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One of the more daunting things we encounter in open source development is getting enough people to regularly contribute. To be sustainable, we need to encourage new contributors to participate. To that end, we seek to engage new contributors and experienced developers alike to participate in mentoring. Mentoring provides participants with direction and encouragement to help them find their way. This session is for anyone who would like to learn more about the Drupal mentoring program, mentoring in open source in general, how to mentor new contributors, or how to organize their own sprints. We will cover tools available to mentors, documentation, and practical techniques for mentoring newcomers. We will include strategies for how to: * Make sure people feel welcome * Match tasks to participants * Keep people engaged even when they struggle * Help without being overbearing * Answer questions even if you do not know the answer * Enable folks to continue afterward on their own.
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Community Building withMentoring:
What makes people crazy happy towork on an open source project?
@YesCTCathy Theys
Cheppers, Gittip
Scale
Who is a possible newparticipant?
How can the community helppeople become participants?
every new personinclusiveexperienced contributors dopromoting
OutreachRepeat information
Repeat opportunities
announce opportunities toparticipate
How do we get aparticipant to return?
welcomematch tasksensure success
What do mentors do?
Answer questions theydon’t know the answer to
In public
Where do mentors comefrom?
Engage new contributors andexperienced contributors
Support mentors
Empower mentors
Sprints
Mentors at Sprints
Where do mentors comefrom?
Sprint Preparation
Live recognition of newParticipants
Mentor recognition
Long-term recognition
Benefits
It's the people, people
Resourcesyesct.net/warsawdrupal.org/core-mentoringdrupalmentoring.org/mentor-instructionsdrupal.org/new-contributors
ActionSneak in announcing an oppurtunity to contributeExpose your reasoningHacking Day December 14 10:00
Give feedback pleasejoind.in/10370
@YesCTQuestions?
