The document provides guidance on how to engage with the Magento community, highlighting extensive community contributions in the past year, including over 2,500 pull requests, 500 presentations, and numerous podcasts. It emphasizes the collective effort of the community and encourages collaboration through forums, translations, and documentation. Additionally, it showcases the importance of thought leadership and community connection as core to the Magento experience.

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Sherrie Rohde
Community Manager, Magento
@sherrierohde
How to Get Involved in
the Magento Community

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“How do I get involved in the Magento Community?”

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Community Collaboration in 2015:
• Created over 2,500 pull requests
and issues for M2 on Github.
• Presented over 500 talks on
Magento or at Magento-centric
events.
• Produced over 130 podcast
episodes centered around Magento.
• Organized and produced conferences
and Meetup groups in over 20
countries.
• Wrote three books about
Magento.
• Contributed to official product
documentation.
• Wrote countless blog posts to
raise awareness and education
of our platform.
• Answered thousands of
questions on both
StackExchange and the Forums.

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Basically, you’re the best.

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Community is not about you,
and it’s not about me,
it’s about WE.

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Connect. Communicate.
Collaborate.
Jon Woodall, Space 48 + MageTitans

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Thought Leadership

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Thought leadership is where you tap into the talent,
experience and passion inside your business.
—Michael Brenner, Entrepreneur

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Thought leadership means you provide the best
answers to your customers’ biggest questions.
—Michael Brenner, Entrepreneur

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What is your field of expertise?

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“Where can I get involved?”

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Magento Forums
community.magento.com

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StackExchange
magento.stackexchange.com

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Translations
crowdin.com/projects/MagentoTranslations

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Github
github.com/magento

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Community Projects

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Documentation
devdocs.magento.com

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Speaking & Events

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Get Creative!

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Twitter
#realmagento – conversation, not sales

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We are here because of the community
that lives and breathes and works with Magento.
—Mark Lavelle, Magento CEO, @mklave1

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Thank you!
@sherrierohde
sherrie@magento.com
community.magento.com