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Understanding the lifecycle of a community
Thanks first
¡Hola! Soy David
¡Hola! Soy David
Understanding the lifecycle of a community
from the bottom
Instead of setting my expectations for what it could be
Build the environment I wanted to part of
“We have a Strategic Plan, it is called doing things”
Herb David Kelleher
LXJS
A 2-day not-for-profit by-the-community and
for-the-community international conference
about the new worlds of JavaScript.
previous to 2012
• no strong dev community
• little or no hacker space activity
• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering
previous to 2012
• no strong dev community
• little or no hacker space activity
• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering
but there was people that wanted to change that!
starting point
it started as a meetup of 50
ended up being a conference of 270
• Safe environment
• Open to newcomers
• Bet strong on people
• Give voice to ideas and not interests
• Safe environment
• Open to newcomers
• Bet strong on people
• Give voice to ideas and not interests
Magic happens!
time
LXJS LXJSLXJS
*visual representation of our perception, not actual data
• 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/Lisbon-GeoMeetup
• http://phplx.net
• http://www.geekettes.io/cities/portugal
• http://portugalgirlgeekdinners.com
• http://www.coderdojo-lx.pt
• http://www.meetup.com/Lisboa-WebRTC-TADHack-Meetup
• http://www.meetup.com/Lean-Startup-Lisbon-Portugal
• http://www.meetup.com/BREAKlx
• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Bitcoin
• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-MongoDB-User-Group
• http://www.meetup.com/ruby-lx
• http://www.meetup.com/Internet-Freedom-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/Fun-Lx
• http://www.meetup.com/Python-Users-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/Merge-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/TechMeetupsLX
• http://www.meetup.com/Android-LX
• http://www.meetup.com/whatsyourstack-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Rust-Meetup
• http://www.meetup.com/Lean-UX-Lisboa
• http://www.meetup.com/IoT-Lisboa
• http://www.meetup.com/LisbonConversionStack
• http://www.meetup.com/GeeksIn-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Lisboa
• http://www.meetup.com/AngularJS-Portugal
• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Ux-Cocktail-Hour
• http://www.meetup.com/lisbon-elixir
• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Cassandra-Users
• http://www.meetup.com/JSLisbon
• http://lisbon.startuppirates.org
• http://www.lisbon-challenge.com
• http://www.lis-summit.com
• http://startupscholarship.org
• http://www.betventures.org/bet-24-horas
• https://trojan-unicorn.com
• http://bigsmartcities.com
• http://innovation.awards.pt
• http://www.goyouthconf.com
• https://www.ux-lx.com
starting point
create real connections
invite people to take part
reduce the barrier of entrance
mentor
be a mentee
maximize positive interactions
focus on people
find a shared passion
don’t sell out
be open
starting point
create real connections
invite people to take part
reduce the barrier of entrance
what now?
mentor
be a mentee
maximize positive interactions
focus on people
find a shared passion
don’t sell out
be open
Scale it?
“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.”
Nuno Job
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We need better legacy support
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THANK YOU