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Information for Speakers
Firstly, a heartfelt thankyou for taking the time to speak at Async. Brighton has a fantastic JavaScript community, and speakers such as yourself help to keep things that way.
This page gives some information regarding what to expect on the night itself, the format, and general advice on the speech.
Doors open to 68 Middle St at 7.15pm. Speakers are asked to arrive between 7pm and 7.15pm. Please let us know if you will be arriving earlier and we will arrange somebody to meet you, but 68 Middle St is a working office up until 7pm. Attendees are usually milling around from 7.15pm, so feel free to get down and have a chat with your audience before the talk. The audience number varies, but it is usually between 15 and 30 people.
The talk starts at 7.45pm, and continues until about 9.15pm including questions, answers, and general discussion. We recommend that if the talk is longer than 40 minutes, a five minute break is included for people to use the services etc.
Following the talk, we usually head to the Hop Poles or another nearby pub for a spot of post-talk chat.
You can assume that all attendees will have at least a basic understanding of web technologies (HTML/CSS/JavaScript), however the knowledge and experience can of course vary. In general, we recommend erring on the side of caution and explaining concepts, rather than risking leaving some behind.
Please let us know the title of your talk in advance ([email protected]), as well as a description that we can post on asyncjs.com. Tell us what the talk is about, who it's aimed at, what will people gain from it, and a bit about yourself. Include any URLs that you'd like to be linked in the post, and a picture if you have one in mind.
The most important thing is to relax. Async is a supportive environment of like-minded coders. We are all curious cats, and appreciate you taking the time to deliver the speech.
We have a projector that you can use, however please bring your own laptop with your speech, or give us advanced notice if this is not possible. The projector has a good resolution (up to 1920 x 1080) but it is best to support other resolutions just in case we have a problem on the night. We'd recommend keeping important content in the top two thirds of the screen to ensure people at the back can see it.
If you have any questions at all, or want to bounce ideas off us, please email Alastair.