Building a Beginner-Friendly Community

A talk given at the Orlando Ruby Users Group on June 13, 2013 by Sarah Sheehan and Aimee Simone

Transcript

1. Building a Beginner- Friendly Community by Sarah Sheehan & Aimee Simone Friday, June 14, 13
2. Introduction Who are we? Friday, June 14, 13
3. Introduction Why are we here? Friday, June 14, 13
4. Introduction Why are we talking about this? Friday, June 14, 13
5. Introduction Come for the code. Stay for the community. Friday, June 14, 13
6. Introduction Come for the community. Stay for the code. Friday, June 14, 13
7. Introduction What can we do better? Friday, June 14, 13
8. Community Workshops Friday, June 14, 13
9. Workshops “Does anybody have any questions?” Friday, June 14, 13
10. Workshops Engagement & Fun Friday, June 14, 13
11. Workshops Don’t be afraid to be too basic. Friday, June 14, 13
12. Workshops But don’t explain things away with magic. Friday, June 14, 13
13. Workshops “Assume your audience has zero knowledge but infinite intelligence.” Friday, June 14, 13
14. Workshops Post-mortem Friday, June 14, 13
15. Community Conferences Friday, June 14, 13
16. Conferences Be up front about assumptions. Friday, June 14, 13
17. Conferences Show smaller bits of code. Friday, June 14, 13
18. Conferences Provide context. Friday, June 14, 13
19. Conferences Give real examples. Friday, June 14, 13
20. Conferences Avoid “it’s so easy!” Friday, June 14, 13
21. Conferences Emphasize community Friday, June 14, 13
22. Conferences “Let’s build things together” vs “Let me prove how smart I am.” Friday, June 14, 13
23. Community Meetups Friday, June 14, 13
24. Meetups Encourage more beginners to speak. Friday, June 14, 13
25. Meetups Talk to people. Friday, June 14, 13
26. Meetups Make it personal. Friday, June 14, 13
27. Meetups Don’t bro down. Friday, June 14, 13
28. Open Source http://www.codetriage.com Friday, June 14, 13
29. Become a Mentor http://www.pairprogramwith.me/ Friday, June 14, 13