Publicize PyCon

You are the key to getting the word out about PyCon. Here are some materials to help you do it.

Blog badges

If you blog, or maintain a website, please let your readers know about PyCon. A blog badge is a nice way to enhance your page or your blog sidebar.

There's a whole collection of badges at

http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/badges/

Here are ready-to-go HTML snippets to drop these badges (at various sizes) into your blog or other website.

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/attending-pycon2010-180x30.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/attending-pycon2010-220x36.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/attending-pycon2010-250x40.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/attending-pycon2010-325x50.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/attending-pycon2010-400x60.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/speaking-pycon2010-180x30.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/speaking-pycon2010-220x36.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/speaking-pycon2010-250x40.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/speaking-pycon2010-325x50.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/speaking-pycon2010-400x60.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/tutorial-pycon2010-180x30.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/tutorial-pycon2010-220x36.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/tutorial-pycon2010-250x40.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/tutorial-pycon2010-325x50.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

<a href="http://us.pycon.org/"><img src="http://www.processmechanics.com/media/pycon2010/tutorial-pycon2010-400x60.png" alt="PyCon 2010: Atlanta"></a>

(Please don't just copy the image; the fully-functional badge is hyperlinked to the PyCon website.)

Tell it on the mountain

If you participate in mailing lists where PyCon would be of interest - and who wouldn't be interested in PyCon? - let them know. Don't forget your local user groups, computer associations, etc. Here's a sample announcement.

PyCon 2010

Atlanta, GA

February 17-25, 2010

http://us.pycon.org/2010

PyCon 2010, the annual community conference for the Python programming language, will take place February 19-21 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, GA.

A rich schedule is being planned, including presentations, keynotes, Lightning Talks, an exhibition hall, and the hands-on Python Lab. Plentiful Open Space has been set aside for Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and other unscheduled "unconference"-style activity.

Topics span the range of Python programming activity from introductory to advanced. Some topics are perennial; others focus on recent news, like Python 3.0 and new developments in Python for the .NET and Java environments.

PyCon 2010 will also feature two days of pre-conference tutorials (February 17-18). After the conference, four days of development sprints (February 22-25) will bring participants together for face-to-face development work on several Python open-source projects.

In a recessionary economy, PyCon has continued to attract a healthy number of attendees as Python usage continues to grow. 940 attendees were at PyCon 2009.

PyCon: http://us.pycon.org/2010

PyCon blog: http://pycon.blogspot.com/

Python language: http://python.org

Official press releases are available. They're suitable for people who work in the news media. If you have any personal contacts in the media, please talk to them directly, and/or connect them with Catherine Devlin.

Finally, here's a variant on the above blurb, written to target educators.

PyCon 2010

Atlanta, GA

February 17-25, 2010

http://us.pycon.org/2010

PyCon 2010, the annual community conference for the Python programming language, will take place February 19-21 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, GA.

A rich schedule is being planned, including presentations, keynotes, Lightning Talks, an exhibition hall, and the hands-on Python Lab. Plentiful Open Space has been set aside for Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and other unscheduled "unconference"-style activity.

Topics span the range of Python programming activity from introductory to advanced. Some topics are perennial; others focus on recent news, like Python 3.0 and new developments in Python for the .NET and Java environments.

PyCon 2010 will also feature two days of pre-conference tutorials (February 17-18). After the conference, four days of development sprints (February 22-25) will bring participants together for face-to-face development work on several Python open-source projects.

In a recessionary economy, PyCon has continued to attract a healthy number of attendees as Python usage continues to grow. 940 attendees were at PyCon 2009.

About Python:

Python is a dynamic, open-source programming language suited to many kinds of software development. TIOBE named Python the fastest-growing programming language of 2007. Python is particularly recognized as a valuable language for education. Its ease of use allows quick start-up and progress, yet it also encourages good long-term programming habits and style. Its clear, readable syntax makes cooperation between students and instructors easy. Thanks to its broad capabilities, rich libraries, and vigorous community, Python can continue to be a student's language of choice long after moving from beginner to expert. Python code can run on Java and .NET platforms through the Jython and IronPython implementations.

PyCon: http://us.pycon.org/2010

PyCon blog: http://pycon.blogspot.com/

Python language: http://python.org

Speak

Are you a speaker at an upcoming event? Great! Here's a PyCon slide for your slide deck.

Open Document slide

Power Point slide

Poster/Flyer

This one-sheet announcement can be used as a poster or flyer. Hand copies around your user group meetings. Post it on campuses. Ask to post it at bookstores. Put it in a card to your Mom. (She always asks what you've been up to, after all.)