Building Community, at a Company That Makes Things for Makers

@elof Building Community at a company that makes things for
makers

@elof Hi I'm Justin VP of Developer Advocacy at Keen
IO Been building community (professionally) for 5 years I have a high-ﬁving problem and I'm not interested in ﬁxing it

@elof Community a uniﬁed body of individuals

@elof Community a uniﬁed body of individuals Guild an organized
group of people who have joined together because they share the same job or interest; especially : an association of people who made or sold goods in the Middle Ages

@elof • Community is not just business, but it can
drive business. • It's quickly becoming more and more important. • How the community perceives you is the greatest representation of your brand. • It's about building a sustainable business and thriving in the long term. Ok, OK! What's your point?

@elof –Patch Adams "We can never get a re-creation of
community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging."

@elof Always give more then you get.

@elof Building community is building a defensible brand.

@elof Ok, cool. This sounds interesting, but, um, what do
you actually do?

@elof On the World Wide Web

@elof Mentoring and Ofﬁce Hours

@elof Events!

@elof teaching

@elof Speaking

@elof Some are easy and don't take much work

@elof Some take a ton of work, but are totally
worth it.

@elof Most of the time you should plan things with
friendly companies and partners.

@elof People love swag, have fun with it.

@elof The really love it!

@elof Seriously tho!!!!!!

@elof Advocates accelerate growth & scale things that don't scale.

@elof Be Genuinely Helpful

@elof Golden Rule: BE NICE

@elof Measurement!?! This is a whole other talk I'm working
on, but you can join the conversation before it's done >> http://dashboards.community/ https://github.com/keen/dashboards-dot-community https://github.com/keen/dashboards-dot-community/ blob/master/examples.md

@elof High-Five Last but not least have fun.

@elof Thanks! [email protected] @elof on all the things!

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Building Community, at a Company That Makes Things for Makers

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