Let's make this the year of the contributor experience!

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Mautic runs a user survey and builds a contributor funnel: public Jira boards with good first issue labels, a Slack onboarding channel that auto-assigns buddies, a monthly newsletter listing pick-up tasks, and weekly open source Friday contribution sessions; seven agencies commit time. The project tracks non-code work in an All Contributors list, uses Triage Party and Orbit/Savannah CRM for outreach, pilots paid bounties and mentorship, and reports faster reviews and higher retention where these measures are applied.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 4:09WHAT IS A CONTRIBUTION?
3. 8:31TAKING THE FIRST STEP
4. 26:08SUCCESSION PLANNING

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