SDP 44: Katie Fenn and Amy Benson on organising the upcoming Front End North conference

Sheffield Digital Podcast

Episode 44 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is up on the airwaves and features a great interview with Katie Fenn and Amy Benson, co-founders of Front End Sheffield, and organisers of the upcoming Front End Sheffield 2020 conference.

Katie and Amy are both established developers and members of Sheffield’s digital community. When they and the Front End Sheffield team launched the meet up last year, it quickly became one of the city’s most popular events.

Earlier this year, they took over the reins of the also very popular Front End Sheffield conference, which takes place on 7th February 2020 at the marvellous Crucible Theatre.

In this episode, you get to hear all about their journey as meetup organisers, as well as their plans for Front End North. Fancy getting involved? They are on the lookout now for volunteers, lightning talk speakers and, of course, people to buy tickets!

Thanks to Rebel Base Media

This episode was recorded at Rebel Base Media in their new podcasting studio based at Sheffield Technology Parks . The studio is fantastic and has all the gear you need to produce a properly professional podcast. They also offer podcasting advice and you can even rent a mobile studio for recording in the field.

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Notes and links

Every episode comes with a list of links to all of the various people, companies and topics that we reference.

• Katie Fenn | LinkedIn
• Amy Benson | LinkedIn
• Front End Sheffield (Sheffield, United Kingdom) | Meetup
• Front End North Conference | Returning 7th February, 2020
• Speakers | Front End North Conference
• Sponsors | Front End North Conference
• Meet our members | Sheffield Digital
• Become a member of Sheffield Digital

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Thank you for the music

Thanks again to Alex Mclean – aka Yaxu – for the show’s intro music, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.