A presentation at DevRelCon London 2018 in in London, UK by Mary Thengvall
Passing the Ball Lessons In Community Management DevRelCon London 08 November 2018
Passing the Torch Without Dropping The Ball Lessons In Community Management DevRelCon London 08 November 2018
Hint! It’s not just a question of clocking out and handing over the keys. @rainleander | @mary_grace
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Photo Credit: Don Voaklander, Flickr Passing The Torch What are we talking about? Why is this relevant? How is this possible? @rainleander | @mary_grace
What Are We Talking About? @rainleander | @mary_grace
Why Is This Relevant? You’re content in your job. You have no plans to move on. Why should you care about a transition plan? @rainleander | @mary_grace
What Do You DO? Being a community manager is just flying to exotic places and drinking beer, right? @rainleander | @mary_grace
What Do You DO? Documenting what you do gives people more respect for your job. @rainleander | @mary_grace
What Do You DO? Focus! Identify! Clarify! @rainleander | @mary_grace
Delegate! Documented Things allow Other People to Volunteer @rainleander | @mary_grace
Are You Going To Do That FOREVER? Someday you’ll want to move on to something else a transition plan makes that possible @rainleander | @mary_grace
The Handover Document How is this possible? @rainleander | @mary_grace
The Overview Project Goals Reading List @rainleander | @mary_grace
Photo Credit: Jen Madriaga, Facebook Dramatis Personae Who are the Stakeholders? People as well as Projects @rainleander | @mary_grace
The Regular Tasks Daily / Weekly / Monthly All The Meetings Important Annual Events @rainleander | @mary_grace
Wish List That Which Remains Undone @rainleander | @mary_grace
The Inventory Budget Credentials The Keys To The Castle @rainleander | @mary_grace
Is It Done Yet? Is it ever done? @rainleander | @mary_grace
Photo by J.G. Ballard eDit edIt Edit What’s no longer accurate? What’s missing? What’s confusing? @rainleander | @mary_grace
● What’s urgent? Prioritize What’s Urgent? What’s Important? What Can Only YOU Do? ● What’s important? ● What can only you do? @rainleander | @mary_grace
Photo by Marko Blažević, Unsplash What Works For You? Don’t Be Scared To Make Changes @rainleander | @mary_grace
Photo by Marko Blažević, Unsplash What Works For You? Don’t Be Scared To Make Changes Remember to Listen @rainleander | @mary_grace
“Alone we can do So Little; Together we can do So Much.” Helen Keller @rainleander | @mary_grace
Passing The Torch Share Your Stories Focus ~ Identify ~ Clarify Write ~ Edit ~ Redact @rainleander | @mary_grace
Questions? Or comments. Or snarky tweets! @rainleander | @mary_grace
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A replacement plan/document is a great community resource, even when you’re not being replaced.
A year ago, as the role of OpenStack community manager at Red Hat was moving from one person to another, we started thinking about what needs to be in place to effectively transition a role. More generally, we started thinking about planning, and documenting, for your eventual replacement.
We’ll talk about what worked, what didn’t, and what had unexpected benefits for the larger community.
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