This document discusses building passion-driven communities and organizing successful communities. It provides tips for community organizers, including implementing a code of conduct, finding a co-organizer, maintaining a schedule, sharing knowledge, inspiring others, investing in the community, and finding sponsors. Case studies of technology communities in Colombia and Tampa Bay are presented, showing their growth in membership from initial meetups. Organizing a community is said to help the organizer grow by teaching skills like working with others, discipline, teaching, leadership, and obtaining sponsorship.

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Building
Passion Driven Communities
Julián Duque

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“Your stuff doesn’t define
you, (what you) LOVE does.”
- @thedailylove

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What do I ❤?
Coding, Teaching, OSS
Philosophy and
Communities!

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Who am I ?
Developer and Educator
by Passion, Node.js
Contributor, Community
Organizer!

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A little bit of history
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1st Linux Install Fest in Medellín (Grupo GiGAX) ~
circa 2001

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1st MedellinJS Meetup ~ circa 2011

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7iNHT6go2s
PlatziConf (mejorando.la) Medellín ~ circa 2013

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Let’s talk about
Passion Driven Communities
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Organizing a successful
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🙌 Implement a Code of
Conduct

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🤜🤛 Find a great Co-
Organizer

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📆 Keep a (predictive)
schedule

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🎓 Share your
knowledge

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✨ Inspire and encourage
others to share their knowledge

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💰🕐 Invest in your community

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💵 Look for partners and
sponsors

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Building a community while
building yourself
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🙌 Implement a Code of
Conduct
This will make you a better
person

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🤜🤛 Find a great Co-Organizer
This will teach you how to work
with others

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📆 Keep a (predictive)
schedule
This will teach you about
discipline

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🎓 Share your knowledge
Teaching is the best way to
learn

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✨ Inspire and encourage
others to share their knowledge
This will teach you how to be a
leader and, believe me, you’ll
learn a lot from others

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💰🕐 Invest in your community
Invest in yourself, learning
requires time and sometimes
money!

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💵 Look for partners and
sponsors
Eventually, you’ll land in a job
that will pay (sponsor) you to
learn and grow.

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Case Study: Colombia +
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ColombiaDev

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http://colombia-dev.org/
meetups
46.827 members in Meetup
781 members in Slack

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1st BogotaJS Meetup
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1st MedellinJS Meetup
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1st CaliJS Meetup
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suncoast.io

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1st Tampa.rb Meetup
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1st Suncoast.js Meetup
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cristalab + maestros del web

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Thank you.
Julián Duque
julianduquej@gmail.com - julian@nodesource.com
@julian_duque