Understanding the lifecycle of a community

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¡Hola! Soy David

¡Hola! Soy David

Understanding the lifecycle of a community

from the bottom

Instead of setting my expectations for what it could be

Build the environment I wanted to part of

“We have a Strategic Plan, it is called doing things”

Herb David Kelleher

LXJS

A 2-day not-for-profit by-the-community and

for-the-community international conference

about the new worlds of JavaScript.

previous to 2012

• no strong dev community

• little or no hacker space activity

• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering

previous to 2012

• no strong dev community

• little or no hacker space activity

• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering

but there was people that wanted to change that!

starting point

it started as a meetup of 50

ended up being a conference of 270

• Safe environment

• Open to newcomers

• Bet strong on people

• Give voice to ideas and not interests

• Safe environment

• Open to newcomers

• Bet strong on people

• Give voice to ideas and not interests

Magic happens!

time

LXJS LXJSLXJS

*visual representation of our perception, not actual data

• http://www.meetup.com/require-lx

• http://www.meetup.com/DockerLisbon

• http://www.meetup.com/Meteor-Lisbon

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Mulheres-TIC-Meetup

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-GeoMeetup

• http://phplx.net

• http://www.geekettes.io/cities/portugal

• http://portugalgirlgeekdinners.com

• http://www.coderdojo-lx.pt

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisboa-WebRTC-TADHack-Meetup

• http://www.meetup.com/Lean-Startup-Lisbon-Portugal

• http://www.meetup.com/BREAKlx

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Bitcoin

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-MongoDB-User-Group

• http://www.meetup.com/ruby-lx

• http://www.meetup.com/Internet-Freedom-Lisbon

• http://www.meetup.com/Fun-Lx

• http://www.meetup.com/Python-Users-Lisbon

• http://www.meetup.com/Merge-Lisbon

• http://www.meetup.com/TechMeetupsLX

• http://www.meetup.com/Android-LX

• http://www.meetup.com/whatsyourstack-Lisbon

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Rust-Meetup

• http://www.meetup.com/Lean-UX-Lisboa

• http://www.meetup.com/IoT-Lisboa

• http://www.meetup.com/LisbonConversionStack

• http://www.meetup.com/GeeksIn-Lisbon

• http://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Lisboa

• http://www.meetup.com/AngularJS-Portugal

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Ux-Cocktail-Hour

• http://www.meetup.com/lisbon-elixir

• http://www.meetup.com/Lisbon-Cassandra-Users

• http://www.meetup.com/JSLisbon

• http://lisbon.startuppirates.org

• http://www.lisbon-challenge.com

• http://www.lis-summit.com

• http://startupscholarship.org

• http://www.betventures.org/bet-24-horas

• https://trojan-unicorn.com

• http://bigsmartcities.com

• http://innovation.awards.pt

• http://www.goyouthconf.com

• https://www.ux-lx.com

starting point

create real connections

invite people to take part

reduce the barrier of entrance

mentor

be a mentee

maximize positive interactions

focus on people

find a shared passion

don’t sell out

be open

starting point

create real connections

invite people to take part

reduce the barrier of entrance

what now?

mentor

be a mentee

maximize positive interactions

focus on people

find a shared passion

don’t sell out

be open

Scale it?

“For all the LXJS organizers the most important measure of success is the amount of long term friendships and partnerships that are created during those two days in Lisbon.”

Nuno Job

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We need better legacy support

We need better documentation

THANK YOU