February was themed "Public Speaking" by AnitaB.org London

February 19th we were honoured to have Kate Munday - Head of Google Toastmasters and her colleague Anita George also from Google UK Speakers Toastmasters presented a great session on Public Speaking! Introduced to AnitaB.org London by Helen Hosein a member of Google's Toastmasters UK so a big thank you to Helen! A big thank you to Kate and Anita!

Thank you to our community sponsors Two Sigma - Gabriela Monsanto and Capital One UK - Rachel Hover for being our host.

The evening quicked off with an introduction on how they both started off by putting themselves out there to speak!

This was followed by the first exercise of the evening "defining your topic"

Throughout the evening everyone got involved by doing a variety of exercises. The greatest takeaway was that everyone has a favorite topic they can speak on!

Public speaking at events like GHC can help you in your career progression. Following on the meetup we held the webinar "Speaking at AnitaB.org GHC - preparing your proposal" - AnitaB.org London leader Aliaksandra Sankova leading the webinar with myself, Isabel Costa and our new leaders David Pell and Eva Wruszczak on-hand to assist with the Q&A session.

Grace Hopper Celebration is the world's largest gathering of women technologists. It is produced by AnitaB.org and presented in partnership with ACM. GHC 20 will be Sep. 29—Oct. 2 in Orlando, FL.

The Call for Participation (CFP) is open until March 25, 2020, 5 p.m. PT.

During the session Aliaksandra Sankova covered

• The Basics - How to Submit.
• Tips & Tricks from the Pros.
• What’s your Story? Developing Compelling Content.
• After You Submit: Review Process Inside & Out

It's open now, don't miss your chance to apply

We also covered other opportunities to get involved as a volunteer.

GHC volunteers contribute their time, skills, and expertise by serving on various committees in the months leading up to GHC and providing on-the-ground support during the Celebration.

It's a great opportunity to be a part of the largest gathering of technical women and some men too ;-)!

Volunteering is also available with AnitaB.org Communities too, from volunteering with a local chapter - Amsterdam and Dublin are looking for new leaders, AnitaB.org Open Source are looking for mentors, AnitaB.org Communities online accountability study group offers support in various technologies. AnitaB.org Systers exclusive online space for women more information at AnitaB.org

There are many ways to connect with AnitaB.org Locals check out the march events

Follow the AnitaB.org's Community Managers on LinkedIn Andrea Delgado-Olson May Burgos Natasha Green Lenka Belkova to learn about upcoming Global events!