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Jessica Goulding
August 14, 2015
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Speaking with Turing students about engaging with their community
Jessica Goulding
August 14, 2015
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Transcript
How to Engage with your Community by @jessicag
Poll Who went to Boulder Startup Week/Gluecon?
Poll What was the last meetup you went to?
Poll Who was the last stranger you turned into a
friend? And no, Turing students don’t count ;)
Fact: Community != beers with your friends 5
Your community doesn’t know you. Fact:
You can be a part of your community; and you’ll
be better off for it. Fact:
Because, #FridayHug
How to Start? Use the 3 to 1 rule
GitHub
Documentation Double whammy: Give back and learn something
OpenSource https://github.com/trending
Personal Brand
Twitter
Blog Posts Solve an interesting problem? Share your experience!
Stack Overflow Gain those reputation points
Be your own Megaphone!
@j3 “Don’t talk about it, be about it”
Efforts Minimal: Twitter, LinkedIn
Efforts Standard: Twitter, LinkedIn, One Meetup, Stack Overflow
Efforts Optimal: Twitter, LinkedIn, Four Meetups, Blog Posts
Efforts SuperStar: Twitter, LinkedIn, 5+ Meetups, Blog Posts, OpenSource Contributions,
API Documentation, Stack Overflow
But, WHY
Community Step 1: Find Cool People Step 2: Build Cool
Shit Step 3: ???? Step 4: Profit
Meetups
Conferences Talk about your passion! Practice within your community
Why is this important Want a Job?
3 Easy Steps Online Presence: Blog Posts(personal and community), GitHub,
Twitter, Stack Overflow, Open Source contributions, documentation In Person Presence: Meetups, speaking engagements Pulling it together: Contributing on open source projects, blogging about it, speaking about it
That’s a Wrap!