ILTechTalks Week 2018 Sharone Zitzman (cloudify.co) with Ofir Nachmani (iamondemand.com) dive into the pillars of community, the short and long term benefits for the individual and organization, some KPIs, and debunk a few myths.

1. How to hack a community
from the
bottom up

2. I’m Sharone.
@shar1z
VP Marketing @ Cloudify, Open Source
Community Hacker
I’m Ofir.
@iamondemand
CEO & Founder IOD Cloud Tech Research

3. About IOD
IOD (iamondemand) is a boutique content creation and research
organization with deep, hands-on expertise in cloud computing,
DevOps, cybersecurity, Enterprise IT, and mobile.
IOD’s wealth of knowledge is thanks to a marketplace of savvy
subject matter experts, skilled writers, and veteran editors that
work together as agile teams to create [top.content] assets for our
customers. IOD’s blogs, white papers, case studies, research, and
survey reports deliver invaluable market visibility, and position
our customers as influencers in their domains.

4. About Us
● Open Source Multi-Cloud Orchestration
● Active in DevOps community since 2013
● Active in OpenStack community since 2014
● Community as a belief system
● Bring DevOps to large-scale enterprises & Telcos

5. The Manifesto

6. Pillar I
Common Purpose

7. Pillar II
Open Exchange

8. Pillar III
Meritocracy

9. Pillar IV
Participation

10. Pillar V
Leaderless

11. Benefits
Make it count.

12. WIIFM: Short Term
Individual
● Professional development
○ Access to expertise
○ Help with challenges
● Sense of belonging & fun with
like-minded people
● Learning to contribute
meaningfully
● Confidence in your skill set and
knowledge
● Meeting influencers
Organization
● Improve Business Results
○ Arena for problem solving
○ Quick answers to questions
○ More perspectives on common
problems
○ Improved quality of decisions
○ Gaining market visibility & brand
awareness within target
audiences

13. WIIFM: Long Term
Individual
● Professional development
○ Expanding & enriching skill
set
○ Staying on top of trends and
field of expertise
● Professional networking and
improved employability (and
marketability)
● Solidifying professional identity
● Become an influencer
Organization
● Evolve Organizational Capabilities
○ Improved ability to execute strategic
plans
○ Retention of talent & exposure to new
talent
○ Early advantage of emerging
marketing opportunities &
technological trends
○ Ability to affect market trends
○ Forum for benchmarking vs. industry
○ Long term alliances & partnerships

14. KPIs
Measuring Success

15. Debunking Myths

16. Tech Communities are only for technologists
Myth #1

17. Business is the antithesis of community
Myth #2

18. You can’t build a community with limited resources
Myth #3

19. Find the community at: X
Myth #4

20. Community is a person in your organization
Myth #5

21. The whole is greater than the sum
of its parts

22. And then this

23. !‫תודה‬
Questions?
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