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GROWTH OF
A WOMEN COMMUNITY
IN JAPAN
THE TRACKS OF OUR STRUGGLE
Oct. 1 JavaOne 2017
WIT Lightening Session
Ayana Yokota
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#javajo / #CON7379
Let’s tweet! like Japanese :)
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#javajo / #CON7379
Anything
you like…
Let’s tweet! like Japanese :)
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an audience
thinks
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What
a speaker say
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Ayana Yokota @ihcomega
Javajo Leader
JJUG board member
Software Developer
@ FOLIO Co.,Ltd.
About 5 years experience in Java
(Now mainly using Scala)
Who am I ? #javajo / #CON7379
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Today’s topic
4 years’ tracks of a women’s community in Japan.
Demonstrate how the community and I have changed
drastically by interacting with a wide variety of people
#javajo / #CON7379
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A community for all women related to Java
Established in Jan. 2014
More than 500 members
Three bases in Japan
What is Javajo? #javajo / #CON7379
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“Javajo” is an abbreviation of
Java Joshibu
Java ঁࢠ෦
ঁࢠmeans women
Registered as an official JUG with this name
Hope Javajo will be a global word
Why called ”Javajo”? #javajo / #CON7379
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To build women’s network
To increase women who share their technical views and
opinions
Goals of Javajo #javajo / #CON7379
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ALL INDUSTRIES
female
47%
male
53%
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
female
24%
male
76%
(2015)
Current situation in the U.S. #javajo / #CON7379
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ALL INDUSTRIES
female
44% male
56%
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
female
13%
male
87%
Current situation in Japan
(2015)
#javajo / #CON7379
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Develop diversity
in the IT industry
Support of women is necessary
Increase
women
participation
Empower
women
#javajo / #CON7379
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THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS
0
150
300
450
600
2014 2015 2016 2017
Growth of Javajo #javajo / #CON7379
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0
150
300
450
600
2014 2015 2016 2017
Steady,
but
not easy
Growth of Javajo #javajo / #CON7379
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1st Challenge:
Find attendees….!
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Back in 2014…
Hard to find even 10 members
#javajo / #CON7379
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1st Challenge:
What we have tried
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Ask for support from experts and JUGs
Many Java experts help our events as a speaker
The experts and other JUGs advertise Javajo
#javajo / #CON7379
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Meet many women
Take part in other women communities
Make our community as inclusive as possible
#javajo / #CON7379
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Approach various people
Git, Gradle, JUnit, Spock, DDD,
Elasticsearch, Machine learning,
IoT, cloud
Scala, Kotlin,
Groovy, Python
JavaScript
Java EE, Spring
women’s career
Hold various events
Grammar, JVM,
JCP
Java
frameworks
career
other langs
other technologies
presentation
other
party
trip
fun
#javajo / #CON7379
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1st Challenge:
As a result…
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Found many friends! #javajo / #CON7379
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Found many friends!
MISSION COMPLETED
#javajo / #CON7379
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2nd Challenge:
Organization management
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After getting more and more attendees...
Too many tasks
Monthly meet-up + irregular events
Decide a theme
Arrange a place for meeting
Invite a speaker, or prepare a presentation
Dispatch info to SNS
Operating procedures
Order Javajo goods
Respond inquiries
Hold meetings
#javajo / #CON7379
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2nd Challenge:
What we have tried
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Two heads are better than one
Gather knowledges
Adopt new tools and methods
Enable tasks to be done online
#javajo / #CON7379
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2nd Challenge:
As a result...
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Now we can manage only with 5 members!
MISSION COMPLETED
#javajo / #CON7379
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3rd Challenge:
Keep trying new things!
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We don’t want to stay still
After 4 years…
Now comfortable with managing the community
Not the end of the story!
#javajo / #CON7379
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3rd Challenge:
What we have tried
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Events for kids
Taught the basics children interested in programming
Pair work with their parents
#javajo / #CON7379
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Act globally
Java Day Tokyo brought wonderful encounters
#javajo / #CON7379
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Act globally
Global JUG leaders told us what we can do
#javajo / #CON7379
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3rd Challenge:
And now...
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The future of Javajo - More international!
Hold events with other communities outside Japan
Attend global conferences
Take part in the JCP
#javajo / #CON7379
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Final message to the audience
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Thank you for listening :)
We are attending
JavaOne from Javajo!
Let’s talk :)