[diversity-talk] Best practices?

[Richard Weait]

I've spoken at events about OpenStreetMap and advocated for
participation in OpenStreetMap, face-to-face, to potential mappers.
Often, the attending audience looked a lot like the existing
OpenStreetMap community[1].  Essentially all of these events were
public, in a public space and did not charge attendees to attend.

What steps might an event organizer take before an event, so that that
initial audience is not restricted to a reflection of the existing
community?

What steps might a speaker, presenter or host take, once the audience
has arrived?

[1] Not from survey data, just recollection.  And with the caveat,
"except overwhelmingly English-speaking".