A technology evangelist promotes and advocates for a particular technology or company. They connect customers and users to the organization through writing, speaking, and social media. A typical day involves checking social media, answering questions from users, and working on long-term projects like articles. Ideal qualities include enthusiasm, persistence, curiosity, and an interest in communication. Demand varies but the role serves to educate others and help them adopt new technologies.

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Technology Evangelist:
An Interesting Profession in IT?
Geertjan Wielenga
@geertjanw

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What is a technology evangelist?
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What does a technology evangelist do?
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What does a day in the life of a technology evangelist look like?
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What are the ideal qualities of a technology evangelist?
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Is there a high demand for technology evangelists?
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What must I be able to do to be a technology evangelist?
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How do I become a technology evangelist?
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What are some tips for technology evangelists?

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What is a technology evangelist?
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Promoter of a technology of a company or organization.
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“Developer advocate”.
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Part marketing, part technical.
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An enthusiastic advocate of the ideals of a group.
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Connection between customers/users and a group/organization.

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What does a technology evangelist do?
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Be enthusiastic.
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Write, e-mail, speak, twitter, facebook, and prepare.
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Discuss with internal organizations.
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Make contacts/connections with external groups and individuals.
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Constantly keeping up to date, learning new techniques.

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What does a day in the life of a technology evangelist look
like?
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Very busy and varied!
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Morning starts with checking the social media, updating,
connecting.
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Read e-mails of customers/users and answer and connect.
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Long term projects, e.g., write articles and books.
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Identify conferences, submit articles, make connections.

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What are the ideal qualities of a technology evangelist?
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Enthusiasm.
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Persistence.
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Cursiosity.
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Clarity.
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Interest in presentations, writing, and communicating.

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Is there a high demand for technology evangelists?
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See LinkedIn, see monsterboard.com, etc.
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Sometimes a lot of demand, sometimes less.
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There are many names for this position, e.g., evangelist,
advocate, community manager, and technical writer.
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Often an organization doesn't know they need an evangelist.
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Many evangelists grow into their role from something else.

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What must I be able to do to be a technology evangelist?
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Be empathetic.
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Ability to handle criticism.
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Have a broad technical interest.
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Ability to explain complex topics clearly.
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Be curious all the time.

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How do I become a technology evangelist?
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Pick a fun technology and simply begin understanding and
writing about it.
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Use blogs, twitter, en facebook to share your learning curve.
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Join in with discussions and mailing lists and become known
within the community around the technology.
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Be who you want to become.

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What are some tips for technology evangelists?
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Be honest when you don't know something.
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Always be authentic.
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Share personal stories on top of the official stories.
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Constantly be making new contacts and connect them with each other.
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Remain very loyal for a very long time to your chosen technology.

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Agenda
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What is a technology evangelist?
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What does a technology evangelist do?
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What does a day in the life of a technology evangelist look like?
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What are the ideal qualities of a technology evangelist?
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Is there a high demand for technology evangelists?
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What must I be able to do to be a technology evangelist?
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How do I become a technology evangelist?
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What are some tips for technology evangelists?