Organizing Local Ruby Conferences (like Blue Ridge Ruby Conference) - Ruby 588

<p>Jeremy Smith is a Designer &amp; Rails Developer and Mark Locklear is a Web Developer at the eXtension Foundation. They join the show alongside Chuck to talk about the Blue Ridge Ruby Conference. They go into detail about their conference-attending experiences and what motivated them to plan their own event. Additionally, they talk about their preparations for making the event successful (finding a venue, looking for speakers and sponsors, and others)</p><p><br></p><h1>Sponsors</h1><ul><li><a href="https://topenddevs.com/resume" rel="nofollow">Chuck&#39;s Resume Template</a></li><li><a href="https://topenddevs.com/book-club" rel="nofollow">Developer Book Club</a></li><li><a href="https://topenddevs.com/sign_up" rel="nofollow">Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership</a></li></ul><p><br></p><h1>Links</h1><ul><li><a href="https://blueridgeruby.com/" rel="nofollow">Blue Ridge Ruby</a></li></ul><p><br></p><h1>Socials</h1><ul><li><a href="http://locklear.me/" rel="nofollow">Mark Locklear</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jeremysmithco" rel="nofollow">Twitter: @jeremysmithco</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/marklocklear" rel="nofollow">Twitter: @marklocklear</a></li></ul><p><br></p><h1>Picks</h1><ul><li>Chuck - <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342942/ark-nova" rel="nofollow">Ark Nova</a></li><li>Chuck - <a href="https://andyfrisella.com/pages/75hard-info" rel="nofollow">75 Hard</a></li><li>Chuck - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18335752/" rel="nofollow">1923 (TV Series 2022–2023)</a></li><li>Chuck - <a href="https://amzn.to/3z77yIr" rel="nofollow">Everything Is Figureoutable </a></li><li>Chuck - <a href="https://amzn.to/3K9xmtt" rel="nofollow">The Power of One More</a></li><li>Jeremy - <a href="https://clivethompson.medium.com/how-i-use-rss-to-rewild-my-attention-7731267a40d8" rel="nofollow">How I Use RSS To “Rewild” My Attention | by Clive Thompson</a></li><li>Jeremy - <a href="https://good.services/" rel="nofollow">Good Services</a></li><li>Mark - <a href="https://www.lo