Sharing valuable knowledge: A recipe for building your influence in the tech space

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1. SHARING VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE: A recipe for building your influence in the tech space Concatenate Conference 2019
2. 2 HELLO! I am Amaechi Amarachi Front-End Developer Transition Advocate Mentor @ dev_careers
3. TALK GOALS 3 • What is valuable knowledge? • Why you should share your knowledge? • Why people don’t share valuable knowledge? • Ways to share knowledge.
4. 4 WHAT IS VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE Valuable knowledge is the priceless understanding of facts, information, description or skills acquired through experience or education.
6. 6 Why you should share your knowledge • More impact in the community • To boost your career portfolio • To gain influence • Access to job opportunities • Access to new client • To learn
7. 7 Why people don’t share valuable knowledge 1. Feeling of inadequacy 2. Lack of motivation 3. Lack of time
8. Ways to share valuable knowledge 1. Blogging 2. Participating in tech events 3. Contributing to community projects 4. Utilizing social media platforms 5. Networking
9. 9 1: Blogging Blogging entails writing about your experiences, opinions on areas of interests, events and passions.
10. 10 Some blogs you will find interesting • bitsofco.de • giftegwuenu.com • Bolajiayodeji.com • codebeast.dev • benjamindada.com
11. 11 2: Participating in tech events • Speaking at tech events • Volunteering at tech events • Organizing tech events • StoryTelling about tech events
12. 12 Tech communities in africa • Google Developer Group (GDG) • Andela Learning Community (ALC) • Open Source Africa (OSCA) • Forloop Africa • Facebook Developer Circle • AISaturday • Laravel Nigeria • Consonance club
13. 3: Contributing to community projects • Contributing to open source projects • Answering questions on stackoverflow • Supporting tech programs like being a mentor, facilitator etc
14. 14 4: Utilizing social media platforms
16. 16 5: Networking Networking is about creating a shared bond with someone, having similar goals, values and interests.. Place to meet people when building your network in tech ? • Local meetups • Conferences • Hackathons
18. 18 There's no way to know how many people your life will influence. You don't know who is watching, listening, or learning from you. Charles Stanley
19. 19 THANK YOU
20. Connect with me on @AmarachiAmaechi @Amaechi Amarachi @amycruz_97 @amycruz97