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Jenny Wong
November 27, 2015
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BRIDGING COMMUNITIES Jenny Wong / @miss_jwo Community Engineer
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES Jenny Wong / @miss_jwo Community Advocate & WordPress
Engineer
@miss_jwo #dcvie
@miss_jwo #dcvie 2010 PHP North West
@miss_jwo #dcvie 2011 First WordPress Project
@miss_jwo #dcvie 2012 WordCamp Edinburgh
@miss_jwo #dcvie 2014
@miss_jwo #dcvie 2014 No local user groups
@miss_jwo #dcvie Community Addict
@miss_jwo #dcvie 2014 PHP North West conference
@miss_jwo #dcvie https://twitter.com/miss_jwo/status/518331214068195329
@miss_jwo #dcvie
@miss_jwo #dcvie https://twitter.com/miss_jwo/status/610802794803630080
@miss_jwo #dcvie “From the glimpses I get through your feed:
A very large, vibrant, active, passionate group of people.”
@miss_jwo #dcvie “Awww, not good enough to be a real
web developer?”
@miss_jwo #dcvie
@miss_jwo #dcvie “Wow. Pretty sad response. […]”
@miss_jwo #dcvie The mocking of WordPress by other communities is
like watching my parents have a fight every day.
@miss_jwo #dcvie The mocking of any technology by anyone is
like watching my parents have a fight every day.
@miss_jwo #dcvie What is community?
@miss_jwo #dcvie Developers
@miss_jwo #dcvie Business Owners
@miss_jwo #dcvie Designers
@miss_jwo #dcvie Users
@miss_jwo #dcvie Clients
@miss_jwo #dcvie Content Writers
@miss_jwo #dcvie Journalists
@miss_jwo #dcvie Shop owners
@miss_jwo #dcvie Project managers
@miss_jwo #dcvie Scientists
@miss_jwo #dcvie And so on…
@miss_jwo #dcvie Community of People
@miss_jwo #dcvie OTHER COMMUNITIES
@miss_jwo #dcvie How often do you go out to another
community?
@miss_jwo #dcvie 2015 Django EU
@miss_jwo #dcvie 2015 Drupal Camp London
@miss_jwo #dcvie 2015 Django EU / Drupal Camp London
@miss_jwo #dcvie ECHO CHAMBER
@miss_jwo #dcvie WordPressers at PHP events
@miss_jwo #dcvie <?php str_replace( ’WordPress’, ‘Drupal’, ‘following_slides’ ) ;
@miss_jwo #dcvie “I generally have good experience interacting online with
authors of PHP projects/libraries that I use.”
@miss_jwo #dcvie “I only consider the [Drupal] community. Never interact
with the whole PHP community.”
@miss_jwo #dcvie “Not much regular interaction, but I am tired
of reading blog posts our articles that denigrate [Drupal]!”
@miss_jwo #dcvie – a WordPress core developer “I’m too scared
to go. They will mock me for being a [Drupal] developer”
@miss_jwo #dcvie
@miss_jwo #dcvie The Drupal Community
@miss_jwo #dcvie Getting off the Island
@miss_jwo #dcvie GoPHP5
@miss_jwo #dcvie
@miss_jwo #dcvie There is more to be done
@miss_jwo #dcvie Multi dimensional problems need Multi dimensional solutions
Events
@miss_jwo #dcvie DrupalCamps
@miss_jwo #dcvie WordCamps
@miss_jwo #dcvie Conferences
@miss_jwo #dcvie Conferences
@miss_jwo #dcvie Conferences
@miss_jwo #dcvie User Groups
@miss_jwo #dcvie Meet Ups
@miss_jwo #dcvie DATES
@miss_jwo #dcvie Be considerate of when we set our dates.
@miss_jwo #dcvie Open Source Project: Open Tech Calendar
@miss_jwo #dcvie JOINT EVENTS
@miss_jwo #dcvie Run a joint event with a local …
group
@miss_jwo #dcvie Run a joint event with a local …
group
@miss_jwo #dcvie PHP.UG
@miss_jwo #dcvie Open Sprint Days
@miss_jwo #dcvie CAMPS
@miss_jwo #dcvie Camp != Conference
Go Outside
@miss_jwo #dcvie Go to their user groups
@miss_jwo #dcvie Let’s invite outside community people to speak at
our events
@miss_jwo #dcvie Bring back the knowledge you gain
@miss_jwo #dcvie Build stuff with other systems
@miss_jwo #dcvie Share your knowledge
Inclusiveness
@miss_jwo #dcvie How many people are at their first DrupalCamp?
@miss_jwo #dcvie Invite everyone to the party
@miss_jwo #dcvie Introduce everyone to everybody
@miss_jwo #dcvie Make the first step
@miss_jwo #dcvie RECOGNITION
@miss_jwo #dcvie PROFILES.WORDPRESS.ORG
@miss_jwo #dcvie WORDS
@miss_jwo #dcvie We are able to choose our words,
but we are not able to choose the affect they will have on others
Embrace Diversity
@miss_jwo #dcvie Diversity has to be part of the plan,
not an after thought
@miss_jwo #dcvie Diversity of technology
@miss_jwo #dcvie Diversity of tool choices
@miss_jwo #dcvie Diversity of OS choices
@miss_jwo #dcvie Respect all choices!
@miss_jwo #dcvie SWAG
@miss_jwo #dcvie Do it right or don’t do it at
all
Knowledge Sharing
@miss_jwo #dcvie People want to learn
@miss_jwo #dcvie You know more than & less than someone
else
@miss_jwo #dcvie Speakers are sharing their knowledge & experiences
@miss_jwo #dcvie Share your experiences!
@miss_jwo #dcvie Mentoring Team groups.drupal.org/mentoring
@miss_jwo #dcvie PHP Mentoring . org
@miss_jwo #dcvie WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING?
@miss_jwo #dcvie Speak Up!
@miss_jwo #dcvie Ask your local group to find someone to
share their knowledge
@miss_jwo #dcvie Ask Questions
@miss_jwo #dcvie No question is stupid.
@miss_jwo #dcvie No question is stupid.
Attitude
@miss_jwo #dcvie Welcome
@miss_jwo #dcvie Don’t belittle
@miss_jwo #dcvie Leave the door open
@miss_jwo #dcvie Educate
@miss_jwo #dcvie Support
@miss_jwo #dcvie Mentor
@miss_jwo #dcvie Be cheerleaders
@miss_jwo #dcvie Be respectful
@miss_jwo #dcvie Be empathetic
@miss_jwo #dcvie and guide
Doing this already?
@miss_jwo #dcvie Amazing! Please share your experiences
Remember
@miss_jwo #dcvie Bridges are not built over night
@miss_jwo #dcvie Bridges need maintenance
@miss_jwo #dcvie We can improve, one step at a time.
@miss_jwo #dcvie Multi-dimensional problems need multi-dimensional solutions
@miss_jwo #dcvie What solutions do you have?
Danke sehr Thank You Jenny Wong @miss_jwo hmn.md