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What do Fibonacci spirals have to do with
contributing to Postgres?
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Hi, I’m Claire Giordano—and
I’m a Principal PM Manager
at Microsoft, by way of the
recent Citus Data
acquisition, where I was
VP of Marketing.
21 Ways to
Contribute to
Postgres—
Beyond Code
@clairegiordano
& drive Fibonacci growth
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Why ”Beyond Code”?
What if… you’re not a developer?
Source: Josh Berkus on Slideshare.net: 50 Ways to Love Your Project
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Inspiration for this talk:
Josh Berkus (2013)
Source: Josh Berkus on Slideshare.net: 50 Ways to Love Your Project
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Attend conferences like this.
Participate in the community.
Learn—and share your learnings.
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Support local Meetups & User Groups,
too.
Attend.
Give talks.
Share learnings.
Pay for food/drinks.
Host in your company’s office space.
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Support local Meetups & User
Groups, too.
Attend.
Give talks.
Share learnings.
Pay for food/drinks.
Host in your company’s office space.
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Share your expertise—give a talk or
tutorial at a conference.
Meetups, too.
Lightning talks, too.
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PGConf.EU 2019
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Post your slides online!
Share them.
Promote them
# of digital pageviews can exceed #
of people who attended in person!
> speakerdeck.com
> slideshare.net
> github
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Post your slides online!
Share your slides.
Promote them
# of digital pageviews can exceed #
of people who attended in person!
> speakerdeck.com
> slideshare.net
> github
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@clairegiordano
Post your slides online!
Share your slides.
Promote them
# of digital pageviews can exceed #
of people who attended in person!
> speakerdeck.com
> slideshare.net
> github
slideshare.net (acq. LinkedIn)
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If you do anything to promote
Postgres, be proactive to enable
discovery of Postgres by new people
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Write a blog.
Publish an article.
Share your learnings & expertise.
Shine a light on value of Postgres.
>>>>>> Build it and they will NOT come.
You must promote & distribute.
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Syndicate to PlanetPostgres to
increase reach of your blog posts.
@planetpostgres promotes on
Twitter, too.
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Source: postgresql.org
Syndicate to PlanetPostgres to
increase reach of your blog posts.
@planetpostgres promotes on
Twitter, too.
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Source: postgresql.org/about/policies/planet-postgresql/
Syndicate to PlanetPostgres to
increase reach of your blog posts.
@planetpostgres promotes on
Twitter, too.
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Use “Sketchnotes” to share your
learnings.
Effective way to capture &
communicate big takeaways
Engages through combo of words,
font styles, color, some images
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Source: Twitter @reverentgeek @clairegiordano
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Create User Stories!
About amazing things do w/ Postgres
Recipe:
Story, headlines, diagrams, metrics,
pull quotes
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@clairegiordano Source: citusdata.com/customers/mixrank
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Promote Postgres on Twitter
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Say thank you.
If you like someone’s work, praise it.
Privately. Publicly. Both.
Including junior people. New people.
Not just luminaries. Not just friends.
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Use Video to show what Postgres
can do!
Some people learn better via video.
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Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbT64D9KFk
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Use Video to show what Postgres
can do!
Some people learn better via video.
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Give teams & projects “Social Proof”,
public validation
> GitHub stars
> GitHub follow
> Twitter follow
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Source: github.com/citusdata/citus
@clairegiordano
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Write Books that make it easier for
newcomers to use Postgres
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Write Books that make it easier for
newcomers to use Postgres
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Support people trying new things to
grow the Postgres community.
Heck, try new ways to contribute
yourself.
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Source: www.pgday.cl/2019/
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Support people trying new things to
grow the Postgres community.
Heck, try new ways to contribute
yourself.
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Reach out to evangelize at your local
university (or alma mater).
Offer to give a talk and share your
learnings about the tricky problems
you’ve solved by using Postgres
(instead of…)
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Source: Twitter @DevrimGunduz, FOSDEM
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Promote Postgres with stickers.
(Promote your PG projects, too.)
Stickers are a thing for many devs.
Stickers can spark conversation.
@clairegiordano Source: my laptop
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Do you speak a non-English
language?
Help with translations.
Super-useful when Postgres content
can reach people in other languages.
Mailing list: pgsql-translators
More info: babel.postgresql.org
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Start a community PGDay in your
town.
Single-track, one-day, local events
> More affordable
> Easy access
> Conducive to building contacts: all
together, same room, all day
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Use your design skills.
Graphics & visuals pull people in.
Meet—the Citus elicorn.
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Use your design skills.
Graphics & visuals pull people in.
Meet—the Citus elicorn.
Meet—Louise Grandjonc’s Owl.
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Make people feel welcome
Being “welcoming” is 1 step further
than being “open”
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1. Conferences
2. Meetups
3. Talks
4. Post Slides Online
5. Enable discovery
6. Blogs, articles
7. Syndicate to Planet Postgres
8. #sketchnotes
9. User Stories
10. Twitter
11. Say thank you
12. Bite-size videos
13. “Social proof”
14. Write a book
15. Try new things
16. University outreach
17. Stickers
18. Translations
19. Start a local pgDay
20. Design skills
21. Welcome people.
21 Ways to Contribute—Beyond Code
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1. Please share any ideas/suggestions
2. If you are a +1, I would love to
know!
3. Thank you for joining us here at
PostgresOpen
My Ask of You
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Thank You
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