Talks /discussion topics

[anikalindtner]

Let's talk about some things! If you want to talk/present/discuss something, just add it here, so that we can have a small overview of what will happen and can then structure it.

[anikalindtner]

• I'll talk about Rails Girls Summer of Code together with @alicetragedy.
• I'd also love to discuss introducing a Code of Conduct for Rails Girls.

[alicetragedy]

🎉

[ialja]

• @ercchy, @sparkica and myself would like to introduce @CodeCatz 🐱 and our work for @codeeu.
• We'd also like to hear everyone's experiences + tips & tricks for guiding girls from a weekend workshop to a career in coding.

[Lieke22]

• This isn't really a Rails only thing, but I'm planning an code event during CodeWeek for (younger) girls (8 - 18) and I'd like to know if anyone has experiences with this 'target group'. I'd like to discuss some tips & tricks on how to give them a nice and inspiring day :)

[alicetragedy]

hej @Lalja, that sounds cool! (also awesome to see that Miha is part of @CodeCatz, he's a great person)
Maybe if you are interested, I could do a short talk about the tips I offer to our rails girls attendees in the form of a lightning talk at the events ("How to go on from here").

[alicetragedy]

@Lieke22 I think that @idengager has some experience with that/a similar target group, she might be a good person to talk to about that. :)

[vykster]

Is like to talk about/here more about what makes for a good or bad workshop experience for attendees.

[ialja]

@Lieke22 Yes, that's an important topic! We've done a few RG workshops for high school girls, but it's very hard to get their attention, so a session to exchange tips and tricks would be most welcome!

@alicetragedy Miha thinks we eat too much chocolate and use too little Rails, so he's more of a moral supporter ;) But yeah, great person! And I think a session on how to go from here would certainly be useful for all - @ercchy also recently had a talk on that topic.

[viddity]

Looking forward to your proposals @ALL!
we (= RG Frankfurt chapter = Silvia, Dani and me) could talk about what we did after realizing that even though getting attendees for 2 RG workshops was rather a piece of cake, and even though everybody seemed to have a terrific time at the workshops, we had a VERY hard time getting women motivated to come to regular Rails Girls meet-ups.