Optional Criteria 2 - speaking evidence

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Happy Sunday

Please i want to clarify speaking events, i have two events i spoke but its virtual.

The videos are on YouTube, how can i present it?

What are the things to note to make it an evidence that is acceptable.

@Akash_Joshi @Raphael kindly advice.

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@Sisilizzzy speaking can be used to show recognition or contribution, but largely depends on the context, the relevance and impact.

Few questions:

  1. Is the speaking at a top tier sector event?
  2. Were you invited to speak as key note, expert?
  3. What’s the size of the audience?
  4. What are the engagement metrics on YouTube

Also, note that from recent application feedbacks, speaking at a virtual event is weak and needs to be used as a complementary evidence or avoided if possible.

All the best.

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Hi @Sisilizzzy - it completely depends on a) how many attendees attended the event virtually, and b) how many views the talks themselves have on YT

YT is generally considered a weaker evidence as it’s really hard to prove that you’ve had significant viewership. Even videos with 30k+ views have been considered as having “not significant viewership” in the past.

Hence, I would play this evidence more with the angle of how many people originally attended the event. Do you have proof of that, either in terms of a sign up sheet or screenshot of the event itself. But again, since the event itself was online, it has lower priority over an event which was primarily in-person.

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Thanks so much for the response too! Oh boy!! This is alot than i thought.

Although i also have one in person event i spoke at January this year but i checked the event YouTube and saw that they didn’t upload a full video and just have a mix of some videos and i appeared in that video on stage too. I’m trying to put it and also put the timestamps, then add the two virtual events :sob::sob::sob::sob:

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