Building Open Source Communities
- 1. J U N E 1 5 , 2 0 1 8 Building Open Source Communities
- 2. © 2018 NodeSource2 Who am I? • Developer Advocate at NodeSource • Chairperson, Node.js Community Committee • “Human Clickbait”
- 3. © 2018 NodeSource What is an Open Source Community? 3 🤔 🤔🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 3
- 4. © 2018 NodeSource4 Open Source community is everything beyond the code.
- 5. © 2018 NodeSource5 “What is an Open Source Community?” nsrc.io/oss-community
- 6. © 2018 NodeSource6 TL;DR: There isn’t consensus on any one definition or thought process.
- 7. © 2018 NodeSource7 So, how does one build an open source community?
- 8. © 2018 NodeSource Lessons Learned from Building Open Source Communities 8
- 9. © 2018 NodeSource9 Tent My Open Source Community Experiences
- 10. © 2018 NodeSource10 Don’t Build Too Much Lesson From: Lesson #1
- 12. © 2018 NodeSource12 Having empty spaces to “grow into” limits and discourages growth.
- 14. © 2018 NodeSource14 Too much red tape limits growth
- 15. © 2018 NodeSource15 Ensure Contributors are Empowered Lesson From: Lesson #2
- 16. © 2018 NodeSource16 Empowering contributors to do the work they want to do enables communities to grow naturally
- 18. © 2018 NodeSource18 Once empowered, individuals can begin to get needed and work.
- 20. © 2018 NodeSource20 Accept Help Along the Way Lesson From: Lesson #3
- 21. © 2018 NodeSource21 Communities can be led, but not owned.
- 23. © 2018 NodeSource23 Communities can outgrow their leaders.
- 24. © 2018 NodeSource24 Once you let Community lead, things change in interesting ways.
- 26. © 2018 NodeSource26 Take Multiple Approaches Lesson From: Lesson #4
- 27. © 2018 NodeSource27 Not everyone uses the same media, or has the same preferences. Cater to as many as possible.
- 29. © 2018 NodeSource29 Certain channels will eventually emerge as your primary channels. That’s okay!
- 31. © 2018 NodeSource Time for a recap! 31
- 32. © 2018 NodeSource32 Don’t Build Too MuchLesson #1 Ensure Contributors are EmpoweredLesson #2 Accept Help Along the WayLesson #3 Take Multiple ApproachesLesson #4
- 33. © 2018 NodeSource33 How you can apply these four lessons, today: • Have a purposeful plan and scope. • Have a path to meaningful contributions. • Don’t “own” a community. Be a part of a community. • Communicate your intents precisely and dynamically.
- 34. © 2018 NodeSource Linkdump: • These Slides (Keynote Format): https://nsrc.io/oss-community-key • These Slides (PDF Format): https://nsrc.io/oss-community-pdf • “What is OSS Community” Twitter Moment: nsrc.io/oss-community 34