Lee Calcote
Nov. 9th, 2016
Lee Calcote
clouds, containers, infrastructure, applications
and their management
Meetups and Local Conferences
Show of Hands
Who frequents meetups as a participant?
Who is looking to organize a community?
How many are community organizers already?
Blueprint for a Successful Meetup Group
Formats
- Talk & Demo
- Hands-on Tutorial
- Multiple speakers
- Multi-part series
- Panel
Date/Time
- Length of meetup
- sweet spot?
- Weekday vs weekend
Does consistency grow community? trust?
Venue
- Freedom from benefactor?
- Location / traffic / ease of access
Co-organizing
- Sharing the load and play to strengths
- Expanded network / broader reach
Joint Meetups
- Partnering with other communities
Marketing
- Separate site?
- Twitter account or hashtag?
Finding Speakers
- How to find?
- How to incentivize?
- Recording and posting talks
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CNCF Ambassadors
- https://cloud-native.slack.com
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Docker Captains
- https://community.docker.com
Vetting Speakers
- Love your tech.
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No selling.
- ​Review of presentation
- Avoid repeat speakers?
- Prior attendance?
Sponsors
- How to find them
- Food puts butts in seats
Other types of Events?
- Meetups vs other types of communities
(e.g. company-specific User Groups)
Best Practices
(or where you're having trouble)
Lee Calcote
clouds, containers, infrastructure, applications
and their management