3 ingredients you need to use the “stone soup” approach to creating relevant value with your community (with examples)

My grandma told me a story about an early winter afternoon during the Depression in her small Ontario village. A drifter had come into town, and been asking for food to eat. Times were tough, no one would share. So he let it be known that he'd be making a big pot of delicious stone … Continue reading 3 ingredients you need to use the “stone soup” approach to creating relevant value with your community (with examples)

Three elements of a successful cohort learning experience

The growth of online learning opportunities over the last 10 years has been nothing short of amazing. Through sites like Coursera, EdX, and even Youtube you can find affordable (if not free), high quality educational resources on a mind boggling array of subjects. What's in much shorter supply for a lot of people is the … Continue reading Three elements of a successful cohort learning experience

How to identify and nurture impactful communities in the workplace

A big part of what drew me to open source was the idea that the movement was built around a community. Having grown up in church, summer camp, and hostels, I knew that participating in communities made me feel like I was at home (I also come from a big family). In the 2020s the … Continue reading How to identify and nurture impactful communities in the workplace

DevRel Weekly with Mary Thengvall – Newsletterers – The Tim Show – S02E02

In the second episode of Newsletterers I interviewed Mary Thengvall who publishes DevRel Weekly. The newsletter is an extension of her long career in tech community management and developer advocacy and started as a way to start filling some of the resource gaps that she identified in her own come up. In the process of … Continue reading DevRel Weekly with Mary Thengvall – Newsletterers – The Tim Show – S02E02