2021 - A year in review for PyLadies Dublin
Tags: pyladies, diversityintech, pyladiesdublin, community
Published: 2021-12-20 16:41:50

Happy Winter Solstice! And It's nearly Christmas, time has flown and thanks to everyone's support, from my co-organisers, [Lei](https://twitter.com/Lei_Shao1) and [Mick](https://twitter.com/micktwomey), all the speakers, those who joined us on the live-streams, companies jumping in with speakers and even raffle prizes and all our community partners. We couldn't have done it this year without all of you.

![grogu snow](https://media.giphy.com/media/5ym8IM6F90wd0mIeyd/giphy.gif)

I pulled info (anonymised it all, donthca worry), and looked at typically the roles of people who attended all our meetups over the year.

![Roles of people who attended meetup in 2021](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/d60cj878tn5sf5umg0yc.png)
 
I even made a word cloud:

![Word cloud of Roles of people who attended meetup in 2021](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/cjrmpb7w1orzg56yl5zf.png)
 
Here's a word cloud of the reasons why people are attending our meetups this year (I know, it is related to the talk topics, but still nice anyway):

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xaobvmmndk0npzylwi46.png)
 
And here's one more word cloud on what topics you are interested in this year:

![Topics of interest in 2021](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/2jya2vi9z6zxx33u7vhy.png)
 
## We need you!
And we are still looking for speakers from next Jan onwards:

* ⚡️ Lightnings Talks (5/10/15 mins)
* ✨ Shiney and exciting to share with us
* 🧑‍💻 Project you are working on you want to share or looking for help
* 📚 Found a useful library you want share
* 🪄 Demos
* 💟 If you are a community organiser and want to collab on something
* 🦄 If you are a company and want to help us and get involved
* ✋ Volunteer: Help us find speakers, socmedia, Youtube live-chat moderator, etc. We would love to have you on board.
* 🤔 And anything else not on the list 🤩

### How?
For talks, demos and workshops, submit it to https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1JaDd_XRCQFKb3cp0akbz8Af1bg5

Or drop us an email at dublin@pyladies.com -- but we won't be checking emails much over the holiday break, but we will reply early Jan.

## Our next meetup
![PyLadies Dublin Jan Meetup - CFP](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/w1peplnv10ch8mqst17k.png)
 
📢 Looking for speakers - this is live-streamed, but it would be great to RSVP so we have idea of people's interest in the meetup.

* Tuesday, January 18, 2022
* https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/282546778

## Missed our talks - don't worry

![PyLadies Dublin Youtube Playlists screenshot](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/8lm203a7g0qib59nrxih.png)

We have our 2021 Playlist on Youtube (as well as other past talks from 2020): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMunGHeQPceOWhNSqlmYWPg/playlists

If you have Youtube talks you want us to share in our other talks lists, let us know. 

![like and subscribe to PyLadies Dublin Youtube channel](https://media.giphy.com/media/TytHun5lKuMdzUYVxl/giphy.gif)

👉 Don't forget to **Subscribe** and hit that 🔔 so you know when our next streams are scheduled as well as videos uploaded.

## Next year...

We are really excited to announce our partnership with Women in AI Ireland next year.

![PyLadies Dublin X Women in AI Ireland 2022](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/q7jiiv3rxlwp0vphytut.png)

### What will it be about?
We will be partnering on their WaiPRACTICE mentoring programme.

> If one of your plans for the new year is playing around with different problem solving use-cases to learn, apply and grow your skills around #DataScience, #Python #MachineLearning, or #ArtificialIntelligence by collaborating with a group of like-minded people then our upcoming programme is exactly what you need !
> 
> We will be announcing the details for registration soon so don't forget to follow Women in AI Ireland and Pyladies Dublin for the latest updates. 
> 
> To become a member of Women in AI, visit https://womeninai.co and register today!
> 
> To become a member of PyLadies Dublin, visit https://dublin.pyladies.com and register today!

And more info about WaiPRACTICE:

> WaiPRACTICE is a subset of WaiLEARN, our main education program. WaiPractice is a playground where #learners, #enthusiasts, and #experts can collaborate and practice their skills, grow their knowledge, share best practices, explore new use-cases, and simultaneously grow their networks in the domain of #AI.
 
📢 Heads up, if you are interested in being a mentor, drop us an email at dublin@pyladies.com and we will follow up with more details next Jan.

![steven universe dancing](https://media.giphy.com/media/wKdnOdMWMZ98nZTYR3/giphy.gif)

We are so excited about this partnership, and can't wait to share more dets with you next year! 

## Finally...

![kitty and xmas tree](https://media.giphy.com/media/QMEfJlftAUrmkJzTwM/giphy.gif)

PyLadies Dublin would like to wish everyone Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year. Stay safe and we look forward to in-person events next year, although the first few meetups will be remote.

-- Vicky, Lei and Mick