Building A Better Cloud Community
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Joint talk with Aaron Delp at the CloudStack Collaboration North America Conference 2014.
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Building A Better Cloud Community
- 1. We Need You! Building a Better Cloud Community One Voice at a Time
- 2. Who are we? Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) Cloud Architect, SolidFire Cisco Champion VMware vExpert Kenneth Hui (@hui_kenneth) Technology Evangelist, Rackspace OpenStack Ambassador
- 3. Agenda • Jumping In • Why Get Involved? • How to Get Involved? • Next Steps
- 4. Jumping In
- 10. Share Knowledge
- 11. Drive Direction
- 12. Personal Benefits
- 14. Domain Knowledge
- 15. Personal Network
- 16. How to Get Involved?
- 17. Pyramid Twitter / Google+ Attend Blog / Slide Deck Podcast Video / Present Increasing Time Commitment Increasing Cost Commitment More Crowded Less Crowded
- 18. Twitter / Google+ • Twitter – Follow @CloudStack • Free – Minimal Time Commitment • Find people to follow • RT & Engage in Conversations • Follow key words you are interested in (#CloudStack) • Goggle + • Free – Minimal Time Commitment • Communities of interest • Share personal items to increase Google search rank
- 19. Attend • Local User Groups • Free – Minimal Time Commitment • Small Gatherings, easier to participate and network • Search tools such as MeetUp & EventBrite • Conferences • Not Free – Moderate Time Commitment • Great (Global or Regional) Learning & Networking • Large Gatherings, harder to participate, find meet ups at the event
- 20. Blog / Slide Deck • Blog • Start Free, Could involve hosting costs • Follow Planet CloudStack & Contribute articles • If you do it more than once, blog about it • If you don’t find it in 2 Google searches, blog about it • If Blogger, post to Google+, If WordPress (or others), use SEO • Slide Deck • Free – Moderate Time Commitment • Follow CloudStack on SlideShare • Post your decks, speaker notes, keywords to scale your message
- 21. Podcast • Podcast • Medium cost, Medium Time Commitment • Follow The Cloudcast, Digital Nibbles, Speaking in Tech, GigaOm • Don’t “Pod Fade” – Will you want to do this for 1 year+ • Make the production process repeatable and easy • Submit to iTunes & Stitcher Radio w/ keywords • Blog page with show notes (for Google ranking) • Socialize on All of the above (Twitter, G+, etc.)
- 22. Video / Present • Video • Medium to Major Cost, Medium to Major Time Commitment • Can be more difficult to edit • Publish to YouTube, people find good content (CloudStack Channel) • Follow the blog rules for creation (can’t find it, create it) • Public Speaking • Costs vary, Major Time Commitment • Practice, Practice, Practice • If possible, attend training • Persistence is key
- 23. Next Steps
- 24. Next Steps • Find Something You Are Passionate About • Find a Community • Start Small / Just Outside Your Comfort Zone