Thanks for helping us promote Outreachy internships! This page lists sample tweets, emails, and posters you can use to promote the program.

Poster

Outreachy has various posters available for you to print to promote the program:

• 8.5"x11" English poster. If you should need to modify the poster, an svg file is available.
• A4 English poster. If you should need to modify the poster, an svg file is available.
• A4 Portuguese poster. If you should need to modify the poster, an svg file is available.
• We welcome translations of the poster into other languages! Please send a pull request.
  

Presentation

Here is a simple presentation you can use and adapt to speak about Outreachy: pdf, odp.

An hour-long presentation that introduces open source, Outreachy, and Google Summer of code can be found here: pdf, odp.

Twitter

Sample tweet:

"Please RT: Applications for the @outreachy May 2018 to August 2018 internships are now open: https://www.outreachy.org/apply/  Outreachy provides paid, remote internships to people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech."

Email

Sample email:

Greetings,

Applications are now open for Outreachy, an internship program for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech. Outreachy offers remote, three-month internships with a $5,500 stipend and a $500 travel stipend. These internships are open world-wide to all women (cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people. Additionally, they are open in the U.S to all Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander people.
https://www.outreachy.org

Interns work remotely with experienced mentors in free and open source software projects. The internships are often focused on programming tasks, but some projects offer internships in user experience design, graphic design, documentation, web development, marketing, translation, and more.

The Outreachy internships run from May 14, 2018 to August 14, 2018.  More details and eligibility criteria can be found here:
https://www.outreachy.org/apply/eligibility/

Applying to Outreachy is a little different than other internship programs. During the application period (February 12 to March 22), potential interns are expected to make contact with one or more of the open source project mentors,  and make a contribution to the project. Outreachy organizers have found that the strongest applicants contact mentors early, ask a lot of questions, and continually submit small contributions throughout the application period.

One of the Outreachy organizers (Sage Sharp) can give a virtual introductory talk with interested organizations or universities in the coming weeks. You can see their availability and schedule a meeting here:
https://calendly.com/sagesharp/outreachy-organizer-meeting/

Please let us know if you have any questions about the program. The Outreachy organizers (Karen Sandler, Sarah Sharp, Marina Zhurakhinskaya, Cindy Pallares, and Tony Sebro) can all be reached at through the website form https://outreachy.org/contact

We hope you'll help us spread the word about the Outreachy internships!

#OutreachyChat Twitter Chat

Each round, Outreachy has a Twitter chat to introduce the program. We have questions for both mentors and alums. Potential Outreachy applicants are welcome to ask questions of mentors and interns after the chat.

Here is how the chat will work for mentors and alums:

The Outreachy organizers will be tweeting from @outreachy account and will pose the questions below with an interval of 5-10 minutes between questions. The questions are prefaced with Q1, Q2, and so on, and correspondingly, you will need to reply with A1, A2, and so on in your answers. You will also need to use the hashtag #OutreachyChat in all your tweets related to the chat.

The following questions are used for the chat:

Q1: For alums and mentors: Please introduce yourself. What community (did you intern with/are you mentoring for)? #OutreachyChat
Q2: For alums and mentors: Why are you passionate about your FOSS community? What's interesting or exciting about the people, the technology, or the community's mission? #OutreachyChat
Q3: For mentors: What is the project you are mentoring? What skills does one need to have for it? What will they learn? #OutreachyChat
Q4: For alums: What was your experience during the internship? What did you learn? How did your mentor help you? #OutreachyChat
Q5: For alums and mentors: What do you love about Outreachy? What did you gain as a result of the internship? #OutreachyChat
Q6: For alums and mentors: What is your advice for prospective applicants? How can they stand out? #OutreachyChat
Q7: For perspective applicants: Do you have any questions for mentors or alums? Is anything confusing? #OutreachyChat