TriConf 2014 - LXJS, the Lisbon Javascript Conference

LXJS

Hi!My name is David

I come from Lisbon! :D

What is LXJS

A 2-day not-for-profit by-the-community

and for-the-community about the New Worlds of

JavaScript.

A 2-day not-for-profit by-the-community

and for-the-community about the New Worlds of

JavaScript.

A 2-day not-for-profit by-the-community

and for-the-community about the New Worlds of

JavaScript.

– Nuno Job

“For all the LXJS organizers the most important measure of success is the amount of long term friendships and partnerships that are created

during those two days in Lisbon.”

A 2-day not-for-profit by-the-community

and for-the-community about the new worlds of

JavaScript.

LXJS

Why

previous to 2012

• no developer meetup groups

• little or no hacker space activity

• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering

but there was people that wanted to change that

previous to 2012

• no developer meetup groups

• little or no hacker space activity

• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering

but there was people willing to change that

it started as a meetup of 50

ended up being a conference of 270

What we have today

• http://www.meetup.com/require-lx/

• http://www.meetup.com/DockerLisbon/

• http://www.meetup.com/Meteor-Lisbon/

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Mulheres-TIC-Meetup/

• http://www.meetup.com/Greet-Meet/

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-GeoMeetup/

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Mulheres-TIC-Meetup/

• http://phplx.net/

• http://opojs.com/

• http://startuppirates.org/

• http://www.lisbon-challenge.com/

• http://www.unl.pt/pt/empreendedorismo/NOVA_Entrepreneurship_Society_-_UNL/pid=194/ppid=36/

• http://emprego.universiablogs.net/2012/11/05/tie-portugal-the-indus-entrepreneurs-promove-empreendedorismo/

• http://kairossociety.pt/

• http://www.incubadoraslisboa.pt/

• http://www.investlisboa.com/

• http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/en/business/entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship-events/sandbox-global-summit

• http://audax.iscte.pt/

• http://www.betcatolica.org/pt/

• http://www.coderdojo-lx.pt/

• http://www.acreditaportugal.pt/

• http://www.geekettes.io/cities/portugal/

• http://www.globalshapers.org/hubs/lisbon

• http://startupscholarship.org/

• http://portugalgirlgeekdinners.com/blog/

• and there is more

How did we do it

unfortunately there isn’t such a thing

which is great!

unfortunately there isn’t such a thing

which is great!

Ask for help, talk with people,

read things,find your heroes

• LXJS Closing Keynote 2013 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS7RXD6EP34

• Then you should do it - http://adambrault.com/2013/05/08/then-you-should-do-it

• Intentionally Tiny Leaders - http://adambrault.com/2012/11/02/my-realtimeconf-closing-talk-on-fear

• An End to Negativity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17rkSdkc5TI

• The good, the bad and the ugly of open source - http://writings.nunojob.com/2012/05/My-Contribution-to-JSConf-2012-The-Good-And-The-Bad-Open-Source.html

• Open Source and Community - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqxIMLLOu8

• http://www.voodootikigod.com/ask-a-tech-event-organizer-aateo/

• http://www.voodootikigod.com/an-addendum-about-conference-proposals/

• http://www.voodootikigod.com/robotsconf/

• http://www.voodootikigod.com/our-culture-of-change/

• http://www.voodootikigod.com/a-jsconf-reflection/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYed4dYVtJA

• http://www.voodootikigod.com/the-regional-js-speaker-directory/

• http://www.voodootikigod.com/how-i-pick-speakers-for-jsconf/

• http://www.voodootikigod.com/hug-a-conference-organizer-the-outcome/

• http://www.voodootikigod.com/hug-a-conference-organizer/

• http://www.futurealoof.com/posts/your-first-conference.html

• http://www.futurealoof.com/posts/idols.html

• http://adambrault.com/2013/10/03/the-strength-of-weakness

• http://adambrault.com/2013/09/15/people-first

• http://2012.realtimeconf.com/video/adam-brault

• http://vimeo.com/77237425

• http://vimeo.com/77289729

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqxIMLLOu8

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYed4dYVtJA

• http://adambrault.com/2013/06/02/just-a-person

• https://medium.com/@dscape/why-you-shouldnt-advertise-speakers-in-your-conference-schedule-9739289011b4

However, independently of other people’s ideas, you have to always

remember why are you doing it and what do you want it to be

you will be working with volunteers under extremes

amounts of risk, financial and psychological

plan, write things down, track your progress

get support community.andyet.com community.github.com

mozilla.org/en-US/grants/

tito.io google drive

streak

Don’t be afraid to start small

Let’s make it happen

Thank you!