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| title: Speaking about Apache, our Projects and our Community |
| url: /speakers/ |
| tags: ["speakers","conferences","navigation"] |
| --- |
| |
| If you are looking for speakers for an event, or are a speaker looking for |
| materials, this is the place for you. |
| |
| ## ASF branded events |
| |
| If you are seeking to organise an ASF-branded event, you must ensure your activities |
| conform to the |
| [Third Party Event Branding Policy](https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/events.html). |
| |
| Once you have verified you are in conformance, contact dev@community.apache.org to get your event added to |
| the [events calendar](https://events.apache.org/). |
| |
| ## Speakers on ASF topics |
| |
| Our [ASF volunteers](/contributors/asf-volunteers.html) page lists potential speakers |
| for ASF-related topics. ASF committers are welcome to add their name there. |
| |
| ## Speaker support materials |
| |
| If you are creating your own slides, you will find the |
| [ASF Press Kit](https://www.apache.org/foundation/press/kit/) |
| useful. It contains logos in various formats. |
| |
| A few people have shared [ASF related presentations](slides.html) for you. |
| |
| If you have a slide deck under a permissive license |
| that talks about ASF communities, best practices, or the like |
| (i.e. one that is applicable to more than just one project |
| at the ASF), please get in touch to suggest that we include your slides. |
| |
| If you want to prepare a new presentation about any ASF project, feel free to start using [ASF slide templates](https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/comdev/slide-templates/). |
| |
| ## Speaker coaching and mentoring |
| |
| The ComDev committee provides several types of speaker coaching for |
| speakers at events related to ASF projects and topics: |
| |
| * Reviewing and improving titles and abstracts you're planning to submit |
| to a call for presentations (CFP) |
| * Reviewing your slides to make recommentations |
| * Dress rehearsal for your talk, to suggest improvements |
| |
| This is staffed by a number of volunteers with varying availability. If |
| you want to take advantage of any of these services, please ask on [the |
| comdev mailing list](https://lists.apache.org/list?dev@community.apache.org). |
