Building a Community For All People

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1. Building A Community For All People or "How To Make Your Group Super Accessible To People Learning To Code" + "Why It's Important to Have User Groups for Minority Groups in Tech"
2. I'm Jennifer Konikowski
4. Groups that support beginners and focus on marginalized communities are important
5. Why create an exclusive group?
6. – Selena Deckleman [1] “It turns out that communities exist for a variety of reasons, some of which have nothing to do with explaining themselves, a cause, a technology or a gender to the rest of the world.”
7. Because often, when you are the minority, you feel...
8. Because often, when you are the minority, you feel... less confident
9. Because often, when you are the minority, you feel... less confident different life experiences are exacerbated
10. Because often, when you are the minority, you feel... less confident different life experiences are exacerbated you have less assumed knowledge
11. – Ellen Chisa [2] “That’s what being different does. It makes you aware of your actions, and that you might be imposing. It’s so minor, but it adds up.”
12. Why focus on beginners?
13. Diverse teams are smarter
14. – Harvard Business Review [3] “working with people who are different from you may challenge your brain to overcome its stale ways of thinking and sharpen its performance.”
15. Everyone should be able to learn to program
16. We need to be open to helping people learn
17. How?
18. 1. New Groups
19. Make sure your descriptions are beginner inclusive 1. New Groups
20. Be clear about what knowledge and skills are required 1. New Groups
21. Find out what your local community needs 1. New Groups
22. Ask for feedback ALL. THE. TIME. 1. New Groups
23. Try different types of events like... 1. New Groups
24. Presentation Nights
25. Lightning Talks Presentation Nights
26. Tutorials Presentation Nights Lightning Talks
27. Mob Programming Presentation Nights Lightning Talks Tutorials
28. Host separate events just for beginners
29. Like study groups Host separate events just for beginners
30. and mentor sessions! Host separate events just for beginners Like study groups
31. 2. Existing Groups
32. Welcome email 2. Existing Groups
33. Greeter at the door 2. Existing Groups
34. Have an event that’s just for a marginalized group 2. Existing Groups
35. Ensure that there are regular talks that are suitable for beginners 2. Existing Groups
36. For project nights... 2. Existing Groups
37. Beginner tables 2. Existing Groups For project nights...
38. Introductions 2. Existing Groups For project nights... Beginner tables
39. Collaboration 2. Existing Groups For project nights... Beginner tables Introductions
40. 3. Teaching
41. Dos and Don'ts of Teaching Programming 3. Teaching
42. Do: Have beginner events where people can bring questions from a variety of tutorials 3. Teaching
43. Don't: Have a free class that builds on itself week after week 3. Teaching
44. Do: Short one-off tutorials of basic programming concepts 3. Teaching
45. Don't: Give a text tutorial with no support 3. Teaching
46. 4. Allyship
47. Respect 4. Allyship
48. Listen 4. Allyship
49. Ask how you can help 4. Allyship
50. Spread the word 4. Allyship
51. You can make a difference
52. Questions? @jenkoni jmkoni.com contact@jmkoni.com Shoutout to Adri Mills (@genericgeekgirl) who originally did the allyship portion of this talk in 2014 jmkoni.com/allpeople
53. Resources 1. “Why Is There More Than One Women In Tech Group” (https:// medium.com/i-m-h-o/why-there-is-more-than-one-women-in- tech-group-b192e12dad3a), Selena Deckleman 2. “Lunch with Dads” (http://blog.ellenchisa.com/2014/08/23/ lunch-dads/), Ellen Chisa 3. “Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter” (https://hbr.org/2016/11/ why-diverse-teams-are-smarter), David Rock & Heidi Grant 4. BONUS: “How I Stopped Worrying And Started Loving PyLadies” (https://hynek.me/articles/how-i-stopped-worrying- and-started-loving-pyladies/), Hynek Schlawack