Time to Shine: MozCon 2023 Community Speaker Pitches Now Open

MozCon is bringing the Way forward for Search to Seattle this August 7-8, and we’re excited to announce the return of our annual name for up-and-coming neighborhood audio system!

Yearly, we take nice delight in reserving house on our stage completely for brand new voices. Are you the person who everybody in your community appears to be like to for digital advertising recommendation? Maybe you’ve been honing your voice on podcasts or blogs, all of the whereas dreaming of stepping onto the large stage to share your modern concepts? Now’s your likelihood to submit your pitch for the chance to affix business leaders on the MozCon stage in entrance of 1,500 of your friends. (No strain!)

Undecided what a neighborhood speaker is?

At MozCon, we now have a speaker choice committee that identifies practitioners on the high of their skilled discipline with a imply talking recreation. However these spots are by invite solely, and we all know the neighborhood is bursting on the seams with hidden gems able to share groundbreaking analysis, sizzling suggestions, and website positioning checks that drive outcomes.

Cue our MozCon neighborhood speaker program!

We’ve reserved two 15-minute neighborhood speaker slots all through our convention for contemporary faces to shine on the large stage. We encourage anybody within the website positioning neighborhood to submit their finest and most enjoyable presentation concepts for an opportunity to be chosen as a neighborhood speaker at MozCon. Not solely are these classes extremely well-received by our attendees, however they’re additionally a incredible strategy to get your foot within the door in relation to the website positioning talking circuit.

Curious about pitching your individual concept? Learn on for every little thing you must know:

How you can submit

To submit a pitch, fill out the community speaker submission form. Solely submit one discuss! We would like the one you’re most keen about. Talks have to be associated to digital advertising and be a subject you’ll be able to cowl in quarter-hour.

[Pro tip: Keep it actionable and be sure to include 3-5 key learning outcomes the audience will come away with from your session in the pitch.]

Submissions shut on Tuesday, February twenty eighth at 5pm PDT — no exceptions!

If chosen, you’ll be required to current your discuss in particular person at MozCon in Seattle, WA on August 7-8, 2023. Incomplete submissions is not going to be thought-about, and all selections are last. All audio system should adhere to the MozCon Code of Conduct.

Submit my pitch!

Should you submit a pitch, you’ll hear again from us no matter your acceptance standing, so please be affected person till you hear again — we’ll work onerous to make our selections as shortly as we are able to! Please be aware that because of the quantity of submissions we usually obtain, we’re unable to offer particular suggestions on particular person functions.

What do audio system obtain?

As a neighborhood speaker you’ll obtain:

• quarter-hour on the MozCon stage for a keynote-style presentation

• A free ticket to MozCon (we are able to problem a refund or switch should you’ve already bought yours)

• Journey and lodging throughout MozCon

• Assist and suggestions as you construct your last presentation deck to be sure to ship the discuss of your life on our stage.

• And some extra surprises…

How we choose our audio system

We now have an inner committee of skilled Moz staff members, audio system and subject material specialists that evaluate each pitch. We analyze every matter to verify there’s no overlap and to substantiate that it’s a great match for our viewers and convention focus – for 2023, our content material theme is The Way forward for Search.

Subsequent, we take a look at everything of the pitch to assist us get a complete concept of what to anticipate out of your discuss on the MozCon stage and the way it is likely to be acquired by the viewers. That is the place hyperlinks to earlier decks, content material, and movies of previous shows are useful (however aren’t required).

Right here’s the way to make your pitch stand out:

• Maintain your pitch centered on digital advertising. website positioning matters are nice however we additionally love matters that go with or sit adjoining to website positioning. The extra actionable the pitch, the higher.

• Be centered and concise. What worth does your discuss present? We wish to hear the precise takeaways our viewers might be studying about and why it’s necessary — not only a imprecise reference to them. Keep in mind, we obtain a ton of pitches, so the extra clearly you’ll be able to clarify the tactical steps and studying goals for the viewers, the higher you’ll stand out.

• Do your analysis! Assessment the matters introduced at previous MozCons, on the Moz Weblog and in our Whiteboard Friday movies for a way of what resonates with our viewers— we’re on the lookout for contemporary, new shows that spherical out our agenda so as to add to the stage.

• Brush up on how to prepare for speaking.

• No pitches might be evaluated upfront, so please don’t ask 🙂

• Utilizing social media to foyer your pitch received’t assist. As a substitute, put your time and power into the precise pitch itself!

• Linking to a earlier instance of a slide deck or presentation isn’t required, however it does assist the committee.

Main as much as MozCon

In case your pitch is chosen, the MozCon staff is right here to help you alongside the best way. It’s our objective to verify that is your finest discuss so far, whether or not it’s your first time beneath these brilliant stage lights otherwise you’re a seasoned speaker who feels completely at dwelling in entrance of an enormous crowd. We’ll reply any questions you will have and work with you to ship a chat you’ll be happy with. Listed here are only a handful of ways in which we’re right here to assist:

• Matter refinement

• Serving to along with your presentation title and outline

• Reviewing your presentation outlines and drafts

• Offering loads of suggestions round finest practices — particularly with the MozCon stage and viewers in thoughts

• Complete present information

• Being accessible to hearken to you apply your discuss

• Reviewing your last deck

• A full stage tour on the Sunday earlier than MozCon to fulfill our A/V crew, see your presentation on the large display screen, and get a really feel for the present

• An incredible 15-person A/V staff to help your presentation each second it’s on the large display screen and past

We’ve acquired our fingers crossed for you. Good luck!

Submit my pitch!