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VanillaTech Conf 2014

VanillaTech Conf 2014: a cautionary tale about homogeneous speaker lineups. The is a dramatization. Any resemblance to real events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. VanillaTechConf is excited to announce the speaker lineup for 2014. Next panel shows a speaker lineup entirely comprised of young white men. The internet says, 'We are disappointed in the homogeneous speaker lineup.' The conference says, 'We tried, but we couldn't find any other speakers.' The internet shouts, 'NOT GOOD ENOUGH!' This doesn't end well for anyone. It doesn't have to be this way. Do outreach early. Do outreach right. Support new speakers. Encourage a diverse speaker lineup.
VanillaTech Conf 2014: a cautionary tale about homogeneous speaker lineups. The is a dramatization. Any resemblance to real events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. VanillaTechConf is excited to announce the speaker lineup for 2014. Next panel shows a speaker lineup entirely comprised of young white men. The internet says, 'We are disappointed in the homogeneous speaker lineup.' The conference says, 'We tried, but we couldn't find any other speakers.' The internet shouts, 'NOT GOOD ENOUGH!' This doesn't end well for anyone. It doesn't have to be this way. Do outreach early. Do outreach right. Support new speakers. Encourage a diverse speaker lineup.

VanillaTech Conf 2014

  • 2014-08-18

I created this comic a while back as a follow-up to my Speaker Support of Awesomeness talk. I don't think it ever found a proper home, so this seemed like a good place for it.

Sick of having the same fights over and over again about homogeneous speaker lineups? Feel free to gently point conference organizers to this comic to save yourself the argument.

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