# Timeline Speaking Engagements

> A vertical timeline charting talks and workshops in date order. Use it to show how your speaking history has grown across many events over time.

A shadcn/ui block from the [@shadcn-ui-blocks](https://www.shadcn-ui-blocks.com) registry, listed on [shadcn.exchange](https://shadcn.exchange/r/shadcn-ui-blocks/portfolio-portfolio-event-speaking-and-workshops-timeline-speaking-engagements).

- Page, with a live preview: https://shadcn.exchange/r/shadcn-ui-blocks/portfolio-portfolio-event-speaking-and-workshops-timeline-speaking-engagements
- Screenshot: https://abzjhwgwpdpz7ua5.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/shots/shadcn-ui-blocks/portfolio-portfolio-event-speaking-and-workshops-timeline-speaking-engagements-light-a10c294dccbb8a84.png
- Registry item: https://www.shadcn-ui-blocks.com/r/portfolio-portfolio-event-speaking-and-workshops-timeline-speaking-engagements.json
- Listed: 2026-10-13, source last changed 2026-10-13

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://www.shadcn-ui-blocks.com/r/portfolio-portfolio-event-speaking-and-workshops-timeline-speaking-engagements.json
```

Run it in a project that has shadcn/ui set up. It adds the files below and installs what they depend on.

## Dependencies

- npm packages: `class-variance-authority`, `lucide-react`, `radix-ui`

## Files

### `components/blocks/portfolio/portfolio-event-speaking-and-workshops/timeline-speaking-engagements.tsx`

```tsx
import { ArrowRight, ExternalLink } from 'lucide-react';
import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge';

// Sample timeline events data
const timelineEvents = [
  {
    id: 1,
    year: '2024',
    events: [
      {
        id: 101,
        title: 'Responsive Design in 2024',
        event: 'FrontEnd Summit',
        role: 'Keynote Speaker',
        date: 'March 15, 2024',
        location: 'San Francisco, CA',
        link: '#',
      },
      {
        id: 102,
        title: 'UX Workshop: User Research Techniques',
        event: 'DesignMatters Conference',
        role: 'Workshop Leader',
        date: 'January 28, 2024',
        location: 'Virtual Event',
        link: '#',
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    year: '2023',
    events: [
      {
        id: 201,
        title: 'Building Accessible Web Applications',
        event: 'A11y Summit',
        role: 'Panel Moderator',
        date: 'November 12, 2023',
        location: 'Chicago, IL',
        link: '#',
      },
      {
        id: 202,
        title: 'From Freelancer to Agency Owner',
        event: 'Freelance Business Forum',
        role: 'Featured Speaker',
        date: 'October 5, 2023',
        location: 'Austin, TX',
        link: '#',
      },
      {
        id: 203,
        title: 'Design Systems at Scale',
        event: 'DesignOps Global',
        role: 'Workshop Leader',
        date: 'September 18, 2023',
        location: 'Berlin, Germany',
        link: '#',
      },
      {
        id: 204,
        title: 'Conversion-Focused Web Design',
        event: 'Marketing Innovation Summit',
        role: 'Speaker',
        date: 'July 22, 2023',
        location: 'New York, NY',
        link: '#',
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 3,
    year: '2022',
    events: [
      {
        id: 301,
        title: 'Creating Effective Design Handoff Processes',
        event: 'DesignX Conference',
        role: 'Speaker',
        date: 'December 3, 2022',
        location: 'Toronto, Canada',
        link: '#',
      },
      {
        id: 302,
        title: 'Web Animation Workshop',
        event: 'Frontend Developers Meetup',
        role: 'Workshop Leader',
        date: 'August 17, 2022',
        location: 'Los Angeles, CA',
        link: '#',
      },
      {
        id: 303,
        title: 'Portfolio Reviews & Feedback Session',
        event: 'Design Students Association',
        role: 'Guest Critic',
        date: 'May 4, 2022',
        location: 'Virtual Event',
        link: '#',
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    id: 4,
    year: '2021',
    events: [
      {
        id: 401,
        title: 'Getting Started with Freelance Web Design',
        event: 'Creative Entrepreneurs Summit',
        role: 'Speaker',
        date: 'October 28, 2021',
        location: 'Seattle, WA',
        link: '#',
      },
      {
        id: 402,
        title: 'Intro to Web Accessibility',
        event: 'Tech For All Conference',
        role: 'Workshop Leader',
        date: 'June 12, 2021',
        location: 'Virtual Event',
        link: '#',
      },
    ],
  },
];

export default function TimelineSpeakingEngagements() {
  return (
    <section className="bg-background py-16 md:py-24">
      <div className="container mx-auto px-4 2xl:max-w-[1400px]">
        {/* Section header */}
        <div className="mb-12 text-center md:mb-16">
          <Badge className="mb-4" variant="outline">
            Speaking Journey
          </Badge>
          <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight sm:text-4xl md:text-5xl">
            My Speaking Timeline
          </h2>
          <p className="text-muted-foreground mx-auto mt-4 max-w-2xl text-lg">
            A chronological overview of my speaking engagements and workshops
            over the years
          </p>
        </div>

        <div className="mx-auto max-w-4xl">
          {/* Timeline */}
          <div className="relative pb-12">
            {/* Timeline line */}
            <div className="bg-border absolute top-0 bottom-0 left-0 w-px lg:left-1/2"></div>

            {timelineEvents.map((yearGroup) => (
              <div key={yearGroup.id} className="mb-12 last:mb-0">
                {/* Year marker */}
                <div className="relative mb-8 flex items-center justify-start lg:justify-center">
                  <div className="bg-primary text-primary-foreground z-10 flex h-10 w-24 items-center justify-center rounded-full text-lg font-bold">
                    {yearGroup.year}
                  </div>
                </div>

                {/* Events for this year */}
                <div className="space-y-8">
                  {yearGroup.events.map((event, index) => (
                    <div
                      key={event.id}
                      className={`relative flex ${
                        index % 2 === 0 ? 'lg:flex-row' : 'lg:flex-row-reverse'
                      }`}
                    >
                      {/* Event connector dot */}
                      <div className="border-primary bg-background absolute top-7 left-0 h-3 w-3 rounded-full border-2 lg:left-1/2 lg:-ml-1.5"></div>

                      {/* Event content */}
                      <div
                        className={`w-full ${
                          index % 2 === 0
                            ? 'lg:mr-12 lg:w-1/2'
                            : 'lg:ml-12 lg:w-1/2'
                        }`}
                      >
                        <div className="bg-card rounded-lg border p-6 shadow-sm hover:shadow-md">
                          <h3 className="text-xl font-semibold">
                            {event.title}
                          </h3>
                          <p className="text-primary mb-2 font-medium">
                            {event.event}
                          </p>
                          <div className="text-muted-foreground mb-4 flex flex-wrap gap-3 text-sm">
                            <Badge variant="outline">{event.role}</Badge>
                            <span>{event.date}</span>
                            <span>•</span>
                            <span>{event.location}</span>
                          </div>
                          <Button
                            variant="ghost"
                            size="sm"
                            asChild
                            className="group p-0 hover:bg-transparent"
                          >
                            <a
                              href={event.link}
                              className="text-primary flex items-center"
                            >
                              <span className="mr-1">Event details</span>
                              <ExternalLink className="h-3.5 w-3.5 transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:translate-x-1" />
                            </a>
                          </Button>
                        </div>
                      </div>
                    </div>
                  ))}
                </div>
              </div>
            ))}
          </div>

          {/* CTA */}
          <div className="mt-12 text-center">
            <Button asChild>
              <a href="#" className="inline-flex items-center gap-2">
                <span>Contact me about speaking at your event</span>
                <ArrowRight className="h-4 w-4" />
              </a>
            </Button>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </section>
  );
}
```

### `components/ui/button.tsx`

```tsx
import * as React from "react"
import { cva, type VariantProps } from "class-variance-authority"
import { Slot } from "radix-ui"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"

const buttonVariants = cva(
  "group/button inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-transparent bg-clip-padding text-sm font-medium whitespace-nowrap transition-all outline-none select-none focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-3 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 active:not-aria-[haspopup]:translate-y-px disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 aria-invalid:border-destructive aria-invalid:ring-3 aria-invalid:ring-destructive/20 dark:aria-invalid:border-destructive/50 dark:aria-invalid:ring-destructive/40 [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:shrink-0 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4",
  {
    variants: {
      variant: {
        default: "bg-primary text-primary-foreground hover:bg-primary/80",
        outline:
          "border-border bg-background shadow-xs hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground aria-expanded:bg-muted aria-expanded:text-foreground dark:border-input dark:bg-input/30 dark:hover:bg-input/50",
        secondary:
          "bg-secondary text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-secondary/80 aria-expanded:bg-secondary aria-expanded:text-secondary-foreground",
        ghost:
          "hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground aria-expanded:bg-muted aria-expanded:text-foreground dark:hover:bg-muted/50",
        destructive:
          "bg-destructive/10 text-destructive hover:bg-destructive/20 focus-visible:border-destructive/40 focus-visible:ring-destructive/20 dark:bg-destructive/20 dark:hover:bg-destructive/30 dark:focus-visible:ring-destructive/40",
        link: "text-primary underline-offset-4 hover:underline",
      },
      size: {
        default:
          "h-9 gap-1.5 px-2.5 in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-2 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-2",
        xs: "h-6 gap-1 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),8px)] px-2 text-xs in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-3",
        sm: "h-8 gap-1 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),10px)] px-2.5 in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5",
        lg: "h-10 gap-1.5 px-2.5 has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-2 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-2",
        icon: "size-9",
        "icon-xs":
          "size-6 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),8px)] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-3",
        "icon-sm":
          "size-8 rounded-[min(var(--radius-md),10px)] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-md",
        "icon-lg": "size-10",
      },
    },
    defaultVariants: {
      variant: "default",
      size: "default",
    },
  }
)

function Button({
  className,
  variant = "default",
  size = "default",
  asChild = false,
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<"button"> &
  VariantProps<typeof buttonVariants> & {
    asChild?: boolean
  }) {
  const Comp = asChild ? Slot.Root : "button"

  return (
    <Comp
      data-slot="button"
      data-variant={variant}
      data-size={size}
      className={cn(buttonVariants({ variant, size, className }))}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

export { Button, buttonVariants }
```

### `components/ui/badge.tsx`

```tsx
import * as React from "react"
import { cva, type VariantProps } from "class-variance-authority"
import { Slot } from "radix-ui"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"

const badgeVariants = cva(
  "group/badge inline-flex h-5 w-fit shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-1 overflow-hidden rounded-4xl border border-transparent px-2 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium whitespace-nowrap transition-all focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-[3px] focus-visible:ring-ring/50 has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5 aria-invalid:border-destructive aria-invalid:ring-destructive/20 dark:aria-invalid:ring-destructive/40 [&>svg]:pointer-events-none [&>svg]:size-3!",
  {
    variants: {
      variant: {
        default: "bg-primary text-primary-foreground [a]:hover:bg-primary/80",
        secondary:
          "bg-secondary text-secondary-foreground [a]:hover:bg-secondary/80",
        destructive:
          "bg-destructive/10 text-destructive focus-visible:ring-destructive/20 dark:bg-destructive/20 dark:focus-visible:ring-destructive/40 [a]:hover:bg-destructive/20",
        outline:
          "border-border text-foreground [a]:hover:bg-muted [a]:hover:text-muted-foreground",
        ghost:
          "hover:bg-muted hover:text-muted-foreground dark:hover:bg-muted/50",
        link: "text-primary underline-offset-4 hover:underline",
      },
    },
    defaultVariants: {
      variant: "default",
    },
  }
)

function Badge({
  className,
  variant = "default",
  asChild = false,
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<"span"> &
  VariantProps<typeof badgeVariants> & { asChild?: boolean }) {
  const Comp = asChild ? Slot.Root : "span"

  return (
    <Comp
      data-slot="badge"
      data-variant={variant}
      className={cn(badgeVariants({ variant }), className)}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

export { Badge, badgeVariants }
```