Building A Community For Beginners

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1. Building A Community For Beginners or "How To Make Your Group Super Accessible To People Learning To Code"
2. I'm Jennifer Konikowski
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9. Why?
10. Diverse teams are smarter
11. – Harvard Business Review “working with people who are different from you may challenge your brain to overcome its stale ways of thinking and sharpen its performance.”
12. Everyone should be able to learn to program
13. We need to be open to helping people learn
14. Case Studies: PyLadies Boston Boston Ruby Women Boston Python Boston RB
15. How?
16. 1. New Groups
17. Make sure your descriptions are beginner inclusive 1. New Groups
18. Be clear about what knowledge and skills are required 1. New Groups
19. Find out what your local community needs 1. New Groups
20. Ask for feedback ALL. THE. TIME. 1. New Groups
21. Try different types of events like... 1. New Groups
22. Presentation Nights
23. Lightning Talks Presentation Nights
24. Tutorials Presentation Nights Lightning Talks
25. Mob Programming Presentation Nights Lightning Talks Tutorials
26. Host separate events just for beginners
27. Like study groups Host separate events just for beginners
28. and mentor sessions! Host separate events just for beginners Like study groups
29. 2. Existing Groups
30. Welcome email 2. Existing Groups
31. Greeter at the door 2. Existing Groups
32. Ensure that there are regular talks that are suitable for beginners 2. Existing Groups
33. For project nights... 2. Existing Groups
34. Beginner tables 2. Existing Groups For project nights...
35. Introductions 2. Existing Groups For project nights... Beginner tables
36. Collaboration 2. Existing Groups For project nights... Beginner tables Introductions
37. 3. Workshops & Teaching
38. Challenges when running a workshop 3. Workshops & Teaching
39. Space Colleges + Universities 3. Workshops & Teaching Issue: Solution:
40. Volunteers Prepare for no-shows 3. Workshops & Teaching Issue: Solution:
41. Content DjangoGirls, Boston Python Workshops 3. Workshops & Teaching Issue: Solution:
42. Food Local companies 3. Workshops & Teaching Issue: Solution:
43. Issue: Solution: Continued engagement Host project night week after 3. Workshops & Teaching
44. Dos and Don'ts of Teaching Programming 3. Workshops & Teaching
45. Do: Have beginner events where people can bring questions from a variety of tutorials 3. Workshops & Teaching
46. Don't: Have a free class that builds on itself week after week 3. Workshops & Teaching
47. Do: Short one-off tutorials of basic programming concepts 3. Workshops & Teaching
48. Don't: Give a text tutorial with no support 3. Workshops & Teaching
49. You can make a difference
50. Questions? @jenkoni jmkoni.com contact@jmkoni.com