**Watch the full presentation here: http://youtu.be/ZKcqj1bCTL0 Like never before, nonprofits and government agencies can increase their impact and reach through the clever promotion of their data. Organizations want to fling open the doors to these walled gardens and share their digital assets and projects – but the key to doing this successfully lies in engaging those essential developer communities who can make that data easily accessible. Drawing on the latest literature and lessons from developers and community managers, the Forum One team has developed a series of expert recommendations and best practices that organizations like yours can follow to create and sustain a successful developer community around your data. This presentation is based on a 45-minute webinar (http://youtu.be/ZKcqj1bCTL0) in which we explore the opportunities and challenges of unlocking your secret garden of data, and what it takes to build, grow, and market a developer community around that resource. From this webinar you will learn:
 • Where to find developers and how to engage with them
 • The role of a community manager and why you need one • A "To Do" list for starting up your developer community 
 • Best practices for celebrating success Who should view the webinar: -Communications managers, developers, and anyone interested in open data! Presented by: Eric Davis – Project Director, Forum One Ned Baker – Marketing Manager, Forum One (Moderator)

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2. Your Presenter:
Eric Davis – Project Director
•Grew up in Muncie, IN
•Graduate of Ball State, AU,
and UMD
•Interests include health,
fitness and tech
#F1webinar

3. What We Will Cover
 Why
reach out to developers
 Define a
 How
developer community
to create and market a developer
community

4. Why Reach Out to
Developers?

5. 
Why Reach Out to
Expand reach of content/data
Developers?
 Open
data to foster innovation
 Build
relationships to create new products
 Focus
on what you do best

6. What is a Developer
Community?

7. What is a Developer
“A collection of passionate people with
Community? who
distinctive personalities and skill sets
interact and work together towards a
common mission by freely exchanging
information, being transparent, and
fostering trust.”

8. How Do I Create and
Market a Developer
Community?

9. Sets of
 Give developers what they need
Recommendations
 Go
to where developers are
 Seed the
manager
community with a community
 Celebrate
success

10. Give Developers
What They Need

11. #1 Make A Great First
Impression
 Make Clear Your Mission
 Respect
the 10-Minute Rule
 Provide Success Stories
 Offer Great
 Offer an
Resources
Easy Way to Connect

12. #2 Have an Integrated
Presence

13. Department of Labor
http://developer.dol.gov/

14. NY Times
http://developer.nytimes.com/

15. The World Bank
http://data.worldbank.org/node/9

16. The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/developers

17. GitHub
http://www.github.com

18. GitHub
http://www.github.com

19. SourceForge
http://www.sourceforge.com

20. #3 Provide Great APIs

21. #4 Provide Awesome
Success Stories

22. Go to Where
Developers Are

23. #5 Actively Connect with
GitHub
Developers Online


SourceForge

Google Groups

ProgrammableWeb

Stack Overflow

24. US Government API
Google Group
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/us-

25. ProgrammableWeb
http://www.programmableweb.com/

26. Stack Overflow
http://stackoverflow.com/

27. #6 Actively Connect with
Developers Offline
 Local
Meetups
 Conferences
 Hack-A-Thons
 Programming
Classes

28. #7 Regularly Communicate
with Developers

29. #8 Nurture Power
Developers as Evangelists

Identify Power Developers

Build Trust

Give Them Great APIs

30. Seed the Community
with a Community
Manager

31. #9 Provide a Community
Manager
 Connect with Developers and Answer Questions
 Facilitate and
Moderate Discussions
 Keep Developers
Informed
 Handle Community
 Make the
Logistics
Community Happy!

32. 
Community Manager
People skills
Skill Sets
 Technical skills
 People skills
vs. Technical skills

33. Celebrate Success!

34. #10 Celebrate Success and
Virtual High-Fives

35. Recap

36. We Covered
 Why
reach out to developers
 Define a
 How
developer community
to create and market a developer
community

37. We Covered
 Give developers what
 Go
they need
to where developers are
 Seed the
manager
community with a community
 Celebrate
success

38. Thank You! Any
Questions?
Contact me:
Eric Davis
Project Director, Business
Development
edavis@forumone.com
ericldavis