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Keynote: 12 lessons learned from 9 years of com...

Honza Javorek
February 19, 2020

Keynote: 12 lessons learned from 9 years of community work

PyCon NA 2020 keynote - https://na.pycon.org/

Honza Javorek

February 19, 2020
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  1. what about impossible I just do it? (help if you

    want) do it…! maybe start smaller! doubting Thomases actual Thomas
  2. BUT

  3. org lecturer wants to give back attendee coach wants to

    teach or gives back by organizing wants to get better at teaching wants to teach or gives back by teaching easy easy
  4. added as #pydata org hmm #pyladies hmm #pyconcz helping to

    coach contributing with a PyData track
  5. knows nothing talks a lot shares stuff on F B

    celebrity knows everything works a lot doesn't spend life on F B invisible
  6. Being an introvert, I was forced into social skills -

    I had to get my job done regardless my anxieties still not able to call strangers btw
  7. 1 Learn by organizing 2 Right event for your town

    3 Do impossible 4 Kick off alone, but replicate 5 Don't quit without handover 6 Life cycle of motivations 7 Volunteering is not a job 8 Common goals beat antipathies 9 Service, Federation 10 Open by default 11 Fight impostor syndrome 12 Community work pays off