Write/Speak/Code: Write

The first day of Write/Speak/Code is dedicated to establishing credibility, then sharing expertise through writing.

Impostor Syndrome

After the introduction from Write/Speak/Code founder Rebecca Miller-Webster, the first order of business was to address the impostor syndrome. Neha Batra gave us a 6-step formula to fight it:

Own your expertise

Next we went through a bunch of exercises to come up with our expertise based on our knowledge and experience.

Experts are not people on pedestals. They are ppl who share what they know. Own your expertise. Share it. - @rmillerwebster at #wsc2015conf

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) March 19, 2015

With that, we crafted a bio and brainstormed ideas to write or speak about.

@rmillerwebster on a bio: break out the data in shiny baubles! How many people have you affected/helped? #wsc2015conf pic.twitter.com/oLd3qHGicD

— Elizabeth Ferrao (@MusingMurmurs) March 19, 2015

Nice list of topic types to consider writing or speaking about and getting the ideas flowing! #wsc2015conf pic.twitter.com/Occs9r5G40

— Melissa Xie (@mxie) March 19, 2015

Writing panel

I really like how Write/Speak/Code alternates between hands-on activities and lectures/panel. Next up is the writing panel, and I got to share my experience alongside Pam Selle, Debra Williams-Cauley, Julie Steele, and Corey Latislaw.

So inspiring to hear from these awesome ladies speaking, writing & making their voices heard in tech #wsc2015conf pic.twitter.com/QUsbN7K4xK

— LeeAnn Kinney (@_leekinney) March 19, 2015

"If you mess up nobody knows! Because you have no readers." - .@chiuki on starting to blog. #wsc2015conf

— gwendolyn weston (@purpleyay) March 19, 2015

"When you produce content, you don't have to produce the kind of content you're not interested in." .-@pamselle #wsc2015conf

— gwendolyn weston (@purpleyay) March 19, 2015

Writing sprint

We concluded Write day by writing a blog post. I just stepped off the writing panel, and realized that I forget to share my blogging formulas, so I ended up writing a blog post on how I write conference reports. Oh so very meta!

This is a part of the Write/Speak/Code series. Read more: Intro, Speak, Code.