This is a presentation I did for grid.org. it is a big sad for me now since because of the recession I didn't get to realize all the wonderful contents. But I think it is a great starting point.
Factors to Consider When Choosing Accounts Payable Services Providers.pptx
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Cultivating Community
1. How to Cultivate an
Open Source
Community
in 10 easy steps.
(Make that 8 easy steps...)
July 2008
2. 1) Find a reason for
being
The community starts by people asking
âwhy am I here?â To...
⢠develop a project or
⢠advance a cause
3. 2) Create an Open
System
⢠Creative Commons license
⢠our User Bill of Rights
⢠all content is available via RSS
In the future this means:
⢠source code via subversion
⢠and bug tracking via sbtp
4. 3) Hire someone to
lead
⢠For each community you need a
dedicated champion
⢠In our case, thatâs me and any other
employees I nag on a weekly basis
5. 3a) Motivate them
I would like to add...
â˘Deadline dates and
â˘Face-to-face meetings
are highly motivating!
6. 4) Recruit from the
community
⢠Leaders from the community are
crucial
⢠The best evangelists can be self-
appointed
⢠Give them tools of promotion!
7. 5) Give them something
to chew on
...and they wonât easily let go.
Content like:
â˘EC2 install
â˘open source code
â˘helpful documentation
8. 6) Welcome criticism
⢠Itâs built into our Drupal commentary
system
⢠Bug reporting (and tracking) is critical
feedback too
⢠Mary, Phyllis and I respond directly
9. 7) Foster discourse
⢠use forums on a whole new level
⢠add aspect of Social Networking
⢠add participation points
⢠get employees involved
⢠get managers involved
10. 8) Publicize
⢠Mary â traditional PR
⢠Silona â Word of mouth, conventions,
blog campaigns
Examples:
⢠Projects at codeathon for each
targeted HPC market
⢠PR for Standards groups
11. Do you have any
suggestions?
⢠Am I missing anything?