Slide review
Send us a draft. We will tell you what is working, what to cut, and where the talk starts to drag.
Speak at a meetup
Got a story worth telling?
Our CFP is open year-round. First-time speakers especially welcome. If you have shipped something on AWS and have a story behind it, we want you on stage.
The short version
You do not have to be an expert.
You just have to have done a thing, and be able to talk about what surprised you while doing it. That is really the bar.
The people in the room are not expecting a polished conference talk. They came to learn from someone who has actually been in the code. So the bar is honest, not perfect.
- 45 minutes per talk
- 45 minutes per workshop
- 1× full dry-run with us
01 What we help with
A dry-run
A full run-through with us on a call. Once is the minimum. More if it helps.
The boring stuff
Mic, projector, clicker, water. All sorted by us so you can just focus on talking.
02 A few ground rules
Nothing scary, mostly common senseWe try to keep AWSUGTRIVANDRUM a useful, kind, vendor-pitch-free room. These are the things we ask of every speaker. Most of it is obvious. We mention it anyway so nobody is surprised on the day.
It is about AWS, not your company
Talk about a service, a pattern, an architecture you have actually shipped. Mentioning where you work is fine. A 45-minute pitch deck is not.
Skip the sales bit
No sales pitches, no live recruitment, no "here is our amazing product" slides. If you want to hire, talk to folks at the snack table after.
Be technically honest
If you are not 100% sure about something, say so. Avoid trashing other clouds or services for the sake of it. The audience can tell.
Pitch the talk to everyone
Some folks in the room have shipped on AWS for years. Others are seeing Lambda for the first time. Try to write a talk both will enjoy.
Send slides early
Get us a draft a week before the meetup if you can. That gives us time for a proper review and a dry-run before you go live.
Tell us if plans change
If something comes up and you cannot make it, just tell us early. We will figure it out together. We just need to know.
03 Topics we love
If you are stuck for an ideaA thing you shipped
Especially if it was not obvious to ship. The trade-offs, the surprises, the parts you wish you had known earlier.
A failure post-mortem
Yes, we love these. The audience will too. Honesty about what broke is the most useful talk people can hear.
A deep-dive on a service
You really know one AWS service inside out. Walk us through how to use it well, and where it does not fit.
A live demo
You have rehearsed it (please rehearse it) and it walks the room through building a thing in real time.
04 How it actually works
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Send us a paragraph
Fill the form below with a quick pitch. Just a paragraph about what you want to talk about and who it is for. No need for a full abstract.
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We reply within a week
Usually faster. We will either lock you into a date, push you to a future meetup, or come back with a question or two.
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We work on slides together
Once you have a draft, send it over. We will review it and book a dry-run call. The goal is honest feedback, not gatekeeping.
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You show up and talk
We handle mic, projector, clicker, water. You just bring the laptop and the talk. Photos and a recap blog post go up after.
Pitch us your talk.
Don't overthink it. A paragraph is enough. We will work the rest out together.