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| 3 | + |
| 4 | +.. post:: Oct 3, 2024 |
| 5 | + :tags: recap, thanks, {{year}}, {{shortcode}}-{{year}} |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Conference highlights |
| 8 | +===================== |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Hey everyone, |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +Our team is now emerging from the post-conference recovery period, and we wanted to send out a quick message to thank everyone for helping to make our conference such a success. |
| 13 | +We appreciate everyone who makes the conference possible: speakers, sponsors, organizers, volunteers, and attendees alike! |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +Conference recap |
| 16 | +---------------- |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +At **just over 250 attendees** this conference was a welcoming and friendly event. |
| 19 | +This was our second Atlantic conference, aimed at attendees from Europe, Africa, US East Coast and parts of South America. We had attendees from 29 countries all over the world. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +We had the usual mix of talks on the main stage, along with moderated Q&A, lightning talks, unconference sessions, writing day, and a sponsor expo, similar to previous virtual conferences. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +Talk videos |
| 24 | +----------- |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +`Videos of the talks`_ are now available on YouTube. This includes all conference talks and Q&A, as well as the lightning talks. |
| 27 | +You can also subscribe to our `YouTube channel`_ so you don’t miss any talk videos from our conferences. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +Thanks again to all our presenters, moderators, and folks who asked wonderful questions! |
| 30 | +Huge thanks also to `Bart at Work`_ for handling the A/V production on our event, it was flawless once again this year. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +.. _Videos of the talks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZAeFn6dfHpn8IckCiREggN0f9oWEMomW |
| 33 | +.. _Bart at Work: https://www.bartatwork.com/ |
| 34 | +.. _YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/writethedocs |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +Sketchnotes |
| 37 | +----------- |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +We’re excited to share the `full resolution sketchnotes`_ from each talk. You are welcome to use them for non-commercial purposes, like including them in your conference write up ;) |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +Thanks to `Dennis Dawson`_ for doing them this year! |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +.. _full resolution sketchnotes: https://www.flickr.com/photos/writethedocs/albums/72177720320644083 |
| 44 | +.. _Dennis Dawson: https://dennissdawson.wixsite.com/mr--dawson/portfolio |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Shirts still on sale |
| 47 | +-------------------- |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +If you want a souvenir from this year's conference, our `Write the Docs Atlantic 2024 Pop-Up Shop <https://shirt.writethedocs.org/>`_ is still open until October 31st! |
| 50 | +We have loose and fitted options from different fabrics, and you can choose the size and cut you want. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +The campaign will run in 3-day batches, with shipping from the USA or Europe. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +Upcoming conferences |
| 55 | +-------------------- |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +Our next event is the `Australia conference`_ on **Nov 28-29, 2024**. |
| 58 | +We’re also looking for more sponsors to make our other events just as magical as this year’s Atlantic event. You can see all our `sponsorship options`_ on our website. |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +Write the Docs `Portland 2025`_, will take place on May 4-6 in Portland, Oregon. |
| 61 | +We plan to open the Call for Papers later in the year. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +.. _Australia conference: https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/australia/2024/ |
| 64 | +.. _sponsorship options: https://www.writethedocs.org/sponsorship/ |
| 65 | +.. _Portland 2025: https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/portland/2025/ |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +Write the Docs Slack |
| 68 | +-------------------- |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Our Slack network keeps on growing. Our #general channel in particular has been extra busy in the days and weeks leading up to the conference, and we hope that y’all continue the conversations throughout the year. If you haven’t joined, now is the time! |
| 71 | +Check out the `Write the Docs Slack`_. |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +.. _Write the Docs Slack: http://www.writethedocs.org/slack/ |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +Write the Docs Newsletter |
| 76 | +------------------------- |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +Our `monthly newsletter`_ is the other place to keep track of everything that is happening with the community. |
| 79 | +Subscribe to make sure you hear about all the conferences, meetups, job postings, and summaries of relevant conversations in our Slack. |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +.. _monthly newsletter: http://writethedocs.org/newsletter/ |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +Local Meetups |
| 84 | +------------- |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +We hope you continue to `build your local or online communities`_ and keep in touch with other documentarians. |
| 87 | +We have a number of meetups in cities across the country, and if you don’t see your city listed consider `starting`_ a meetup! |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +.. _build your local or online communities: http://www.writethedocs.org/meetups/ |
| 90 | +.. _starting: http://www.writethedocs.org/organizer-guide/meetups/starting/ |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +Code of Conduct transparency report |
| 93 | +----------------------------------- |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +As with any Write the Docs event, this conference was covered by our `community Code of Conduct <https://www.writethedocs.org/code-of-conduct/>`__. |
| 96 | +We aim to be as transparent with CoC incidents and enforcement as we can. |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +To ensure that our CoC was visible and accessible, we took a number of specific steps: |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +- Every participant agreed to the Code of Conduct in advance during registration. |
| 101 | +- The CoC, or a summary, was included on the conference website and Venueless Welcome page |
| 102 | +- The CoC was repeatedly mentioned in our conference introduction and announcements. |
| 103 | +- We specifically stressed that the CoC applies to all conference spaces. |
| 104 | +- We encouraged all attendees to report any incident, even if they were not sure whether it was a violation. |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +None of our organizers were approached about any CoC concerns related to this event. |
| 107 | +We know that this is, in part, a reflection of the thoughtful and inclusive community that we're so lucky to have. |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +That being said, we're also very conscious of the fact that just because nothing was reported doesn't mean nothing happened. |
| 110 | +If there was any personal conduct or other aspect of the conference experience that did not meet the expectations of behavior set out in the CoC, please email us at ` [email protected] < mailto:[email protected]>`_. |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +Thanks again |
| 113 | +------------ |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +Thanks so much to the following companies for supporting the Portland conference this year: |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +.. datatemplate:: |
| 118 | + :source: /_data/{{shortcode}}-{{year}}-config.yaml |
| 119 | + :template: {{year}}/sponsors-simplelist.rst |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | +We're so grateful to our sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and attendees for making this conference possible. Whether you were able to come out this time or not, we hope to see you again next year – or |
| 122 | +even sooner at one of our other events! |
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