# 📖 Link collection project presentation and communication

#### <span style="font-weight: 400;">Events</span>

##### <span style="font-weight: 400;">Event tips  
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- Events in the CCC environment are always a good opportunity to present FOSS projects. There are numerous annual events - some smaller, some larger - of which the best known are 
    - Chaos Communication Congress, Hamburg: [https://events.ccc.de/](https://events.ccc.de/)
        - Remember that the event offers many self-organised stages and sessions in addition to the main programme - apply there too!
    - Easterhegg, changing locations: [https://www.easterhegg.eu/](https://www.easterhegg.eu/)
    - GPN, Karlsruhe: [https://entropia.de/GPN](https://entropia.de/GPN)
    - Datenspuren, Dresden: [https://www.datenspuren.de/](https://www.datenspuren.de/)
- FOSDEM in Brussels is a two-day event on the topic of free software - you can also apply for self-organised stages, sessions and workshops here: [https://fosdem.org/](https://fosdem.org/)
- Like FOSDEM, FrOSCon in Bonn is a (smaller but nice) two-day event on the topic of Free Software: [https://www.froscon.de/](https://www.froscon.de/)

##### FOSS event calendars

- <span lang="en-GB">Foss.events: </span><span lang="en-GB">[https://foss.events/](https://foss.events/) </span>
- <span lang="en-GB">OSTC: [https://www.ostc.de/events.html](https://www.ostc.de/events.html) (German)</span>
- In addition to events, the Civic Tech Field Guide calendar also lists deadlines for grants: [https://civictech.guide/calendar/](https://civictech.guide/calendar/)
- <span lang="en-GB">Event calendar of CCC: [https://events.ccc.de/en/calendar/](https://events.ccc.de/en/calendar/) </span>

##### <span lang="en-GB">Locations</span>

- <span lang="en-GB">Local hackerspaces: [https://hackerspaces.org/](https://hackerspaces.org/)</span>
- <span lang="en-GB">Cultivation space in Berlin: [https://cultivation.space/](https://cultivation.space/) </span>

#### <span lang="en-GB">Methods &amp; tools</span>

- <span lang="en-GB">Some people want just the basic infos, others are interested in more details. Writing/Communicating in an *inverted pyramid-style* helps: Give the most basic information first, put details in later sections that can be easily ignored if there is no strong interest in them: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted\_pyramid\_(journalism)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism))</span>
- <span lang="en-GB">Superbloom, *Communications Toolkit for Civic &amp; Nonprofit Tech*: [https://superbloom.design/learning/resources/comms-toolkit/](https://superbloom.design/learning/resources/comms-toolkit/) </span>
- <span lang="en-GB">Automatization tools for communication:</span>
    - MailerLite for newsletters - reasonable free tier [http://mailerlite.com](http://mailerlite.com)
    - Buttondown for newsletters - automations and a generous free plan [https://buttondown.com](https://buttondown.com)
    - Mattermost, discord, slack, whatsapp groups, signal, Matrix (Some channels are more or less attractive to some communities – discord is a bit more gamer-y, matrix more for devs etc.)
    - <span lang="en-GB">List from the Civic Field Tech Guide with tools: [https://directory.civictech.guide/listing-category/internal-communication-and-coordination](https://directory.civictech.guide/listing-category/internal-communication-and-coordination)</span>

#### <span lang="en-GB">Support</span>

<span lang="en-GB">The OTF Learning Lab offers free communications support services to help technology-focused internet freedom projects effectively communicate updates and findings, educate users, tell their stories, and reach core audiences: [https://www.opentech.fund/labs/learning-lab/](https://www.opentech.fund/labs/learning-lab/)</span>