Get Your Speak on at Geekspeakr.com
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If you are hosting an event and want more women to attend, lining up some interesting female speakers is a great way to start. Geekspeakr.com to the rescue. According to the site:
"Many organisers of technical conferences, meetups, and dinners want to have more gender-balance in their lineups, but they don't know where to find technical women speakers. Enter geekspeakr.com, a simple directory and connections system to help technical women speakers and event organisers to find each other."
If you are an interesting female speaker, be sure to register and create a profile on the geekspeakr.com site. Also, check out the site to see who has already registered. The list of topics they cover is impressive, too.
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