15.7 Consider Writing an Article or Giving a Talk

Many of the short talks at Perl conferences involve the author of a distribution talking about their own work. After all, who is better qualified to help others use your module than you?

If the idea of proposing a conference talk intimidates you a bit, or you don't want to wait that long, look to your local Perl user group . They're generally looking for speakers (usually for the meeting coming up in the next week or two), and the group size is usually small enough to be a nice casual setting. You can generally find a Perl user group near you by looking on the Perl Mongers web site at http://www.pm.org. If you can't find one, start one!