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
LXJS
LXJS
*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

We need better documentation

THANK YOU