Growing the Community, Beyond WordCamp.

My talk at the first ever wordcamp in West Africa. The goal was to inspire the community to take specific actions that would lead to growth.

Transcript

1. Growing the Community Beyond WordCamp Michael Okpala
2. A little about me - Electrical Engineering Background - Self taught Web Dev(8 years + experience) - Previously ran operations at Browser Based Network - Currently Team lead at Africa’s Talking Nigeria @okpaladexter | michael@africastalking.com
3. Nobody can defeat you when you all are working together. --Jason Pierre-Paul
4. - Blog posts - Tutorials - How tos - Wikis - Videos - etc Community generated Content
5. - Independent organisers - Smaller groups - Bonding and cohesion - Beyond lagos Meetups
6. Showcases/Marketplaces - Space for sharing and improving. - People find each other and each other’s works -
7. Collaboration - The wordpress community is part of a larger tech ecosystem - Joint events with other meetups - Speaking at other meetups - Not scheduling events against competing meetups
8. Community Projects - Puts to use all that’s learnt during meetups - Great for newbies to hone their skills while working with more experienced members of the community. - Also highlights the relevance of wordpress
9. “Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.” Henry Ford Michael Okpala
10. Ask Me any questions. Or not
11. Thank you