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Apply comments from review on the guidelines (#1331)
Co-authored-by: Jodie Burchell <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Mia Bajić <[email protected]>
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title: Speaker Guidelines
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subtitle: Are you presenting a session at EuroPython this year? We can’t wait to see it!
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import { Image } from 'astro:assets';
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import speakerPhoto from "./images/speakerPhoto.jpg";
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import posterPhoto from "./images/posterPhoto.jpg";
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import helperPhoto from "./images/helperPhoto.jpg";
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# Speaker Guidelines
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backup of anything you need rather than relying on the internet: while we do have dedicated ethernet
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cables on the podiums, Murphy has a special nose for materials needed during live sessions.
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<div class="flex gap-4 max-w-[800px]" >
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<Image src={speakerPhoto} alt="A speaker behind the podium" class="w-[60%] border-4 border-white rounded-lg shadow-lg" />
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</div>
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## Making your session accessible for everyone
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We want everyone to feel welcome and comfortable at EuroPython. As such, it’s important that your
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session is accessible for all of your audience members.
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In order to make accessible slides, you can check the following guidelines. In general, please
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In order to make accessible slides, you can check the [following guidelines](https://www.gov.wales/how-create-accessible-powerpoint-presentations). In general, please
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consider the following:
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* Use a simple, sans serif font with enough spacing between letters, with at least an 18-point font
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size. Examples include Calibri, Franklin Gothic Book, Lucida Sans and Segoe UI.
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* Use enough spacing between lines of text, and limit the amount of text per slide.
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* Use high-contrast colours, but please avoid red-green combinations. Try to use an off-white or
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cream background instead of bright white. This tool can help to select accessible colour
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cream background instead of bright white. [This tool](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/distinctipy) can help to select accessible colour
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combinations.
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* Avoid using images with text that might be hard to read.
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**Meeting Room 241** will be available as a Speaker Ready Room. There will be a monitor with an HDMI
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cable if you want to check the set up for your presentation.
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<Image src={posterPhoto} alt="People reading a poster" class="w-[60%] border-4 border-white rounded-lg shadow-lg" />
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## Preparing for any technical difficulties
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Even the best programmes can fail (we know this better than anyone!), and in a high pressure
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<Image src={helperPhoto} alt="A tutor helping a tutorial attendee at their laptop" class="w-[60%] border-4 border-white rounded-lg shadow-lg" />
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## Specific advice for tutorials
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Please note that tutorials are intended to be a hands-on experience for the attendees, rather than a
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give them a heads up at least a couple of days prior. Bandwidth will be limited, and many public
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If you will need helpers for your session, please add them to your session in Pretalx or contact the
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Programme Committee ([email protected]) ahead of the conference, as we’ll need to create
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tutorial tickets for them.
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If you will need helpers for your session, please add them to your session in Pretalx and contact the
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Programme Committee ([email protected]) ahead of the conference, as we’ll need to give them
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something for them to be able to attend the tutorials (in case they don't have
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tutorial tickets). In the case they do have tutorial tickets, let us know
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To keep a more relaxed learning atmosphere there will be no video recording of your tutorial. Please
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note that this also means that participants cannot scroll back if they miss something, so if in
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