At ESPC20 Online, we brought the community together virtually across four special days hosted through Microsoft Teams and the Microsoft Community Tenant. These four days included an array of learning and professional development formats, from tutorials to breakout sessions, workshops and keynote sessions. ESPC21 Online is the leading event of its kind in Europe. Developers, End-Users, IT Professionals, Business Decision Makers and many more come together to learn, network and be inspired. If you have not considered speaking at ESPC21 Online, then you should read the following.
1 – Share Accumulated Knowledge
Speaking at a conference like ESPC21 Online is an amazing chance to help drive the profession forward, to share ideas and experiences and gain new ones in return. Your unique set of experiences, insights and oftentimes, solutions, might hold the key to great value for your peers and help spark new opportunities and better practices.
2 – Speakers Like to Meet other Speakers
Network with other leaders and innovators from the Microsoft 365 and Azure world. Connect and share ideas with professionals at the very top of their game, including RD’s, MVPs, MCMs, Microsoft USA & Europe, IT Managers, Business Users, IT Professionals, Developers, Consultants and Project Managers.
3 – Network
When speaking at a conference, either in person or online, you have an excellent opportunity to network with attendees. At ESPC21 Online, apart from hosting a live Q & A alongside your Session, you have the opportunity to connect and interact with members of the community and take part in dedicated networking events, via the conference platform.
4 – You May Know Better
Have you ever been to a conference and felt unhappy at the quality of the person speaking? Have you sat thinking ‘this is not the level I need’? Chances are you are an expert in your area and have valuable insights to share. ESPC21 Online is your place to showcase this expert knowledge to an engaged and passionate audience.
5 – Learn New Knowledge from Many Fellow Professionals at Once
Your audience will often share their own experience with the technology you are speaking about and other solutions they have used. In turn, this expands your own knowledge, context and ideas for what’s happening across the community. At ESPC21 Online speakers host a Live Q & A alongside their session facilitating direct dialogue with an engaged audience.
6 – Learn from other Speakers
By attending the ESPC21 Online as a speaker, you also get to learn from the presentations of other speakers, across a host of topics and important areas.
7 – Take Recognition for your Hard Work
Chances are, you are currently using many open-source frameworks and libraries. At ESPC we encourage the authors of these tools to become speakers. To us, you are the celebrities in this domain, and it’s a win-win: we will promote you as ‘the creator of X’ and you get recognition for your hard work and raise your own profile.
8 – Boost your Profile
Speaking at a leading European conference will supercharge your LinkedIn profile and add kudos to your résumé. As Europe’s biggest Microsoft 365 & Azure Conference, the is an amazing platform for any person to reach their audience and grow their profile, but also career prospects by really showcasing and sharing expertise.
Just like blogging can be great for your brand, so can conferences. Why? Because people get to see and interact with you (Patel, 2017).
10 – Docendo discimus
Docendo discimus is a Latin proverb for “by teaching, we learn”. This saying has become an educational motto across the world, representing a win-win, where both teacher and listener learn together.
11 – Online will require less of your time
As ESPC21 Online will happen in the comfort of your office or home, there are no transportation, hotel, or time costs. When you speak remotely, your time is saved and can be used for other important things.
12 – Go Large
With ESPC21 Online your audience is now global. You can potentially reach more people than ever before from all around the world.
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References:
Patel, N. (2017). Is It Worth Speaking at Conferences?. [online] Available at: HTTPS://WWW.QUICKSPROUT.COM/2015/05/13/IS-IT-WORTH-SPEAKING-AT-CONFERENCES/ [Accessed 13 Jan. 2017].
Marcella, L. (2015). Unlock Your Seventh Sense. 1st ed. Balboa Pr.
En.wikipedia.org. (2019). Docendo discimus. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docendo_discimus [Accessed 14 Jan. 2019].
