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How to Win Collaborators & Influence Community: Encouraging (& Not Discouraging) Novice Coders

Liene
June 28, 2012

How to Win Collaborators & Influence Community: Encouraging (& Not Discouraging) Novice Coders

I gave this talk (http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/881) at OpenSourceBridge 2012, in beautiful Portland, OR. Check out the session notes from the right of that page, too.

Liene

June 28, 2012
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  1. How to Win Collaborators and Influence Community Encouraging (& Not

    Discouraging) Novice Coders Liene Verzemnieks / @li3n3 Open Source Bridge 2012 Thursday, June 28, 12
  2. Where we’re going today: • Who is this yahoo at

    the front of the room? • Stop it: Things not to do • Yes, please: Things to do more of • Where to go from here? Thursday, June 28, 12
  3. Where we’re going today: • Who is this yahoo at

    the front of the room? • Stop it: Things not to do • Yes, please: Things to do more of • Where to go from here? Thursday, June 28, 12
  4. Where we’re going today: • Who is this yahoo at

    the front of the room? • Stop it: Things not to do • Yes, please: Things to do more of • Where to go from here? Thursday, June 28, 12
  5. Where we’re going today: • Who is this yahoo at

    the front of the room? • Stop it: Things not to do • Yes, please: Things to do more of • Where to go from here? Thursday, June 28, 12
  6. Assumptions • You are interested in helping people learn how

    to program. • You know something. Even just a little. Thursday, June 28, 12
  7. Assumptions • You are interested in helping people learn how

    to program. • You know something. Even just a little. Thursday, June 28, 12
  8. Assumptions • You are interested in helping people learn how

    to program. • You know something. Even just a little. Thursday, June 28, 12
  9. Simple question? answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer

    answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer CRAP I AM SO INTERESTING answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer SO IS THE MATERIAL answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer answer Thursday, June 28, 12
  10. Beyond the technical • Be awesome (don’t be an asshole)

    • Be an ambassador Thursday, June 28, 12
  11. Beyond the technical • Be awesome (don’t be an asshole)

    • Be an ambassador • Call out unacceptable behavior Thursday, June 28, 12