Community - What, Why, How?

The session would introduce you with what is a community, what role a tech community plays in turning a newbie to land in the industry by bridging a gap with providing latest technology knowledge and new connections through networking.

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1. Community-What,Why,How? @dhruvashastri12
3. Idea
4. Idea Execution
5. Idea Execution Network
6. Idea Execution Network Collaborate
7. Idea Execution Network Collaborate Expand
8. Idea Execution Network Collaborate Expand Dedication
9. Idea Execution Network Collaborate Expand Dedication Passion
11. Why ❖ Adds extra technical skillset to your profile ❖ Learn and share from experiences of one another ❖ Network with like-minded people ❖ Grow as a better person ❖ Learn to blend in team, Management and Leadership skills ❖ Make connections and get better opportunities ❖ Handful of resources ❖ Access to experts ❖ Opportunities to attend global conferences and grants
13. DO’s and Don’ts 1. Find out a community of your interest 1. Limit yourself from going to various events of different communities
14. Exercise #1 Let’s join GDGAhmedabad
15. Find a Community ❖ Find out a community of your interest ➢ Meetup ➢ Talk to your friends/ seniors/ professors ➢ Surf on internet/ social media like Twitter/ Facebook with proper keywords and hashtags ➢ Form a Developer Student Club ❖ Limit yourself from going to various events of different communities ➢ Attend maximum possible events of different domains and platforms like Android/ Flutter/ Angular/ ML/ Design etc..
16. Exercise #2 Search #AndroidDev for Android development related things
17. Exercise #2 Search #FlutterIO for Flutter development related things
18. DO’s and Don’ts 1. Find out a community of your interest 2. Share your knowledge 1. Limit yourself from going to various events of different communities 2. Afraid/ Hesitate
19. Share your knowledge ❖ Write blogs on Medium/ paid guest blogging ❖ Make youtube channel ❖ Take sessions at regional meetups ❖ Start with teaching your friends’ group ❖ Don’t think like teaching someone or make someone learn something good, they’ll cross us in career or future success ❖ Medium/ Stack Overflow or any tutorial materials won’t be available then
20. Exercise #3 - Let’s decide a topic of your interest - Go home and let’s write a blog on it OR - You can write a blog on attending this session
21. DO’s and Don’ts 1. Find out a community of your interest 2. Share your knowledge 3. Open source contribution 1. Limit yourself from going to various events of different communities 2. Afraid/ Hesitate
22. open source Contribution ❖ How to contribute ❖ Find and commit on Github projects ➢ First Timers Only ➢ First PR Opportunities ➢ GDGAhmedabad Learning Resources ➢ Write documentation/ translation ➢ Coordinate for projects with Mentors and Mentees ❖ Communities ➢ Fossasia ➢ Outreachy ➢ Awesome opensource apps
23. DO’s and Don’ts 1. Find out a community of your interest 2. Share your knowledge 3. Open source contribution 4. Participate in hackathons 5. Form a Developer Student Club 1. Limit yourself from going to various events of different communities 2. Afraid to share/ help 3. Be stubborn while sharing/ Lag behind in contributing 4. Restrict yourself with fears
24. Bonus Tips 1. Be consistent 2. Be Interactive 3. Encourage/ help peers 4. Be humble and respectful 5. Take a stand against wrong things and inform authorized people 6. Share your concern directly in first set of messages 7. Give feedback 1. Get carried away 2. Be reserve 3. Laugh at or demotivate 4. Disrespect 5. Don’t fight/ keep quiet and suffer 6. Just say ‘hi/hello’ 7. Be introvert
25. Resource: https://www.womentechmakers.com/india
26. Women techmakers ❖ An initiative by Google taken in year 2014 ❖ Convenes numerous events globally to drive visibility, community, and resources ❖ Look for the community near you ❖ Provides Technical and Management/ Leadership sessions to sharpen our knowledge ❖ Helps us improve on our soft skill via sessions ❖ Women Techmakers Programs ➢ Women Techmakers Scholars ➢ WTM Meetups powered by GDGs ➢ International Women’s Day Celebration ➢ WTM Udacity Scholarships ❖ Gives an opportunity to attend Global conferences and meet Experts and like-minded people ❖ Travel Grants are being offered looking at one’s contribution and passion for the community
27. communities supporting #Womenintech - Women Techmakers - Women Who Code - Outreachy - Girls Who Code - Anita Borg - Grace Hopper - Hexagon UX - Women Talk Design - PyLadies - RailGirls
28. My journey
29. IWD 2015 IWD 2018 Transformation
30. #iFollow ❖ Consistency
31. ❖ Consistency ❖ Hard work
32. ❖ Consistency ❖ Hard Work ❖ Dedication
33. ❖ Consistency ❖ Hard Work ❖ Dedication ❖ Risk taking
34. ❖ Consistency ❖ Hard Work ❖ Dedication ❖ Risk taking ❖ Take Constructive feedback positively
35. ❖ Consistency ❖ Hard Work ❖ Dedication ❖ Risk taking ❖ Take Constructive feedback positively ❖ Improve
36. ❖ Consistency ❖ Hard Work ❖ Dedication ❖ Risk taking ❖ Take Constructive feedback positively ❖ Improve ❖ Achieve
37. ❖ Consistency ❖ Hard Work ❖ Dedication ❖ Risk taking ❖ Take Constructive feedback positively ❖ Improve ❖ Achieve ❖ Celebrate
38. Activity Time
39. Connect to Me: Business Developer @ AllEvents.in WTM Ambassador @ WTMAhmedabad Dhruva Shastri @dhruvashastri
40. Thank You!