Sculpting a Vibrant Community - MozCamp Asia 2012

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Sculpting a Vibrant Community

Ankit Gadgil

Sayak Sarkar

Mozilla India

Community: The dictionary meaning

•A group of people having a religion, race,

profession or other particular characteristic

in common.

•A feeling of fellowship with others, as a

result of sharing common attitudes,

interests, and goals.

Vibrant Community !!

What’s that?

It’s a Community of people:-

•With diverse backgrounds and common interest.

•Having a sense of family bonding among themselves.

•Where people enjoy what they do.

Develop

( !Create)

• Communities already exist.

• We need to recognize and develop them into

Vibrant Mozilla Communities.

Contributor’s Perspective

Why should I contribute?

• How do I find my local community?

• How do I reach out to them?

• Where do I fit in?

•Helpful URLs:-

•http://www.whatcanidoformozilla.org

•http://www.mozilla.org/contribute

How to get into an existing

community?

Community Builder’s

Perspective

The three main ‘How’s

• How to expand the community?

• How to maintain the community?

• How to popularize the community?

Getting new people involved

Frequent meetings

Increasing community

interaction.

Expanding the community

Plan for an event

Make it successful

Reward..

Get together.. Innovate

Celebrate !!

Identify success metrics & get

feedback

Cut a cake !!

Contact us:-

Ankit Gadgil:

ankitgadgil@gmail.com

@anknite

Sayak Sarkar:

sayak.bugsmith@gmail.com

@sayak_sarkar

Got more ideas?

Add them to:-

http://www.etherpad.mozilla.org/sculpting-a-vibrant-

community