Community Leaders to the Rescue (DockerCon 2018)

Talk presented June 14 , 2018 at DockerCon 2018 (https://2018.dockercon.com/speakers/) in San Francisco, California.
This short talk was presented with Franzwagner (@strund3r) about the issues running IT communities, some facts we realized running a survey, and tips to improve community management.

Transcript

1. v Insights to help your communities Community Leaders to the Rescue
2. Are you enjoying DockerCon? Running IT events
3. Are you enjoying DockerCon? What do you think in organizing one DockerCon in your city? Running IT events
4. Are you enjoying DockerCon? What do you think in organizing one DockerCon in your city? No way? Too much work to do? Running IT events
5. Are you enjoying DockerCon? What do you think in organizing one DockerCon in your city? No way? Too much work to do? But what about running a meetup? Running IT events
6. Are you enjoying DockerCon? What do you think in organizing one DockerCon in your city? No way? Too much work to do? But what about running a meetup? Meetups are not so complicated, you will see. Running IT events
7. Student Federal University of Goiás Franzwagner Ternus SRE Easytaxi Wellington F. Silva
8. Agenda • Research
9. Agenda • Research • How we run
10. Agenda • Research • How we run • Takeaways
11. Community Leaders Insights: http://bit.ly/community-leaders Research
12. Community Leaders Insights: http://bit.ly/community-leaders Questions about issues on running IT events Research
13. Community Leaders Insights: http://bit.ly/community-leaders Questions about issues on running IT events Tries to map common problems and common actions Research
14. Which kind of events have you already organized?
15. How difficult is to find a place to run the event?
16. How difficult is to find a good speaker?
17. • Founded in Oct 2013 Docker São Paulo
18. • Founded in Oct 2013 • 5 meetups until 2016 and ~900 members Docker São Paulo
19. • Founded in Oct 2013 • 5 meetups until 2016 and ~900 members • Since March 2016 more 17 meetups (22 total) Docker São Paulo
20. • Founded in Oct 2013 • 5 meetups until 2016 and ~900 members • Since March 2016 more 17 meetups (22 total) • Almost 1 meetup per month Docker São Paulo
21. • Founded in Oct 2013 • 5 meetups until 2016 and ~900 members • Since March 2016 more 17 meetups (22 total) • Almost 1 meetup per month • ~4700 members nowadays Docker São Paulo
22. Docker Goiânia • Founded in Mar 2016
23. Docker Goiânia • Founded in Mar 2016 • Few meetups per year
24. Docker Goiânia • Founded in Mar 2016 • Few meetups per year • ~500 members
25. Docker São Paulo: • Places and coffees sponsored How we are running
26. Docker São Paulo: • Places and coffees sponsored • Always free for attendees How we are running
27. Docker São Paulo: • Places and coffees sponsored • Always free for attendees • 3 volunteers How we are running
28. How we are running Docker São Paulo: • Places and coffees sponsored • Always free for attendees • 3 volunteers • Google Drive and Trello to support organization: issues, speakers, sponsors, contacts, some slides and videos
29. How we are running Docker São Paulo: • Using http://events.docker.com and http://meetup.com to manage it
30. How we are running Docker Goiânia: • Mostly at Universities
31. How we are running Docker Goiânia: • Mostly at Universities • Always free for attendees
32. How we are running Docker Goiânia: • Mostly at Universities • Always free for attendees • 2 volunteers
33. How we are running Docker Goiânia: • Mostly at Universities • Always free for attendees • 2 volunteers • Telegram group
34. Organizing: • Measure feedbacks Takeaways https://content.linkedin.com/content/dam/business/talent-solutions/global/en_us/blog/2014/10/measure-quality.jpg
35. Organizing: • Measure feedbacks • Mount a historical database Takeaways http://ithare.com/wp-content/uploads/BB_part122_BookChapter017g_v1.png
36. Organizing: • Measure feedbacks • Mount a historical database • Have, explain and apply a code of conduct Takeaways http://kathleenmurphyfordelegate.com/wp-content/u ploads/2015/06/stockvault-law137273.jpg
37. Organizing: • Measure feedbacks • Mount a historical database • Have, explain and apply a code of conduct • Be frequent: ~1 meetup per month, 1 conference per year or half an year. Takeaways
38. Thinking about the others: • Good relation with sponsors Takeaways https://gkimos.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/good-relations1.jpg
39. Thinking about the others: • Good relation with sponsors • Good relation with speakers Takeaways https://gkimos.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/good-relations1.jpg
40. Thinking about the others: • Good relation with sponsors • Good relation with speakers • Treat the participants well, especially the ones who are coming the first time Takeaways
41. Be prepared: • Identify, communicate and punish any bad behaviours Takeaways
42. Be prepared: • Identify, communicate and punish any bad behaviours • Search and grow your contact list with Companies for sponsorship Takeaways
43. Be prepared: • Identify, communicate and punish any bad behaviours • Search and grow your contact list with Companies for sponsorship • Push the community to become new mentors and speakers Takeaways
44. Be prepared: • Decrease "no show" Takeaways
45. Be prepared: • Decrease "no show" • Visit the venue before your meetup Takeaways
46. Be prepared: • Decrease "no show" • Visit the venue before your meetup • Review speakers slides Takeaways
47. Be prepared: • Decrease "no show" • Visit the venue before your meetup • Review speakers slides • Always have a backup plan for faulty speakers Takeaways
48. Meetup members around the world 200K+ Countries 81 Meetups per year 1000+ Active Local Groups 200+ Attendees per year 100K Docker Community
49. • Subscribe: https://community.docker.com/ • Join a meetup group on your local city • Or ask the guys from Docker to open it by filling out this form: https://community.docker.com/registrations/groups/1865 Come and join us
50. Any questions?
51. v Thank You!