DACHfest 2018 - Everybody Needs Somebody — Mirjam Bäuerlein
Channel: DACHFest
Date: 2018-12-05

A Lightning Talk presented by  Mirjam Bäuerlein at the DACHfest 2018


"This talk is about how to support people like me: the palm-sweaty, moms-spaghetti scaredy cats that wish they had the courage to meet new people at conferences. Nobody should miss this opportunity. Let’s make tech events more approachable and create good experience for everyone."

Ever visit a tech event on your own and tried to blend in with the wall, sweaty hands wrapped tightly around your cell phone, internal debating if you just should take a run for the door? Simultaneously hoping to meet new people and dreading someone could talk to you. Ever followed a conference through twitter hashtags, feeling sad, frustrated and angry at yourself that your were too scared to go?

That’s presumably around 13% of the people you know. People who describe themselves as shy, introverted or socially awkward. You can sum it up with one word: Social anxiety. Broadly speaking that’s the fear of social situations that involve interaction with other people.

In this talk Mirjam wants to share with you how she tries to be a solution to her own problem. Her project Conference Buddy wants to provide a platform to find companions for tech conferences. Mirjam wants to show you how we can support others to face their fears and give them opportunities to come into company, come to this intimidating, big tech conferences and make successful experiences with this awesome community. Let’s make tech events more approachable - one buddy at a time.
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