A Community that Meets Together, Flourishes Together
Communities help you leverage and sustain Open Source Software. But how can you grow a sustainable community?While online communities are great, there is no substitute for human face-to-face interacti …
| Talk Title | A Community that Meets Together, Flourishes Together |
| Speakers | Mike Jang (Senior Technical Writer, GitLab) |
| Conference | Open Source Summit + ELC North America |
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| Location | San Diego, CA, USA |
| Date | Aug 19-23, 2019 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Communities help you leverage and sustain Open Source Software. But how can you grow a sustainable community?While online communities are great, there is no substitute for human face-to-face interaction. Many communities provide that connection through meetups.In this talk, Mike will share lessons learned as the Write the Docs community has grown from 0 to 44 meetups, with diverse solutions.Mike will describe how he encourages meetups to find their own way within the Write the Docs community.At the end of this talk, you’ll be able to:* Create your own sustainable meetup.* Document best practices for your meetup community.* Keep the community focused on a common mission while helping meet local needs.* Set up a framework where meetup leaders can help each other. We use tools like Slack, video chats, and dedicated meetings at conferences.Link to slides: https://slides.com/mike-1/global-meetups/ (Note: As my slides are a work in progress, what I’ve uploaded in zip format may be obsolete. If you unzip the attachment, open the index.html file in your browser.)
