Let Them Be Your Heroes

How can you encourage involvement and participation in Open Source? They key is through empowerment. This talk discusses how to empower and encourage more people to participate in your open source project by enabling Heroism. This talk will also discuss issues of diversity and inclusion.

Transcript

1. LET THEM BE YOUR HEROES
2. WE ALL KNOW HEROES
4. Heroes inspire us
5. @francium Not a hero
7. LET YOUR FANS BE YOUR HEROES
8. Agenda
9. -The Anatomy of a Hero -How to Inspire Heroes -How to Talk to Heroes -Giving Heroes Power -Heroes Over Time
10. Questions?
11. The Anatomy of a Hero
12. Gets things done Knowledgeable Supportive Loyal
13. Gets things done Knowledgeable Supportive Loyal Builds awesome Apps Can do it better next time Helps others build the apps Stays by their side
14. How to Inspire Heroes
15. Inspiring Heroes Ask Ricky Robinett
16. Tools and Resources
17. Inspiring Heroes Ask Ricky Robinett •  Tools and resources •  A seamless experience Watch the heroes come out!
18. Inspiring Heroes Ask Ricky Robinett •  Books •  Blogs •  Planets •  Tutorials •  Videos/Screencasts
19. Finding Heroes •  Active Forum Members •  Developer Contests •  Bug Hunts •  Facebook White Hat
21. Diversity in Open Source Male 86% Female 12% Other 2% No answer 0% Source: FLOSS 2013 Survey
22. Finding A Diverse Group of Heroes If your community is not already welcoming to diversity, you have to work hard to find and inspire diverse groups to participate
23. Finding A Diverse Group of Heroes Find the small corners where they hang out •  Issue Trackers •  IRC •  Your other heroes
24. Questions?
25. How to Talk to Heroes
26. “What am I here for?” •  No clear mission •  No idea what to do next •  Lack of communication
27. Heroes Need Guidance •  Have a mission •  Clear direction •  Communicate
28. Questions?
29. Giving Heroes Power
30. Soapboxes are Great for Heroes Help them talk to the community, make them famous!
31. Soapboxes are Great for Heroes The Story of the MEAN Stack
32. Soapboxes are Great for Heroes
34. Corgis Matter
35. Give them Front Row Seats
36. Fame is not everything Sometimes you need to ask them what they need. Remember it is their community too!
37. Questions?
38. Heroes Over Time
40. Your heroes need a community too!
41. •  Corgis! •  Get them connected with each other •  Challenge them •  Nurture them •  Help them inspire future generations
42. REMEMBER IT IS THEIR COMMUNITY TOO!
43. Questions?
44. THANKS! francesca@mongodb.com