a topic. So in this module, we're

going to look at talk formats, a big brain
dump exercise, narrowing your topic

selection, refining your chosen topic and
you'll have an optional chance to present

your topic. So now that we've talked about
why we're holding this workshop, for for

underrepresented folks or underrepresented
groups, myths about what it takes to be a

speaker, and why you want to speak, let's
start talking about the actual talks. A

lot of talks in tech are big, how to bring
them sessions, how to make a plugin might

be somebody walking through how to make
it, maybe even live coding, and at the

end, there are questions. Wordcamp Central
has found that this isn't necessarily a

good way to impart information. People
often walk away feeling overwhelmed, and

not remembering anything that they
learned. There are other talk formats that

promote story based learning. Talking
about how you learn something, for

example, means other people can also learn
how to learn as well different talk

formats involving more people can become
more engaging. So here are some of the

various formats. There's how to the
standard way that tech talks happen.

it as a way to start some discussions. And
I like the idea of that.

Discussion, you're the facilitator on a
topic, and the audience discusses it

together. A panel, multiple people insert
questions on the same topic, story based

this could be how you learned something,
the mistakes you made, or any other

narrative format. The story of how you
created one thing in particular, and

workshop to have a hands on learning
experience for people bring their laptop

and create a thing as you go. A Talk can
also be more than one person, talks with

two or three people can be really
engaging. Okay, we are going to go into

our first written exercise now. So first,
I'm going to help you answer the question.

I don't know what to talk about, or I
don't know enough about anything to give a

talk, or I'm not an expert in anything, or
if you've given talks and you're just

stuck for what your next talk is, we'll be
answering that as well. We're going to do

a brainstorming exercise. Brainstorm as
many topics as you can in this exercise.

We're not looking for perfect or even good
ideas. The idea is just to get them out

good, bad or ugly, and see if we can get
as many as 30 or 40 or 40 ideas. So really

anything that comes to mind. You can
write, draw, do mind maps, list, any

format that you like. And while you're
summoning the idea gods or getting

writer's block, or anything in between,
I'll be prompting you with questions to

generate more topics. And remember, it's
always great to talk about what excites

you, not what you think you should talk
about. And if you also, if you're new to

WordPress, and you don't have answers to
these yet, that's okay. You can do the

prompts to imagine what your answers might
be in, say a year from now.

Okay. So get out something to write with.
If you haven't already. I'll give you a

moment to do that. And I'll give you a
moment to start writing any ideas that are

popping to mind already before we start
the prompts in the moment I'll start with

the first prompt.

So the first one is what got you into
WordPress? What keeps you in it? What do

you love about it? What do you want to
learn next? The first time you do

something with a child theme or a plugin
or something

Your biggest challenge in WordPress in the
last year or two. The last thing that you

learned how did you learn it?

The biggest block that you've ever had
with WordPress how did you overcome the

biggest block? What are you most
passionate about when it comes to

WordPress what most excites you?

What sorts of things do you love sharing
with others about WordPress? Questions

about WordPress they get asked about most
by clients, friends and family

A list of what you want to learn. Not sure
if I asked this one already favorite

plugins.

Cool thing you've created. Favorite
resources. Cool tricks you use all the

time. What could you talk about without
slides? And finally, what prompts did we

not ask which you wish we did?

And I'll give you a couple minutes to keep
writing on these or any others or anything

else that comes to mind. Last 20 seconds.
All right. Out of curiosity, would anybody

like to share how many topics they wrote
down?

Miriam.

I've got about 13.

Nice, great.

Chandrika

I think I got about 20 or 25.

Nice. Angela.

I'm at 15.

Great. Aurooba.

I've got about 17.

Thanks. Bhargav, would you like to share?

I have got about 12

Great. All right. Good work, everybody.
So, now that you've got some good, bad and

ugly ideas, out of that list, we are going
to do an exercise where you're picking the

two topics from the list that you think
best fits the following questions. You

might also find that you come up with new
answers that weren't in your list. And if

so, go ahead and write those down. And if
for some of these, you don't come up with

any answers, that's okay. Just skip that
one. First question. For a story based

talk. Pick two topics that you don't know
a lot about, but have had some success

with. This could be a story based on. For
example, I don't know much about making

plugins but let's say I've made one for
custom post types.

Panel: for moderating a panel, pick two
topics you may not know much about that

you would have good questions for.

For how to presentation, pick two topics
that you are confident about and could

lead out to presentation.

For a case study, pick two topics that
you've successfully worked on that you

feel you could do a case study well

For a workshop, pick two topics that you
think you could teach to others in a hands

on manner. This could be for running a
workshop.

And lastly, for any type, pick two
subjects in the topic list that are your

favorite.

Okay, so now we're going to do an exercise
to pick a topic. Right now is doing the

first part, picking the topic. So
together, I'm going to give us each two

minutes to chat with each other about what
the goal is pick the one that you're most

excited about anything you'd like to
develop it further. And for anybody who

wants to discuss it with each other I'll
give us two minutes each. So I'll give you

a moment to narrow down your list. See if
one pops out. And then start getting

volunteers around the group for who would
like to discuss it and I'll give, make

sure that there's time for everybody to
have the chance to discuss with each other

Okay, Would anybody like to get help
discussing with the group? What their

topic is? Miriam.

I'm always first. I was going back and
forth between two topics. But I think one

that is more recent for me is one about
transitioning from working in an office to

a remote workspace because I just went
through that six months ago. And so

that's something that is very real free
right now. Yeah. Nice.

That's a good one. I would go to that.
Yeah,

I think there's in WordPress, it seems
like it's a land where a lot of people

will start to want to do their own
freelancing and working from home. So I

think a lot of people want to know about
that.

Or even joining a company that is remote
is really common in WordPress, right is

that's a good one Miriam.

Angela.

I had a similar one in which was
distributed where

Tucker's

I don't know if I'm packing too much into
there for one talk. But in thinking about

how

WordPress, the open source project is
built, it's people around the world on

slack on blogs, building it together. So
working across

time zones in different cultures is a
topic you cut out more. And if it doesn't

work again, yeah, put into the chat.

It's a distributed work across time zones
and cultures. Something I've been thinking

about lately.

That sounds like something that those who
are running companies would probably be

very interested in. There's probably some
other use cases for that as well. Any

anybody else have comments or thoughts on
that?

That would probably be a good talk for
like, either like a wordcamp, or there are

a lot of like larger companies and the
reps or maybe even like a larger wordcamp.

Like, it could be even a really good
lightning talk. Like we're getting us.

Yeah,

I think you'd have more a more specific
niche wanting to hear that one. But

there's definitely places for that.

And I was wondering if it would be good
for like individual contributors, because

they will get exposed to working with
people around the world, like just through

slack. Right?

There might be a way to position it for
that as well. So when we get to the next

parts, where we're refining it, you might
find a way to kind of address for both for

a different talk for each depending on

you could really tailor that depending on
the kind of audience you're focusing on.

Anyone else?

I

get the time again.

Aurooba.

Um, I often do technical talks, because
that's something I enjoy learning and

enjoy teaching. So the one that I was kind
of thinking about is how to extend default

Gutenberg blocks. Oh, that could be a good
one. Because you know, Gutenberg is still

new. But sometimes all people really need
is a couple more options, and then a

Gutenberg block that already exists.

Oh, yeah. I mean, Gutenberg is a hot topic
right now. So anything, Gutenberg is

definitely something that is popular. And
that sounds like a really good topic that

people might not realize that they don't
have to code a whole new one. They can

actually use something that exists.

Mm hmm.

I would go to that talk.

Yeah, nice. There you go.

Excellent. Yeah, coming over. Talk at your
meetup. Yeah,

I like that talk as well.

Yeah, great.

And if you did as a case study, I

think it would be really cool.

If like, you showed how you did it
yourself. A real use cases? Yeah.

Great, thank you Chandrika.

I had a similar topic. Using advanced
custom fields and Gutenberg together to

create blocks.

Nice. Yes. It's even more specific. I like
that. Yeah. Yeah, I think I think again,

Gutenberg is currently in 2019. Very, very
big topic. And

I think really new.

Yep. Yeah. And I know, I mean, back when I
was doing WordPress development, which

happened to be up until Gutenberg became a
thing. I was using advanced custom fields

a lot. So I imagined that is a really
important time.

One, one more thing that is new right now
it's Gatsby JS. So I had a topic in mind

how to get started with Gatsby JS and
WordPress.

Great. Okay, that's cool. Like, cool.
Yeah,

that's one. One more. Like what I am
currently transitioning through is my

journey as a developer to functional
consultant and why choose that?

Ooh, interesting. Let's help you choose
two people have thoughts between these two

topics?

I like the second one. I mean, I like
both. But listening to those personal

stories is always a nice thing. Agreed.

Yeah, I agree as well. And when you said
it, it seems like you had some passion

behind it as well. So I really like seeing
that.

I can also see a lot of people wanting to
make a similar move or be thinking about

it. I've seen it happen a lot. So it could
be a definitely useful topic. Story.

Nice. Great. So it sounds like everyone
loves the second one. Have we covered

everybody?

Aurooba did you go? Yes. Yes. Great. Okay.
So now we're going to do is an exercise

where we're going to further refine the
topic. So first of all, wherever you're at

now, it's okay. If you're, if those out
there in the world are still not sure what

the topic all of us were, it sounds like
we're pretty sure. But if there were

people in the group who were not sure,
it's okay, just pick one to say to the

rest of the group that you'll use for the
exercises for the rest of the workshop.

You can always use your topic today just
as a practice and do a different topic

later. So don't worry about picking the
perfect one. But since we all know our

topics I'm going to move on. So to further
refine your topic, we are going to apply

who what why, how, when and where, for
example, who is this plugin for? What does

this plugin do? Why was it created? How
does it work? And when would you use it?

Where would you use it? So I'll give you
about five minutes to do this writing

exercise.

We've got about 15 seconds left. Okay
however far along you're you're out with

that is fine just use what you have from
this list. Can you refine your topic? Is

there something more specific on which you
could give the talk I'll give you two

minutes to polish your topic. We've got
about 20 seconds left.

Okay, so now we're going to go around the
circle, going around the circle, and give

everyone the opportunity to say what topic
they chose. And if you'd rather not when

it's your turn, say pass. And then also we
can give you feedback if you like. So what

I'm going to do is go around the circle,
I'm going to, say the order that we're

going to speak in and then if you want to
say pass, you can. Aurooba, Angela, Miriam

Chandrika and Bhargav.

Aurooba.

Yeah, I just I picked what I had chosen
before, which is how to extend default

Gutenberg blocks. I chose not to go with
the case study style, because I want it to

be able to show multiple options for
different types of blocks that I've seen a

lot of people wanting to extend, because
they want to create something just like a

default Gutenberg block, but then they
need a couple more options. Some is why go

through all of those common scenarios.

Great. Thanks, Angela.

So I also

might same topic, but based on the helpful
feedback, I've turned it a little bit to

be a little more focused

on.

I kept thinking,

building WordPress across time and space,
but more in the sense of like, tips for

working globally, to build WordPress
together. Hmm. Right.

It's a cool title.

It will be working more on titles later as
well. So we'll define that further. Great.

Miriam

Like the others, I've kept the same topic.
And I've kind of refined it down to tips

and tricks, because a lot of people have
worked in an office for most of their

career. And for some reason or another,
they choose to, or they have to go remote.

And it can be a very scary thing for some
people. So I was just going to share the

tips and tricks that I've learned as I've
made that transition. So story based,

I guess,

nice

Chandrika.

I've kept the same topic. Still trying to
work on the title. But I think focusing

more on building custom sites with ACF
blocks, because it's much easier to

customize your client sites with custom
ACF blocks.

Nice. Yeah. I still need time. Yeah, we
will work on titles later. But I actually

like that title, as is. So you'll see
later if you need to change it at all, if

you have any other ideas are not great.
Bhargav

based on the feedback, I have kept my
personal story like storyline and the

topic and it says that my journey as a
developer to a function functional

consultant. Why choose it?

Great. Yeah, that sounds good. Wonderful.
Well, thank you very much, everybody.