Slide deck for my talk at JavaLand Conference 2021. Online, March 2021

1. How to grow an amazing community
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2. All of us want to succeed in life
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3. What determines your success?
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• Your ability to speak
• Your ability to write
• The quality of your ideas
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4. The role of communities
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About this talk

6. Thodoris Bais
Scrum Master
JUG Founder & Leader
Career & Mindset Coach
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8. Dilemmas on starting
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The Board
• You can’t do it alone
• People you trust to avoid surprises
• Community’s eager to help, ask for
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10. The Speakers
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The Venues
• Close to your community’s location
• Win-win : venue + food = advertisement
• Stay independent, but keep a close
relationship with one company
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The Food
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• Fixed cadence (e.g. once a month)
• Fixed day(s)
• Announce next meetup at the end of the current one
• Plan 3 months ahead
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The Meetups

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The Partners
• more growth = more partnerships
• mainly from conferences - win -win
• in(free tickets) => out(promote event)
• IntelliJ, DevoXX, JCON
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The Communication Channels
• Decide on a platform
• Social media to spread the word
• Ask for feedback
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The SWAG
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18. The Programmes
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• Speaker Incubator
• Devoxx4kids
• uJCP

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Speaker Incubator
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Devoxx4kids
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Devoxx4kids
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Devoxx4kids
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uJCP
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After Adopt-a-JSR Day

25. The Pandemic
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• Conscious decision not to host any online
events
• Our strength lies on physical meet-ups
• Plethora of good content online
• SIP partially, Devoxx4kids
• Back to normal?

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The extra sauce
• Aim high
• Be open to new ideas
• You grow along with your community
• Have fun!
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James Gosling

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Uncle Bob
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Help others succeed in life
Write
Speak
Ideas
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30. Start!
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