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If you're interested in starting, currently lead, or are interested in helping with an existing local users group, this talk is for you! Selena Deckelmann and Gabrielle Roth have started two successful user groups in the Portland area and will share their tips with you.
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Running a Successful User Group
Selena Deckelmann, Endpoint CorporationGabrielle Roth, XO Communications
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How to Run a User Group ● OSCON ● July 22, 2008
Who We Are
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Building a Successful User Group
Selena Deckelmann, Endpoint CorporationGabrielle Roth, XO Communications
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A word aboutthe slides...
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Running a Successful User Group ● OSCON ● July 22, 2008
Lesson 0: Get People to the Meeting
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All about you
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What’s the index card for?
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Lesson 1: Start the Meeting
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Announcements!Bathroom
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Announcements!Other interesting talks:
4:30pm Wed Open Source Community Antipatterns 5:20pm Wed Tools for Local Communities5:20pm Thurs Form an Orderly Queue, Ladies11:35am Fri Does Open Source need to be “organic”?
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How to Run a User Group ● OSCON ● July 22, 2008
BoFTONIGHT!8:30pm E142
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Introductions...
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1:1
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Take out those cards!
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Let’s meet everyone, sort of.
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Say:Your NameThree Tags
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Thanks!
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Lesson 2: Make People Feel Good
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The User GuideThe CookbookThe Handbook
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Make stuff together
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Calagator!http://calagator.org/
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Get drunk together
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Be social together
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Lesson 3:Do it because you get
something out of it
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Bring the smart people to you
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Find a job
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What do Gabrielle and Selena get from their UGs?
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Lesson 4:Be an active leader
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Get people to meetings
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Stay in Touch:Meeting Recaps
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Be Prepared!Projectors, Speakers, Dry Erase mishaps
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Deal with Trolls
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Dealing with Trolls:Have an agenda
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Dealing with Trolls:Ask for change in private
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Dealing with Trolls:Your responsibility!
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When all else fails...
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Lesson 5:Don’t give up
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Starting Out
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Ask for help
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Pass the index cards up!
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Lesson 6:Just Relax
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Socialize
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Drink
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No, really, have a drink.
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Final review!
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0. Get people to the meeting
1. Start the meeting
2. Make people feel good
3. Do it because you get something out of it
4. Be an active leader
5. Don’t give up
6. Just relax
7. Be sure to take questions
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Lesson 7:Be sure to take questions
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Any questions?
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We didn’t build this city on rock and roll
in a day.
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Your user group won’t be built in a day either.
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THANKS!
Jefferson Starship, PDXPUG, PDX PerlMongers, Code-n-Splode,
Josh Berkus, Scott, Mom,OSCON, Josh Heumann
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Find us!Selena & Gabrielle
http://www.baconandtech.comTwitter:
@gorthx, @selenamarie
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