Lessons learned from 18 months of the endeavour for community growth
summary
Starts with 6 attendees at the first hands-on, cycles through repeated failures and one big spike to 80 attendees after a lightning-talk format, then a 125% increase after a visual UI collaboration; experiments with e-textiles, foodtech, visual programming, and easy “ufo” machine learning reveal what works: focus on the product’s nature (Enabler as a flow-based node tool and cloud connector), target personas clearly, and move to an online RPA session to overcome location limits and hit record attendance.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction to talk
- 1:26Background and product overview
- 2:10Early meetup struggles
- 3:58Collaboration with IoT community
- 5:25Changing meetup strategy
- 6:53Expanding beyond IoT themes
- 9:4624-month community journey
- 10:32Lessons from failed attempts
- 11:59Defining target audience
- 13:47Switching to online meetups
- 14:29Success with RPA theme
- 15:59Key takeaways and conclusion
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