@FrancescaMarano @mikehale @WordCampUS OK, looking forward to tracking this some more. I wasn’t aware of available training. I’d still like to see us speakers engage in mentoring. It can be super intimidating for a new person to even consider speaking without someone walking through it with them.

@alexsirota @andymci @ChrisWiegman @WCGrandRapids @topher1kenobe @weglot Yeah, we have the same situation. @a2hosting sponsors our meetup and @DVSmichigan hosts us. So cost-wise, like with the pizza and such, it’s free for attendees.

@alexsirota @andymci @ChrisWiegman @WCGrandRapids @topher1kenobe Oh, I know exactly what you mean there, happens to us all the time. Last time when I was helping lead and giving the talk there were a ton that signed up and then there were only a handful of people that showed up. We had a lot of leftover…

RT @morganestes: I’ve been doing this for 10 years and still feel in awe sitting at the same table as some of these folks I’ve looked up to…

RT @michelleames: @tnolte @WordCampUS I’m starting a blog about WordCamping and will have a category for speakers. Hopefully that will cont…

@michelleames @WordCampUS Excellent, yes. Next we’ll need to do some recruiting of WordCamp speakers to start sharing there. I’d be happy to start working on something and going off my own experiences the past couple years since I spoke at our local WordCamp.

@alexsirota @andymci @ChrisWiegman @WCGrandRapids @topher1kenobe Yeah, I hear you about talks, our group goes in waves when some talks get more on the technical side. We do still try to encourage open discussions so people can just get help. I applaud you for having 15-20 out to your meetup. Ours can be pretty small some…