BOF: Growing a Community (Leveraging Meetups to Educate, Grow, and Facilitate Conversation)
summary
Discussion of meetup tactics centers on concrete choices: meet at the same venue monthly (Rackspace north Austin rhythm) versus rotating locations to avoid vendor capture (Microservices and Containers Austin), partner meetups to avoid duplicate training events (Marantis offering Kubernetes once), and recruit speakers via conference spillover or Slack. Addresses sponsors paying for food, lightning talks for nervous locals, screening abstracts to avoid sales pitches, co-organizer load sharing, and occasional 150-person turnout in large-city Docker meetups.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:00Who am I
- 3:00Questions
- 5:00Blueprint for Success
- 6:00Consistency
- 13:00Demos
- 15:00Sharing the Load
- 17:00Sharing the Pie
- 18:00Drinks and Food
- 20:00Resources
- 22:00Local Meetups
- 23:00Contact Information
- 25:00Abstracts
- 26:00The Magic Trick
- 27:00Lightning Talks
- 28:00Abstract
- 29:00Big Data and Containers
- 30:00Microservices and Containers
- 31:00Meeting New People
- 32:00Make It Feel Welcome
- 33:00There Arent Gay
- 34:00Be Purposeful
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