[Suzette Franck]

I think that we can encourage speakers to create new talks if they were properly reimbursed for their efforts, or at least some help with the traveling costs. I can say without a doubt that there is a HUGE benefit in getting to participate in WordCamps out of your area, and I was wondering if there were any sponsorships or scholarship programs in place to help increase the diversity of speakers as well as encourage them to create new content and take the education seriously.

I am really disappointed when I see speakers blow off their presentation slides and seem very unprepared and come across with the the attitude that they are doing us a favor by being there. I would like to see more speakers with more content and more friendly competition, and I think the community would benefit with that also. I think that in rewarding speakers that create quality content with more speaking gigs and help with travel expenses would definitely make speaking more accessible to a greater number of people wanting to give back to the community.

[Suzette Franck]

Excellent topic, I would like to be involved in this discussion, I definitely feel that we need more focus on this area to recruit new technological talent from women in general.

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