Recently, the topic of DevRel maturity sparked a conversation: What qualities define a mature community and a seasoned team? Join PJ, Jason, Mary, and Wesley as they share their insights on past experiences, current trends shaping the field, and key indicators to monitor as you strive to build a thriving, successful community.
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Photo by Suzanne D. Williams on Unsplash.
","summary":"Recently, the topic of DevRel maturity sparked a conversation: What qualities define a mature community and a seasoned team? Join PJ, Jason, Mary, and Wesley as they share their insights on past experiences, current trends shaping the field, and key indicators to monitor as you strive to build a thriving, successful community.","date_published":"2024-11-18T08:15:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/bb03bfc7-8f59-4d79-94fe-19f2c3982571.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":64119185,"duration_in_seconds":1585}]},{"id":"2309af78-db10-4156-858e-ea37ee3fabba","title":"After Pulse: Community Conferences","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/90ap","content_text":"Enjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Enjoy the podcast?
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Over the past few years, we’ve seen conferences ebb and flow. Some community-run conferences have evolved into new things, new ones have sprouted up while other annual favorites have sadly gone extinct. What goes into a community-led conference? How does someone get involved? Let’s take a look!
\n\nCheckouts
\nMo McElaney
Matty Stratton
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nJason Hand
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Artwork Photo by Tyler Callahan on Unsplash
Special Guests: Matty Stratton and Mo McElaney.
","summary":"Over the past few years, we’ve seen conferences ebb and flow. Some community-run conferences have evolved into new things, new ones have sprouted up while other annual favorites have sadly gone extinct. What goes into a community-led conference? How does someone get involved? Let’s take a look!","date_published":"2024-08-13T00:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/0d467b58-4799-4f1b-9c29-33bc4eb8dbe8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":117660650,"duration_in_seconds":2941}]},{"id":"03719f6d-4350-4e0c-8ee1-cf7bc72ad714","title":"After Pulse: Bouncing from DevRel","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/89ap","content_text":"This conversation follows up on our discussion about the noteworthy changes in Developer Relations over recent years and how many of our friends and colleagues have chosen to leverage their DevRel skills in new and exciting ways.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"This conversation follows up on our discussion about the noteworthy changes in Developer Relations over recent years and how many of our friends and colleagues have chosen to leverage their DevRel skills in new and exciting ways.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Developer Relations has gone through quite a few changes over the last few years. In that vein, some people have found new skills in the ever-evolving world of tech. Along their journey, they moved away from DevRel, but still use those abilities in new ways. So, what is it like when you bounce from DevRel?
\n\nQuote: “The message I’m sending to myself: I can’t change the world until I change myself first” - Kendrick Lamar
\n\nCheckouts
\nTaylor Barnett-Torabi
Matt Broberg
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nJason Hand
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nPhoto by Mantas Hesthaven on Unsplash
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Special Guests: Matt Broberg and Taylor Barnett-Torabi.
","summary":"Developer Relations has gone through quite a few changes over the last few years. In that vein, some people have found new skills in the ever-evolving world of tech. Along their journey, they moved away from DevRel, but still use those abilities in new ways. So, what is it like when you bounce from DevRel?","date_published":"2024-05-15T08:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/d21ed84a-99df-4325-8da6-99901e952dfd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85271116,"duration_in_seconds":2664}]},{"id":"1e86cbc4-9409-4dbe-8e2b-3bdd2ac5ee09","title":"After Pulse: Live Streaming","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/88ap","content_text":"Our hosts elaborate on the notion that, apart from speaking engagements, much of the work undertaken by DevRel professionals remains backstage, yet through live streaming, they can learn publicly and involve community members, overcoming concerns and fostering engaging content for community learning.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Our hosts elaborate on the notion that, apart from speaking engagements, much of the work undertaken by DevRel professionals remains backstage, yet through live streaming, they can learn publicly and involve community members, overcoming concerns and fostering engaging content for community learning.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
With the exception of speaking at conferences, much of what we do as DevRel professionals is behind-the-scenes. However, with live streaming, we’re able to not only learn in public, but bring our community members into the experience.
\n\nWhile this can be intimidating, and lead to questions like “what if I make a mistake?” - or - “What if I don’t know all the answers?” - or - “How do I make sure I come across as knowledgeable while I’m also learning?” it can also be a great way to create engaging content that helps your community learn alongside you.
\n\nCheckouts
\nLaurent Bugnion
Darko Mesaros
\n\n\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nJason Hand
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Darko Mesaros and Laurent Bugnion.
","summary":"With the exception of speaking at conferences, much of what we do as DevRel professionals is behind-the-scenes. However, with live streaming, we’re able to not only learn in public, but bring our community members into the experience. \r\nWhile this can be intimidating, and lead to questions like “what if I make a mistake?” - or - “What if I don’t know all the answers?” - or - “How do I make sure I come across as knowledgeable while I’m also learning?” it can also be a great way to create engaging content that helps your community learn alongside you.","date_published":"2024-04-05T04:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/7c77b03d-1e33-4f03-8d32-37b87435b599.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":111700552,"duration_in_seconds":2792}]},{"id":"bf9fca69-d056-4155-a241-c0a206dfa9b1","title":"After Pulse: DevRel Wins","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/87ap","content_text":"PJ and Wesley expound on stories of success, what it takes to get to a \"win\" and reflect on their conversation with Ole and Kevin.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"PJ and Wesley expound on stories of success, what it takes to get to a "win" and reflect on their conversation with Ole and Kevin.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Sharing success stories can be helpful in finding what the next step is for your Developer Relations and Community team. That one project that just went perfectly; that moment that showed everyone things were moving forward. Today we’ll share the vision, strategy, approach, and bumps along the way and the end result…some stories of wins that will lead us forward.
\n\nCheckouts
\n\nKevin Blanco
\n\nOle Hejlskov
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nArtwork photo by Jason Dent
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Kevin Blanco and Ole Hejlskov.
","summary":"Sharing success stories can be helpful in finding what the next step is for your Developer Relations and Community team. That one project that just went perfectly; that moment that showed everyone things were moving forward. Today we’ll share the vision, strategy, approach, and bumps along the way and the end result… some stories of wins that will lead us forward.","date_published":"2024-03-08T08:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/63889de0-fc52-4fc4-9224-8dc279bee3b8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":110345513,"duration_in_seconds":2740}]},{"id":"eb4748cd-16ae-4113-8d8a-6fe0cf453761","title":"After Pulse: Mentoring","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/86ap","content_text":"Wesley, PJ, and Jason wrap up their conversation about mentoring as well as being a mentee.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Wesley, PJ, and Jason wrap up their conversation about mentoring as well as being a mentee.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Part of the road to being better at Developer Relations is applying what we’ve learned and passing that knowledge on to others. Whether you are a direct mentor or leading a team of folks new to DevRel, it’s important to take stock of what we are doing and how we can best serve the people we know with the knowledge we have.
\n\nCheckouts
\n\nTessa Kriesel
\n\n\n\nRosie Sherry
\n\n\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nJason Hand
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Rosie Sherry and Tessa Kriessl.
","summary":"Part of the road to being better at Developer Relations is applying what we’ve learned and passing that knowledge on to others. Whether you are a direct mentor or leading a team of folks new to DevRel, it’s important to take stock of what we are doing and how we can best serve the people we know with the knowledge we have. ","date_published":"2024-02-16T10:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/b8975f1c-86fa-441b-a487-dbd5a44c3884.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":99790939,"duration_in_seconds":2476}]},{"id":"38eb517b-ce64-4d87-b61e-4ddb5a5a6814","title":"2023 Year in Review (Ep 85)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/85","content_text":"Our Community Pulse hosts take a look back at 2023 - the episodes, the patterns, and our observations.\n\nCheckouts\nPJ Hagerty\n\n\nGo see live music and support your local musicians!\nBaldur's Gate 3 deserves to be Game of the Year\n\n\nJason Hand\n\n\nThe Midnight Library\nA Court of Thorns and Roses\nFourth Wing\n\n\nMary Thengvall\n\n\nKindle Unlimited subscription - $11.99/month for unlimited ebooks and audiobooks!\n\n\nWesley Faulkner\n\n\nTesla is having issues producing 4680 cells for Cybertruck, sketchy report says | Electrek\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Our Community Pulse hosts take a look back at 2023 - the episodes, the patterns, and our observations.
\n\nCheckouts
\nPJ Hagerty
Jason Hand
\n\n\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Mary, PJ, and Jason wrap up their conversation of the Common Room survey and what it might mean for the industry moving forward.
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As the industry continues to change, keeping a pulse on it becomes even more difficult. Luckily, the team over at Common Room partnered with a number of DevRel professionals (some of whom are on this call!) to create a survey focused on DevRel compensation as well as roles and responsibilities, business impact, success metrics, and personal wellbeing. In this episode, we’ll talk about the results of the survey and learn what we can do to push the industry forward.
\n\n2023 Common Room Survey Results Overview
\n\nCheckouts
\nRebecca Marshburn
PJ Hagerty
\n\nJason Hand
\n\n\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Episode artwork by UX Indonesia on Unsplash
Special Guest: Rebecca Marshburn.
","summary":"As the industry continues to change, keeping a pulse on it becomes even more difficult. Luckily, the team over at Common Room partnered with a number of DevRel professionals (some of whom are on this call!) to create a survey focused on DevRel compensation as well as roles and responsibilities, business impact, success metrics, and personal wellbeing. In this episode, we’ll talk about the results of the survey and learn what we can do to push the industry forward.\r\n","date_published":"2023-11-22T08:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/f96e7e8d-ceb2-4d35-9ca6-b7f353c60910.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":112634130,"duration_in_seconds":2798}]},{"id":"22bb4f1a-8a3e-40bf-9485-52a5f8dc5338","title":"Thoughts from DevRelCon (Ep 83)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/83-thoughts-from-devrelcon","content_text":"Join Wesley and PJ at DevRelCon. Both keynote speakers at this year's event, they had the chance to connect with some fantastic attendees. Here is a conversation straight from Wesley, PJ, and other attendees at DevRelCon.\n\nArtwork by Jack Finnigan on Unsplash.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Alvin Bryan, Graham, and Kris Jenkins.","content_html":"Join Wesley and PJ at DevRelCon. Both keynote speakers at this year's event, they had the chance to connect with some fantastic attendees. Here is a conversation straight from Wesley, PJ, and other attendees at DevRelCon.
\n\nArtwork by Jack Finnigan on Unsplash.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Alvin Bryan, Graham, and Kris Jenkins.
","summary":"Join Wesley and PJ at DevRelCon. Both keynote speakers at this year's event, they had the chance to connect with some fantastic attendees. Here is a conversation straight from Wesley, PJ, and other attendees at DevRelCon.","date_published":"2023-10-20T08:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/22bb4f1a-8a3e-40bf-9485-52a5f8dc5338.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57942540,"duration_in_seconds":1430}]},{"id":"d4cf821c-8051-4b39-aa94-9fff8bdb53b0","title":"After Pulse: DevRel Hot Takes","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/82ap","content_text":"Are you ready for even more hot takes, strong opinions, fun and a little bit of snark? Join Wesley, Jason, and PJ as they continue the discussion. You won't want to miss it!\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Are you ready for even more hot takes, strong opinions, fun and a little bit of snark? Join Wesley, Jason, and PJ as they continue the discussion. You won't want to miss it!
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
We all know there is no end to the various perceptions around what it is we do and who we are. It’s something that makes defining Developer Relations difficult and makes it difficult to describe to others. So what are some of the touch points and touchier topics when it comes to DevRel?
\n\nCheckouts
\nSJ Morris
Wesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\n\n\nJason Hand
\n\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Artwork photo by Mockup Graphics on Unsplash
Special Guest: SJ Morris.
","summary":"We all know there is no end to the various perceptions around what it is we do and who we are. It’s something that makes defining Developer Relations difficult and makes it difficult to describe to others. So what are some of the touch points and touchier topics when it comes to DevRel?","date_published":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/10a49fe6-76fc-48bb-b423-f41adf648d0b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":124393429,"duration_in_seconds":3092}]},{"id":"023cb6ab-43d6-4158-8227-5e70ef2a6f3d","title":"After Pulse: Defining Your Role Before Someone Else Does","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/81ap","content_text":"Don't miss our hosts as they delve back into their takeaways from their conversation with Angie and Evan about the importance of clarifying and concentrating on your role.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Don't miss our hosts as they delve back into their takeaways from their conversation with Angie and Evan about the importance of clarifying and concentrating on your role.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
As we learned in Episode 79, “How We Broke DevRel as an Industry”, sometimes the people in charge may not know how to set you up for success. The tasks you’re expected to do can take you away from your core focus. In today’s episode, we’ll talk through how to define your role and defend your team against that very real possibility of being tasked with items that don’t belong within your purview.
\n\nCheckouts
\nEvan Hamilton
Angie Jones
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nJason Hand
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Artwork photo by Paul Skorupskas on Unsplash
Special Guests: Angie Jones and Evan Hamilton.
","summary":"As we learned in Ep79, “How We Broke DevRel as an Industry”, sometimes the people in charge may not know how to set you up for success. The tasks you’re expected to do can take you away from your core focus. In today’s episode, we’ll talk through how to define your role and defend your team against that very real possibility of being tasked with items that don’t belong within your purview.","date_published":"2023-08-10T06:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/a7ad2a91-e271-41ce-8d32-524b9dc14c6a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":95194636,"duration_in_seconds":2362}]},{"id":"3304dd81-d196-41c7-953b-f768df89dee4","title":"After Pulse: Who are the Ops Behind the DevRel Curtain?","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/80ap","content_text":"Tune in to PJ and Mary as they revisit their insightful discussion with Danielle and David on the subject of devops.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Tune in to PJ and Mary as they revisit their insightful discussion with Danielle and David on the subject of devops.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Many see DevRel practitioners as up front, in the spotlight, on stage, or at least with their name on lots of content. What if we told you there were people behind the scenes making community operations their priority? What does that look like, and who are the people making the lives of DevRel folks easier? That’s the topic of today’s Community Pulse episode.
\n\nShow Notes
\nBlogposts about Community Operations roles:
Checkouts
\nDanielle Andrist
David Blank-Edelman
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Artwork photo by Moses Williams on Unsplash
Special Guests: Danielle Andrist and David Blank-Edelman.
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Over the course of its history, DevRel has changed and evolved, both in the day-to-day responsibilities but also in the identify of what DevRel is.
\n\nExternal influences as well as internal influences have changed the definitions, expectations, and roles within DevRel, for better and for worse. in this episode, we’ll talk about
\n\nCheckouts
\nBen Greenberg
Jason Lengstorf
\n\nMia Moore
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Artwork photo by Jackson Simmer on Unsplash
Special Guests: Ben Greenberg, Jason Lengstorf, and Mia Moore.
","summary":"Over the course of its history, DevRel has changed and evolved, both in the day-to-day responsibilities but also in the identify of what DevRel is. \r\n\r\nExternal influences as well as internal influences have changed the definitions, expectations, and roles within DevRel, for better and for worse. in this episode, we’ll talk about, what’s working, what’s not working, and how we can move forward to a future where DevRel makes sense. \r\n","date_published":"2023-06-09T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/6d678668-e2c6-4d2b-9221-9a97ac8a32fa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80149270,"duration_in_seconds":1985}]},{"id":"2ef3053c-756e-4d06-9a18-6198d66e4f96","title":"Change is Good? (Ep 78)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/78-change-is-good","content_text":"There have been many hot takes and subtweets about the positive and negative connotations of having a robust list of companies on one’s DevRel resume. Is it a sign of success or a signal that things are more fluid than outsiders might assume? Let’s touch down on a touchy topic - DevRel Job Hopping!\n\nCheckouts\nAisha Blake\n\n\nThirsty Sword Lesbians roleplaying game\n\n\nChloe Condon\n\n\nSalute Your Skorts podcast\n\n\nMandy Moore: \n\n\nGreater than Code podcast (sponsorship opportunities: mandy@devreps.com)\n[Release Holistic Recovery](releaseholisticrecovery.com)\n\n\nWesley Faulkner\n\n\nRadical Candor by Kim Scott\nJust Work by Kim Scott\nJust Work podcast\n\n\nPJ Hagerty\n\n\nSpotify for Developers: On the Air! \nthe record (new album from boygenius)\n\n\nMary Thengvall\n\n\nBut What If We’re Wrong by Chuck Klosterman\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.\n\nArtwork photo by Nick Fewings on UnsplashSpecial Guests: Aisha Blake, Chloe Condon, and Mandy Moore.","content_html":"There have been many hot takes and subtweets about the positive and negative connotations of having a robust list of companies on one’s DevRel resume. Is it a sign of success or a signal that things are more fluid than outsiders might assume? Let’s touch down on a touchy topic - DevRel Job Hopping!
\n\nCheckouts
\nAisha Blake
Chloe Condon
\n\n\n\nMandy Moore:
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Artwork photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash
Special Guests: Aisha Blake, Chloe Condon, and Mandy Moore.
","summary":"There have been many hot takes and subtweets about the positive and negative connotations of having a robust list of companies on one’s DevRel resume. Is it a sign of success or a signal that things are more fluid than outsiders might assume? Let’s touch down on a touchy topic - DevRel Job Hopping!","date_published":"2023-05-09T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/2ef3053c-756e-4d06-9a18-6198d66e4f96.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":119379264,"duration_in_seconds":2976}]},{"id":"e63838b0-c03e-499b-a391-078eb2fe38a4","title":"After Pulse: Suddenly Unemployed","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/77ap","content_text":"Listen in as PJ and Wesley process their conversation with Erin, PJ Metz, and Jared and the changes in the tech employment landscape over the last few months. \n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Listen in as PJ and Wesley process their conversation with Erin, PJ Metz, and Jared and the changes in the tech employment landscape over the last few months.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
We’ve seen a lot of strange habits when it comes to hiring DevRel folks over the past few years. But recently, a surprising phenomenon has occurred: a large-scale layoff or re-org leading to many folks in DevRel being suddenly unemployed. What are the knock-on effects we can expect from this? What are folks impacted by this doing as next steps?
\n\nCheckouts
\nJarek Jarzebowski
PJ Metz
\n\nErin Mikail Staples
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Artwork photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash
Special Guests: Erin Mikail Staples, Jarek Jarzebowski, and PJ Metz.
","summary":"We’ve seen a lot of strange habits when it comes to hiring DevRel folks over the past few years. But recently, a surprising phenomenon has occurred: a large-scale layoff or re-org leading to many folks in DevRel being suddenly unemployed. What are the knock-on effects we can expect from this? What are folks impacted by this doing as next steps?","date_published":"2023-03-20T04:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/0c6f0699-0fc6-44a0-83f8-4d1235735ab5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43404829,"duration_in_seconds":2833}]},{"id":"d66a9997-5294-4bee-bceb-95d9d52a0c32","title":"After Pulse: Let's Chat About AI","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/76ap","content_text":"Wes and Jason talk through some of the nuance around using AI in devrel, including how it can benefit us and areas to be cautious in. \n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Wes and Jason talk through some of the nuance around using AI in devrel, including how it can benefit us and areas to be cautious in.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
As the world of Artificial Intelligence continues to evolve,it's increasingly evident that AI tools are rapidly changing the way we work in Developer Relations & Community Building.
\n\nTools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are transforming the landscape of our work by .. automating tedious and repetitive tasks ..providing valuable insights and analytics..and even helping to generate content on our behalf.
\n\nHowever, the integration of AI into our industry also raises new questions.
\nCan AI truly enhance the work of DevRel practitioners and allow us to focus on different challenges.. or will it end up diminishing our creativity and impact on supporting developers?
How do we make sure AI is used ethically and responsibly?
\n\nAnd what impact will it have on the future of not only DevRel, but software development in general?
\n\nJoin us as we explore the exciting world of AI in Developer Relations on this episode of "The Community Pulse".
\n\nCheckouts
\nChris DeMars
Rizel Scarlett
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nJason Hand
\n\nAI Tools
\n\n\n\nInteresting Articles
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Artwork photo by Emiliano Vittoriosi on Unsplash
Special Guests: Chris DeMars and Rizel Scarlett.
","summary":"As the world of Artificial Intelligence continues to evolve,it's increasingly evident that AI tools are rapidly changing the way we work in Developer Relations & Community Building. How do we make sure AI is used ethically and responsibly? And what impact will it have on the future of not only DevRel, but software development in general? Join us as we explore the exciting world of AI in Developer Relations on this episode of \"The Community Pulse\". ","date_published":"2023-02-24T09:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/79718861-25c9-4fcd-8710-b6c8725907e2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40610243,"duration_in_seconds":2510}]},{"id":"2cc11ea5-7203-4b78-bead-e06d8112a3b0","title":"DevRelCon Advice (Ep 75)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/76-devrelcon-advice","content_text":"To kick off 2023 in style, PJ spoke with several DevRel practitioners to get their advice to fellow folks in DevRel and people new to the industry looking for more information on how to do the best they can. Ranging from practical, to witty, to inspirational, these words of wisdom should help anyone on their journey.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.\n\nPhoto by frame harirak on Unsplash","content_html":"To kick off 2023 in style, PJ spoke with several DevRel practitioners to get their advice to fellow folks in DevRel and people new to the industry looking for more information on how to do the best they can. Ranging from practical, to witty, to inspirational, these words of wisdom should help anyone on their journey.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Photo by frame harirak on Unsplash
","summary":"To kick off 2023 in style, PJ spoke with several DevRel practitioners to get their advice to fellow folks in DevRel and people new to the industry looking for more information on how to do the best they can. Ranging from practical, to witty, to inspirational, these words of wisdom should help anyone on their journey.","date_published":"2023-01-13T08:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/2cc11ea5-7203-4b78-bead-e06d8112a3b0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21902608,"duration_in_seconds":536}]},{"id":"1d275baa-be7b-473b-8de6-9a3d39cd29e9","title":"So Long, 2022 (and Hello, 2023)! (Ep 74)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/74-so-long-2022","content_text":"We’re somehow already at the end of 2022, which means it’s time for another end-of-year wrap-up from your Community Pulse hosts! Thanks so much to all of you who have listened (and participated!) as we’ve explored topics from content to speaking, Developer Experience, DevRel strategy, and more. Join Mary, Jason, PJ, and Wesley as we talk about some of the trends we noticed during 2022 and what we think might happen in 2023.\n\nRelevant Links\n\n\nInteresting discussion about people leaving Twitter - where are they going and what’s the potential impact?\nDevRel Survey 2022 Results\n\n\n2022 Episodes\n\n\nDevRel: What’s Your Story - LIVE episode\nYour Content, Their Brand: episode & after pulse - Amara Graham & Henry Teegarden\nGrab the Mic: episode & after pulse - Kat Cosgrove & VM Brasseur\nMoving from Execution to Strategy: episode & after pulse - Ashley Willis & Mo McElaney\nSo Long, SJ, and thanks for all the Quips\nRediscovering In-Person Conferences: episode & after pulse - Jeff Blankenburg & Kerri Miller\nDevRel Survey 2022: episode & after pulse - Caroline Lewko\nWhere do you get started with Developer Experience?: episode & after pulse - Amara Graham & Kurt Kemple\nDevRel Beyond Developers: episode & after pulse - Jennifer Ritzinger & Matty Stratton\n\n\nPast EOY Wrap-ups\n\n\n2017\n2018\n2019\n2020\n2021 \n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.\n\nPhoto by Choong Deng Xiang on Unsplash","content_html":"We’re somehow already at the end of 2022, which means it’s time for another end-of-year wrap-up from your Community Pulse hosts! Thanks so much to all of you who have listened (and participated!) as we’ve explored topics from content to speaking, Developer Experience, DevRel strategy, and more. Join Mary, Jason, PJ, and Wesley as we talk about some of the trends we noticed during 2022 and what we think might happen in 2023.
\n\nRelevant Links
\n\n2022 Episodes
\n\nPast EOY Wrap-ups
\n\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Photo by Choong Deng Xiang on Unsplash
","summary":"We’re somehow already at the end of 2022, which means it’s time for another end-of-year wrap-up from your Community Pulse hosts! Thanks so much to all of you who have listened (and participated!) as we’ve explored topics from content to speaking, Developer Experience, DevRel strategy, and more. Join Mary, Jason, PJ, and Wesley as we talk about some of the trends we noticed during 2022 and what we think might happen in 2023.","date_published":"2022-12-14T08:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/1d275baa-be7b-473b-8de6-9a3d39cd29e9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34579870,"duration_in_seconds":2133}]},{"id":"5b3c7833-04d6-45f4-806e-97f15054bc16","title":"After Pulse: DevRel Beyond Developers","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/73ap","content_text":"Jason, Mary, PJ and Wesley further the discussion on devrel communities and how we can serve our changing scope of user.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Jason, Mary, PJ and Wesley further the discussion on devrel communities and how we can serve our changing scope of user.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
The word “developer” has always been evolving, from assembly to systems, operations, and beyond. The term “Developer Relations” has traditionally meant we’re engaging with people who consider themselves full-time professional developers. However, over the past few years, the term “developer” has expanded to encompass more than this professional developer persona. These days, some DevRel teams advocate for, evangelize to, and create communities for SREs, Enterprise Architects, students, or decision-makers in early-stage startups, in addition to low-code or citizen developers.
\n\nWhile these people may fall outside of the traditional developer persona, many DevRel teams are looking to support these people who are using our technology for one-off solutions to their problems. We’re interested in learning more about whether this changes the scope of DevRel, and if so, how.
\n\nCheckouts
\n\nJennifer Ritzinger
\n\nMatty Stratton
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nJason Hand
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nArtwork photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Jennifer Ritzinger and Matty Stratton.
","summary":"These days, some DevRel teams advocate for, evangelize to, and create communities for SREs, Enterprise Architects, students, or decision-makers in early-stage startups, in addition to low-code or citizen developers.\r\n\r\nWhile these people may fall outside of the traditional developer persona, many DevRel teams are looking to support these people who are using our technology for one-off solutions to their problems. We’re interested in learning more about whether this changes the scope of DevRel, and if so, how.","date_published":"2022-11-16T06:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/3eb5f5bc-6b1f-4ee3-96fa-4a5fdd6dbcfc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45425261,"duration_in_seconds":2811}]},{"id":"8977f734-4992-4d42-926c-7f5ca4d760ee","title":"After Pulse: Developer Experience","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/72ap","content_text":"Mary, Wesley, and PJ spend time considering their conversation with Amara and Kurt and the implications for a great developer experience.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Mary, Wesley, and PJ spend time considering their conversation with Amara and Kurt and the implications for a great developer experience.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Developer Experience (DX) has been a buzzword for the past few years and it’s only growing in popularity. But what is it exactly, and how is it different from Developer Relations or Developer Advocacy? Also, when we say “Developer Experience” is everyone actually referring to the same topic? Or are there multiple approaches?
\n\nCheckouts
\n\nAmara Graham
\n\nKurt Kemple
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\n\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Amara Graham and Kurt Kemple.
","summary":"Developer Experience (DX) has been a buzzword for the past few years and it’s only growing in popularity. But what is it exactly, and how is it different from Developer Relations or Developer Advocacy? Also, when we say “Developer Experience” is everyone actually referring to the same topic? Or are there multiple approaches? ","date_published":"2022-10-26T08:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/86fb2329-0d14-4c14-a68c-1675b3567837.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41067763,"duration_in_seconds":2566}]},{"id":"081b7582-2237-40a5-9e71-0d1034cc21d7","title":"After Pulse: DevRel Survey 2022","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/71ap","content_text":"Our hosts continue to reflect on the results of this year's DevRel survey and provide further insights into the data and the industry.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Our hosts continue to reflect on the results of this year's DevRel survey and provide further insights into the data and the industry.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
By the varied nature of everything that falls under the umbrella of Developer Relations, it can be difficult to get down to the trends and movements of everything we do. Add to that the bespoke nature of many DevRel programs, and we really need to work to discover what’s happening in the world we live and work in. Fortunately, a survey was done, and in this episode we will discover some of the results and find out a bit of the why we do what we do when we say we do DevRel.
\n\nCheckouts
\n\nCaroline Lewko
\n\nJason Hand
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nArtwork photo by Алекс Арцибашев on Unsplash
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guest: Caroline Lewko.
","summary":"By the varied nature of everything that falls under the umbrella of Developer Relations, it can be difficult to get down to the trends and movements of everything we do. Add to that the bespoke nature of many DevRel programs, and we really need to work to discover what’s happening in the world we live and work in. Fortunately, a survey was done, and in this episode we will discover some of the results and find out a bit of the why we do what we do when we say we do DevRel.","date_published":"2022-09-30T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/414fb118-8040-405b-b9de-aa3b797acd8a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35456846,"duration_in_seconds":2188}]},{"id":"fe7dd2fa-6560-413b-8119-ebbeab515721","title":"After Pulse: Rediscovering In-Person Conferences","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/70ap","content_text":"Our hosts reflect on their conversation in Episode 70 with Kerri and Jeff and cover key takeaways on in-person conferences and their role in DevRel. \n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Our hosts reflect on their conversation in Episode 70 with Kerri and Jeff and cover key takeaways on in-person conferences and their role in DevRel.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Before the pandemic, we, as DevRel practitioners, focused most of our speaking efforts on in-person events. Now we have the option of speaking at in-person, virtual, and hybrid conferences. With this experience now in our rearview, let’s look ahead to rediscovering what the advantages are and what we get out of in-person events knowing what the other side looks like.
\n\nCheckouts
\n\nKerri Miller
\n\n\n\nJeff Blankenburg
\n\n\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
\n[Banner photo by Headway on Unsplash
Special Guests: Jeff Blankenburg and Kerri Miller.
","summary":"Before the pandemic, we, as DevRel practitioners, focused most of our speaking efforts on in-person events. Now we have the option of speaking at in-person, virtual, and hybrid conferences. With this experience now in our rearview, let’s look ahead to rediscovering what the advantages are and what we get out of in-person events knowing what the other side looks like.","date_published":"2022-08-10T12:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/4bdf374d-b81d-4fa7-9214-d36fd344ca8f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40538988,"duration_in_seconds":2513}]},{"id":"0d59292d-58bd-4e61-80c8-8d45e781aec9","title":"So Long, SJ, and Thanks for All the Quips (Ep 69)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/69-so-long-sj","content_text":"In this episode, we say goodbye to our dear friend SJ Morris as co-host of the Community Pulse. Like many of us, sometimes the business of life and work makes it difficult to make time for the things we enjoy or even just time to take care of ourselves. We wanted to take the opportunity to say goodbye to SJ and also to talk about what folks can do to honestly and boldly confront their own burnout in DevRel.\n\nCheckouts\n\nJason Hand\n\n\nDiscogs - to inventory SJ’s vinyl record collection.\nStolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari\nThink Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant\n\n\nMary Thengvall\n\n\nFi GPS dog collar. Use this referral code to get a free “band” (collar) of your choice.\n\n\nSJ Morris\n\n\nSJ re-discovers vinyl - aka my checkout is just the concept of vinyl records played on turntables \n\n\nPJ Hagerty\n\n\nKendrick Lamar’s new album - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers\nPolyvinyl Records Garage Sale for Pride Month\nThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood\n\n\nWesley Faulkner:\n\n\nWhat neurodiversity means for DevRel\nThe Long Game: How to be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"In this episode, we say goodbye to our dear friend SJ Morris as co-host of the Community Pulse. Like many of us, sometimes the business of life and work makes it difficult to make time for the things we enjoy or even just time to take care of ourselves. We wanted to take the opportunity to say goodbye to SJ and also to talk about what folks can do to honestly and boldly confront their own burnout in DevRel.
\n\nCheckouts
\n\nJason Hand
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nSJ Morris
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nWesley Faulkner:
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Our hosts reflect on their conversation in Episode 68 with Mo and Ashley and cover key takeaways on when to make moves in leadership positions in DevRel.
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In the beginning, folks in DevRel had few paths outside of being an Individual Contributor. As our field has evolved, more opportunities have arisen for more strategic roles. DevRel leadership is one of the most sought after roles for many organizations in recent months. What should we look for when considering making the move to strategist versus the out front IC? What can we learn from those who have made that journey?
\n\nCheckouts
\n\nMo McElaney
\n\nAshley Willis
\n\nJason Hand
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Ashley Willis and Mo McElaney.
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\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
A big part of traditional DevRel has always been speaking in front of an audience. Whether at a virtual meetup or live at a large conference, it can be complicated to navigate coming up with an idea, building a talk, getting it accepted somewhere, and actually delivering the thing. We wanted to take a look at some of the tips, tricks, and things you need to know to be successful in finding your way to becoming a great DevRel speaker!
\n\nCheckouts
\nKat Cosgrove
Vicky Brasseur
\n\n\n\nJason Hand
\n\n\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\n\n\nPhoto by Kane Reinholdtsen on Unsplash
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Kat Cosgrove and VM (Vicky) Brasseur.
","summary":"A big part of traditional DevRel has always been speaking in front of an audience. Whether at a virtual meetup or live at a large conference, it can be complicated to navigate coming up with an idea, building a talk, getting it accepted somewhere, and actually delivering the thing. We wanted to take a look at some of the tips, tricks, and things you need to know to be successful in finding your way to becoming a great DevRel speaker!","date_published":"2022-03-17T07:45:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/29c4f82e-1d08-461c-b317-6dd1bbc06723.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46555707,"duration_in_seconds":2881}]},{"id":"bb90336e-219a-4583-b0ca-6733bd9f478f","title":"After Pulse: Your Content, Their Brand","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/66ap","content_text":"PJ, Jason, Wesley, and SJ sit down to discuss what they learned from our guests on content creation and ownership, as well as setting expectations for this with the brands we work with.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"PJ, Jason, Wesley, and SJ sit down to discuss what they learned from our guests on content creation and ownership, as well as setting expectations for this with the brands we work with.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
When we create content, the ideas and concepts typically come from ourselves or our community members. But when we work for a larger organization, things get complicated. Some of us create content as a part of our day-to-day role; some of us create content outside of work hours. Now that we as DevRel professionals produce even more online content to connect with our community, there’s some ambiguity about the ownership of this content.
\n\nTo take a look at some of these questions, we’ve invited a couple of guests familiar with this space: Amara Graham, Head of Developer Experience at Camunda and Henry Teegarden, Esquire, from Teegarden Law.
\n\nFULL DISCLOSURE: This podcast is not meant to be taken as legal advice. We are sharing our opinions and thoughts. If you have specific questions about your content, we recommend contacting a legal professional.
\n\nCheckouts
\nAmara Graham
Wesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nSJ Morris
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nCover art photo by Patrik Michalicka on Unsplash
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Amara Graham and Henry Teegarden.
","summary":"When we create content, the ideas and concepts typically come from ourselves or our community members. But when we work for a larger organization, things get complicated. Some of us create content as a part of our day-to-day role; some of us create content outside of work hours. Now that we as DevRel professionals produce even more online content to connect with our community, there’s some ambiguity about the ownership of this content.","date_published":"2022-02-24T11:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/e1078779-c57f-433d-b889-541d9ed68ebe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33731813,"duration_in_seconds":2108}]},{"id":"73092296-7557-42a3-9861-d2207a3c5473","title":"DevRelCon Advice (Ep 75)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/75-devrelcon-advice","content_text":"Enjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Enjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
The journey to DevRel is a winding one. We all have our own stories about how we wound up where we are — from intentional plans to happy accidents, as hosts of this podcast we’ve heard them all. One thing’s for sure, y’all’s stories are interesting, so we wanted to get together and talk about our journeys — what we have in common, funny anecdotes along the way, and what we can do to uplift the next generation of folks wanting to get started on this wild ride.
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2021 has been a year of ups and downs in the world of DevRel and Community work. From the shifting quicksand of events returning in person, then virtual once again, to the massive opening of job reqs for positions under the DevRel umbrella, it’s been a wild ride. We’ve also tried new things, both on the podcast and personally, and in this episode we will cover our perspectives on the year that was 2021.
\n\nLinks:
\n\nSend in your feedback! Hit us up on Twitter or shoot us an [email](info@communitypulse.io).
\n\nSpecial shout-out to Sarah Allen for all of the hard work getting the new website up and running.
\n\nPhoto by Moritz Knöringer on Unsplash
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
If there’s one thing that’s true across developer relations professionals, it’s that we live to educate and support. That extends to our fellow devrels - and in recent years, a flurry of developer relations related supporting materials have surfaced; from blogs to books, tweets to (ahem) podcasts, and more. What’s the best way to dig through them all to get the support and guidance you need? Today’s guests will cover that from several angles - from someone new to the devrel world, to someone looking to get more folks connected to devrel, and us hosts that are somewhere in between.
\n\nCheckouts
\nWesley Faulkner
SJ Morris
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\n\n\nAlbrey Brown
\n\nJessica Rose
\n\nPhoto by Austin Distel on Unsplash
\n\nLinks/Resources
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Albrey Brown and Jessica Rose.
","summary":"If there’s one thing that’s true across developer relations professionals, it’s that we live to educate and support. That extends to our fellow devrels - and in recent years, a flurry of developer relations related supporting materials have surfaced; from blogs to books, tweets to (ahem) podcasts, and more. What’s the best way to dig through them all to get the support and guidance you need? Today’s guests will cover that from several angles - from someone new to the devrel world, to someone looking to get more folks connected to devrel, and us hosts that are somewhere in between. ","date_published":"2021-11-18T16:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/be90bc8d-32c7-4487-92f1-85ad2ace500b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36451407,"duration_in_seconds":2250}]},{"id":"847073ac-837a-4211-b1ab-e3d9d84086e2","title":"DevRel Salary Survey Results (Ep 62)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/62-devrel-salary-survey","content_text":"Figuring out what the standard pay is for a DevRel professional can be difficult, especially when considering expectations, experience, and different niche industries within tech. What’s the average, what makes sense for the role, what’s fair - these are all questions that come to mind when considering compensation for what we do. Luckily, today’s guests have gathered some information and crunched the numbers to help you make a more informed approach to what a fair salary is for your role.\n\nDevRel Collective 2021 Salary Survey Results\n\nCheckouts\nWesley\n\n\nHow do we get sponsors to support our tech event? - DEV Community\n\n\nMary\n\n\nDevRelResourc.es is live!\n\n\nWesley\n\n\nMitchell’s New Role at HashiCorp\n\n\nSJ\n\n\nMailchimp’s Engineering Blog is now LIVE!\n\n\nGreg\n\n\nMatrix.org - Decentralized modern chat\nMozilla’s thoughts on Matrix\nGNOME’s thoughts on Matrix\n\n\nPhoto by NeONBRAND on Unsplash\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Greg Sutcliffe and Jocelyn Matthews.","content_html":"Figuring out what the standard pay is for a DevRel professional can be difficult, especially when considering expectations, experience, and different niche industries within tech. What’s the average, what makes sense for the role, what’s fair - these are all questions that come to mind when considering compensation for what we do. Luckily, today’s guests have gathered some information and crunched the numbers to help you make a more informed approach to what a fair salary is for your role.
\n\nDevRel Collective 2021 Salary Survey Results
\n\nCheckouts
\nWesley
Mary
\n\nWesley
\n\n\n\nSJ
\n\nGreg
\n\nPhoto by NeONBRAND on Unsplash
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Greg Sutcliffe and Jocelyn Matthews.
","summary":"Figuring out what the standard pay is for a DevRel professional can be difficult, especially when considering expectations, experience, and different niche industries within tech. What’s the average, what makes sense for the role, what’s fair - these are all questions that come to mind when considering compensation for what we do. Luckily, today’s guests have gathered some information and crunched the numbers to help you make a more informed approach to what a fair salary is for your role.","date_published":"2021-10-15T14:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/847073ac-837a-4211-b1ab-e3d9d84086e2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42706220,"duration_in_seconds":2344}]},{"id":"1c89c250-0a2e-4dad-8213-f22475174532","title":"Virtual Events and ROI - Are we getting our money's worth? (Ep 61)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/61-virtual-events-and-roi","content_text":"Over the last year, we’ve talked about virtual events quite a bit - from how to get started to bringing things together in a short period of time. That said, being a sponsor at these virtual events has been somewhat of a challenge. With no real “booth” or physical location for interaction, where can value be found in these events and how do we show the benefits to our sponsoring organizations. To discuss this, we brought together a few folks who have experienced virtual events from different points of view.\n\nCheckouts\nWesley Faulkner\n\n\nHow do we get sponsors to support our tech event? - DEV Community 👩💻👨💻\n\n\nMary Thengvall\n\n\nDisconnect if you can – highly recommend hiking! If you have a dog… https://dogtrekker.com has great resources for filtering hikes by dog-friendly, offleash, etc.\n\n\nMatty Stratton\n\n\nTed Lasso. That’s it.\nWe Appreciate Your Enthusiasm - The Oral History of Q101 by James VanOsdol\nFollow my dog on [Instagram](instagram.com/moxie_aussie) or [Twitter](twitter.com/moxieaussie).\n\n\nBen Lloyd Pearson\n\n\nGoogle Instant Apps - I hate apps, this lets you use them without installing them to your phone.\n\n\nPJ Hagerty \n\n\nDecibullz - ear plugs you can mold at home\nRever - motorcycle rider social media platform\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Ben Lloyd Pearson and Matty Stratton.","content_html":"Over the last year, we’ve talked about virtual events quite a bit - from how to get started to bringing things together in a short period of time. That said, being a sponsor at these virtual events has been somewhat of a challenge. With no real “booth” or physical location for interaction, where can value be found in these events and how do we show the benefits to our sponsoring organizations. To discuss this, we brought together a few folks who have experienced virtual events from different points of view.
\n\nCheckouts
\nWesley Faulkner
Mary Thengvall
\n\nMatty Stratton
\n\nBen Lloyd Pearson
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Ben Lloyd Pearson and Matty Stratton.
","summary":"Over the last year, we’ve talked about virtual events quite a bit - from how to get started to bringing things together in a short period of time. That said, being a sponsor at these virtual events has been somewhat of a challenge. With no real “booth” or physical location for interaction, where can value be found in these events and how do we show the benefits to our sponsoring organizations. To discuss this, we brought together a few folks who have experienced virtual events from different points of view.","date_published":"2021-09-03T11:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/288c7eb1-51c4-4b85-b7c0-c155ce5fb0e5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39045806,"duration_in_seconds":2287}]},{"id":"ca9a93e2-3788-4d03-bf1e-2e62294b48b0","title":"After Pulse: Everything in Moderation","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/60ap","content_text":"Jason, PJ, Wesley, and SJ sit down to discuss what they learned from our guest on moderation and some of the pitfalls they've experienced in being a part of moderated communities.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Jason, PJ, Wesley, and SJ sit down to discuss what they learned from our guest on moderation and some of the pitfalls they've experienced in being a part of moderated communities.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
One of the most difficult parts of managing a community is ensuring everyone adheres to a universally acceptable system of behavior. With events, there is generally a Code of Conduct that makes it clear what behaviors are acceptable, what behaviors aren’t, and the consequences of operating outside of the rules. Sometimes it falls on an individual or a team to handle this in the online world. Today, we’ll be talking about moderation with a guest who knows exactly how it works.
\n\nCheckouts
\nWesley Faulkner
SJ Morris
\n\nRosie Sherry
\n\n\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guest: Rosie Sherry.
","summary":"One of the most difficult parts of managing a community is ensuring everyone adheres to a universally acceptable system of behavior. With events, there is generally a Code of Conduct that makes it clear what behaviors are acceptable, what behaviors aren’t, and the consequences of operating outside of the rules. Sometimes it falls on an individual or a team to handle this in the online world. Today, we’ll be talking about moderation with a guest who knows exactly how it works.","date_published":"2021-06-04T13:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/9b06db49-b152-4c6b-b8d5-04ce77174bfa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40933447,"duration_in_seconds":2129}]},{"id":"bde66077-91c3-43c3-829b-fd2728622e45","title":"DevRel Around the World (Ep 59)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/59-devrel-around-the-world","content_text":"It’s easy to say that Developer Relations and Community Management is not universal, but sometimes, we focus so much on what is being done in our part of the world that we can forget how things might be different in different places. In this episode, we decided to try something a little different. We reached out to folks around the world to tell their stories, to let us know what makes their experiences unique. We wanted to get a sense of what unites us in DevRel and what small or large tweaks need to made to adjust for geography and culture.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"It’s easy to say that Developer Relations and Community Management is not universal, but sometimes, we focus so much on what is being done in our part of the world that we can forget how things might be different in different places.
In this episode, we decided to try something a little different. We reached out to folks around the world to tell their stories, to let us know what makes their experiences unique. We wanted to get a sense of what unites us in DevRel and what small or large tweaks need to made to adjust for geography and culture.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Creating a place for your specific community to gather online is a challenge every Developer Relations or Community team is likely going to address at some point, whether it’s because your executive team is asking you to create this space or you see a need for it. In this episode of Community Pulse, we talk to two specialists in the community industry about what to keep in mind when evaluating how to create a place for your community to gather online.
\n\nCheckouts
\nMary Thengvall
PJ Hagerty
\n\n\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nSJ Morris
\n\nNoele Flowers
\n\nJono Bacon
\n\nPhoto by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Jono Bacon and Noele Flowers.
","summary":"Creating a place for your specific community to gather online is a challenge every Developer Relations or Community team is likely going to address at some point, whether it’s because your executive team is asking you to create this space or you see a need for it. In this episode of Community Pulse, we talk to two specialists in the community industry about what to keep in mind when evaluating how to create a place for your community to gather online.","date_published":"2021-04-16T14:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/6bb13eb3-d3f1-4844-b201-761f2ef6edbd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44038972,"duration_in_seconds":2688}]},{"id":"689eeba6-a168-4649-9914-a9d91dafcc81","title":"After Pulse: DevRel Content Channels","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/57ap","content_text":"The hosts sit down to discuss what we've learned from our guests on pushing limits, finding new ways to deliver content, and how the community can benefit from the larger amount of information flowing through the DevRel ecosystem now, and moving forward.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"The hosts sit down to discuss what we've learned from our guests on pushing limits, finding new ways to deliver content, and how the community can benefit from the larger amount of information flowing through the DevRel ecosystem now, and moving forward.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Developer Relations professionals are known for creating a lot of content and the platforms that are available to us seem to grow by the day. For this episode of Community Pulse, we’re diving into what platforms exist today and what types of content works best for each channel. We’re joined by two guests: Cassidy Williams and Joe Karlsson, who are known throughout the tech industry for their humorous tech-centric content. We’ll talk about how to know which channels and types of content are most effective in reaching our specific audience, and how to measure our success.
\n\nCheckouts
\nMary Thengvall
PJ Hagerty
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nCassidy Williams
\n\nJoe Karlsson
\n\nPhoto by Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Cassidy Williams and Joe Karlsson.
","summary":"Developer Relations professionals are known for creating a lot of content and the platforms that are available to us seem to grow by the day. For this episode of Community Pulse, we’re diving into what platforms exist today and what types of content works best for each channel. We’re joined by two guests: Cassidy Williams and Joe Karlsson, who are known throughout the tech industry for their humorous tech-centric content. We’ll talk about how to know which channels and types of content are most effective in reaching our specific audience, and how to measure our success.","date_published":"2021-03-19T11:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/afa60139-8094-4b7d-aab9-53a76ab2caed.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33544998,"duration_in_seconds":2075}]},{"id":"81697627-caa9-4655-857e-d5907c8815fe","title":"After Pulse: Hiring and Recruiting in the Modern Era","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/56ap","content_text":"SJ, Jason, Wesley, and PJ sit down to discuss the most recent episode.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"SJ, Jason, Wesley, and PJ sit down to discuss the most recent episode.
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As the number of engineering and developer jobs continues to grow and the skillsets diversify, DevRel has seen a wave of people being let go, followed by a sudden growth in hiring across the tech industry. Taking a look at these trends over the last year or so, we decided we would go to the experts to explain how hiring looks from the recruitment side, what people can do to improve their hiring experience, and what’s different in today’s DevRel hiring landscape.
Our hosts sit down with Jill Wohlner of Underpin and Will Staney of Proactive Talent to see where things stand, and what to expect moving forward.
\n\nCheckouts
\nPJ Hagerty
\n* SPOTcon 2021
Wesley Faulkner
\n\nSJ Morris
\n\nJason Hand
\n\n\n\nJill Wholner
\n\n\n\nWill Stanley
\n\n\n\nPhoto by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash
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Special Guest: Jill Wholner.
","summary":"As the number of engineering and developer jobs continues to grow and the skillsets diversify, DevRel has seen a wave of people being let go, followed by a sudden growth in hiring across the tech industry. Taking a look at these trends over the last year or so, we decided we would go to the experts to explain how hiring looks from the recruitment side, what people can do to improve their hiring experience, and what’s different in today’s DevRel hiring landscape. Our hosts sit down with Jill Wohlner of Underpin and Will Staney of Proactive Talent to see where things stand, and what to expect moving forward.","date_published":"2021-02-26T07:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/9e4ad732-7813-44dd-811e-51ffa20e9874.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46745694,"duration_in_seconds":2643}]},{"id":"f450ca47-e91d-440e-8247-9a71455dbcd7","title":"After Pulse: Internal vs External DevRel","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/55ap","content_text":"Wesley and PJ spend some time after the show to continue chatting about similarities and differences of internal and external developer relations.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Wesley and PJ spend some time after the show to continue chatting about similarities and differences of internal and external developer relations.
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While DevRel holds some universal truths, there is at times a difference between how we handle our external communities as opposed to our internal communities. While we are still bringing people together, some of the approaches and interested parties may change. How do we foster communities and communicate feedback within an organization? Is it so different from “traditional” DevRel?
To find out more, Wesley and PJ sit down with Aja Hammerly, Davey Shafik, and Kevin McIntosh to talk about the ins and outs of both sides.
\n\nCheckouts
\nPJ
Wesley
\n\nDavey
\n\nKevin
\n\nAja
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Special Guests: Aja Hammerly, Davey Shafik, and Kevin McIntosh.
","summary":"While DevRel holds some universal truths, there is at times a difference between how we handle our external communities as opposed to our internal communities. While we are still bringing people together, some of the approaches and interested parties may change. How do we foster communities and communicate feedback within an organization? Is it so different from “traditional” DevRel?","date_published":"2021-01-15T10:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/f50e8299-383b-4f3b-af48-11693a02edec.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80426991,"duration_in_seconds":2499}]},{"id":"c55c7d57-8ba9-4eb0-af35-9a3dba37cd9e","title":"2020 Wrap Up (Ep 54)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/54-end-of-year","content_text":"It's been a long year in the world of DevRel! In this episode, our hosts take a look back at 2020, discuss the trends they noticed along a wave of change driven by outside forces, and give their predictions for 2021. Have a chat with Mary, Jason, SJ, Wesley, and PJ about everything community in 2020!\n\n2020 Episodes\n\n\nFinding the DevRel in You: Common Characteristics of Developer Relations Professionals - Amanda Folson & Geertjan Wielanga\nThe Ethical DevRel - Coraline Ada Ehmke & Don Goodman-Wilson\nCOVID-19 Retrospective (Community Pulse LIVE)\nDeveloper Relations And Developer Marketing: The Differences, The Similarities, The Partnerships - Elizabeth Kinsey & Karen White\nOnline Community Management: How DevRel Is Going Virtual - Marjorie Anderson & Wesley Faulkner\nA Talk About Racism, Privilege, And DevRel: Community Pulse Live - Summer Edition\nAdvocating For DevRel As A DevRel Professional - Elizabeth Ruscitto & Jaime Lopez\nMetrics, KPIs, and OKRs - Oh My! - Donovan Brown and Patrick Collins\nDevRel at the Foundation - Aydrian Howard, Taylor Barnett, David Simmons\nEvents in the Pandemic - Community Pulse LIVE! - Rahmona Henry & Floor Drees\nBudgets Rule Everything - Bear Douglas\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"It's been a long year in the world of DevRel! In this episode, our hosts take a look back at 2020, discuss the trends they noticed along a wave of change driven by outside forces, and give their predictions for 2021. Have a chat with Mary, Jason, SJ, Wesley, and PJ about everything community in 2020!
\n\n2020 Episodes
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Host SJ, Wesley, and Mary discuss the big budget episode and share some anecdotes on things that have been successful and others that were a bit of a trip up.
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As we’ve mentioned in previous episodes, budget concerns are an ever changing part of working in DevRel. Now more than ever, DevRel teams are expanding their functions and responsibilities while stretching the idea of how we do the things we do. In this episode, we sit down with Bear Douglas of Slack to talk budgets, what budget allocations mean to a DevRel and how do you calculate what you need vs what you want?
\n\nCheckouts
\nSJ Morris
Mary Thengvall
\n\n\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nBear Douglas
\n\n\n\nPhoto by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
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Special Guest: Bear Douglas.
","summary":"As we’ve mentioned in previous episodes, budget concerns are an ever changing part of working in DevRel. Now more than ever, DevRel teams are expanding their functions and responsibilities while stretching the idea of how we do the things we do. In this episode, we sit down with Bear Douglas of Slack to talk budgets, what budget allocations mean to a DevRel and how do you calculate what you need vs what you want?","date_published":"2020-11-12T13:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/adf21f17-f5ef-4712-b19d-ec71f46b6a3e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":78334693,"duration_in_seconds":2434}]},{"id":"0c1c3358-8aa0-4c11-a557-1d3bc2b06ab4","title":"After Pulse: Events in the Pandemic - Community Pulse Live!","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/52ap","content_text":"All five hosts jump in to add some notes and references from our awesome live episode. See what Mary, Jason, PJ, SJ, and Wesley have to say!\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"All five hosts jump in to add some notes and references from our awesome live episode. See what Mary, Jason, PJ, SJ, and Wesley have to say!
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\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
We’re almost 8 months into a global pandemic. The last time we gathered to discuss COVID-19, we were mere weeks in and scrambling to figure out how to adjust. Given how much has changed since then, it was time for another Community Pulse LIVE! Our questions include “What have we learned?” “How the pandemic has changed our perception of attending in-person conferences?” and “How does this uncertainty impact our budgets for the years to come?”. Guests Rahmona Henry (HubSpot Developer Advocate) and Floor Drees (Microsoft DevRel Program Manager) join us to discuss how they’re approaching their 2021 event strategy.
\n\nGuests
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Special Guests: Floor Drees and Rahmona Henry.
","summary":"We’re almost 8 months into a global pandemic. The last time we gathered to discuss COVID-19, we were mere weeks in and scrambling to figure out how to adjust. Given how much has changed since then, it was time for another Community Pulse LIVE! Our questions include “What have we learned?” “How the pandemic has changed our perception of attending in-person conferences?” and “How does this uncertainty impact our budgets for the years to come?”. Guests Rahmona Henry (HubSpot Developer Advocate) and Floor Drees (Microsoft DevRel Program Manager) join us to discuss how they’re approaching their 2021 event strategy.","date_published":"2020-10-13T07:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/89dc61fb-2bea-4548-a46d-5cb53b08cb4b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":106250986,"duration_in_seconds":3306}]},{"id":"d086bc55-faf1-433f-8487-170452ac3df9","title":"After Pulse: DevRel at the Foundation","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/51ap","content_text":"After chatting with our guests, Wesley, SJ, and Mary are joined by PJ to talk about early stage DevRel and their views on experiences in the startup world.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"After chatting with our guests, Wesley, SJ, and Mary are joined by PJ to talk about early stage DevRel and their views on experiences in the startup world.
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As companies are starting to realize that Developer Relations can be a competitive advantage, we’ve been noticing more and more job descriptions for Developer Advocates or DevRel Professionals who are the first non-engineering hire at early-stage startups. But when you’re an early hire working alongside the founder and a few engineers, what does your role look like? How is it different from joining a company as employee #30, 120, or even 1432?
Mary, SJ, and Wesley chat with David G Simmons, Taylor Barnett, and Aydrian Howard to talk about being DevRel number one.
\n\nCheckouts
\nAydrian Howard
Taylor Barnett
\n\n\n\nDavid Simmons
\n\nSJ Morris
\n\n\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\n\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nPhoto by Andrew Neel on Unsplash
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Special Guests: Aydrian Howard, David G. Simmons, and Taylor Barnett.
","summary":"As companies are starting to realize that Developer Relations can be a competitive advantage, we’ve been noticing more and more job descriptions for Developer Advocates or DevRel Professionals who are the first non-engineering hire at early-stage startups. But when you’re an early hire working alongside the founder and a few engineers, what does your role look like? How is it different from joining a company as employee #30, 120, or even 1432? Mary, SJ, and Wesley chat with David G Simmons, Taylor Barnett, and Aydrian Howard to talk about being DevRel number one.","date_published":"2020-09-17T06:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/dedd97ed-0b3b-4a45-8e5b-adc82fa2b23f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":92600408,"duration_in_seconds":2880}]},{"id":"05eadeac-88c9-4a46-a577-a80f37b9d2b6","title":"After Pulse: Metrics, KPIs, and OKRs - Oh My!","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/50ap","content_text":"Your hosts gather together to discuss tactics, goals, and to break down everything discussed in Episode 50 with Patrick Collins and Donovan Brown!\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Your hosts gather together to discuss tactics, goals, and to break down everything discussed in Episode 50 with Patrick Collins and Donovan Brown!
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In this episode we want to discuss the topic of OKRs (or Objectives and Key Results). What are OKRs, and why are they beneficial to an organization? How do they differ from Key Performance Metrics (KPIs)? What even is a North Star? To help us better understand we have invited our guests Donovan Brown and Patrick Collins
\n\nCheckouts
\nDonovan Brown
Patrick Collins
\n\nJason Hand
\n\n\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nPhoto by Luke Chesser on Unsplash.
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Special Guests: Donovan Brown and Patrick Collins.
","summary":"In this episode we want to discuss the topic of OKRs (or Objectives and Key Results). What are OKRs, and why are they beneficial to an organization? How do they differ from Key Performance Metrics (KPIs)? What even is a North Star? To help us better understand we have invited our guests Donovan Brown and Patrick Collins.","date_published":"2020-08-13T06:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/962b2db1-30ed-45e2-a007-61f1f0867a7e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":102873032,"duration_in_seconds":3201}]},{"id":"192bd62e-79d1-46b4-aa44-c5236d696ea0","title":"Advocating for DevRel as a DevRel Professional (Ep 49)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/49-advocating-for-devrel","content_text":"Developer Relations needs to be put into perspective for people outside the team or community. When your Developer Relations department comes under fire, how do we switch from advocating for our community to advocating for ourselves? When DevRel is new, how do you build on activities to show the importance of having a dedicated team working with the communities your organization is involved with? SJ and PJ sit down with Elizabeth Ruscitto and Jaime Lopez to discuss the ins and outs of explaining DevRel to folks on the outside.\n\nCheckouts\nSJ Morris\n\n\nThemed Zoom backgrounds as a team icebreaker - Fave album? Fave movie?\nPunk Rock Aerobics\n\n\nElizabeth Ruscitto\n\n\nSpotify’s new Open Source Developer portal - backstage.io\nFree Coursera course - The Science of Well-being\n\n\nJaime Lopez\n\n\n10 Ways to Help Accessibility at Conferences as a Speaker by Lindsey Kopacz\nGoogle Tech Writing Course\n\n\nPJ Hagerty\n\n\nNew Album from punk band Western Addiction\nStay Home, Stay Safe, Buy Local\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Developer Relations needs to be put into perspective for people outside the team or community. When your Developer Relations department comes under fire, how do we switch from advocating for our community to advocating for ourselves? When DevRel is new, how do you build on activities to show the importance of having a dedicated team working with the communities your organization is involved with?
SJ and PJ sit down with Elizabeth Ruscitto and Jaime Lopez to discuss the ins and outs of explaining DevRel to folks on the outside.
\n\nCheckouts
\nSJ Morris
Elizabeth Ruscitto
\n\nJaime Lopez
\n\nPJ Hagerty
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
These past few weeks have brought us to what we hope will be an inflection point with regard to systemic racism in the United States. We’re now asking the question: How can we work as a community in DevRel to ensure we not only address this critical moment, but actively work toward eradicating systemic racism in our industry?
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SJ, Jason, and PJ sit down to discuss their recent conversation with Marjorie and Wesley, when what started as a simple conversation about online communities turned into an opportunity to learn from experts at a time when our entire industry seems to have been turned on its head. They then pivot into what makes something ephemeral versus what \"sticks\" with you and has a lasting impact on your career as well as those around you.
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Connecting with our communities online is more important than ever right now. However, this isn’t something ALL DevRel teams are accustomed to.
In some cases, much of the online efforts have been relegated to “community management” or support.
Marjorie Anderson and Wesley Faulkner join us to talk about online communities, sharing tips, tricks, and best practices from their combined 20 years of experience.
\n\nCheckouts
\nPJ Hagerty
SJ Morris
\n\n\n\nMarjorie Anderson
\n\nWesley Faulkner
\n\nJason Hand
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Join Mary, Jason, and PJ as they reflect on their conversation with Karen and Elizabeth. They share some of their personal experiences that have shaped their opinions of marketing departments in the past and talk through the new concepts that were introduced in this episode.
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It’s not hard to say there is a difference between Developer Relations and Developer Marketing...but where does that line sit? There is definitely overlap, but how do we identify efforts or activities that fall more into one category or the other? To help us define these roles and where those lines might be, we are joined by guests Elizabeth Kinsey and Karen White.
\n\nCheckouts
\nPJ Hagerty
Karen White
\n\nElizabeth Kinsey
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nJason Hand
\n\n\n\nLinks
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Special Guests: Elizabeth Kinsey and Karen White.
","summary":"It’s not hard to say there is a difference between Developer Relations and Developer Marketing...but where does that line sit? There is definitely overlap, but how do we identify efforts or activities that fall more into one category or the other? To help us define these roles and where those lines might be, we are joined by guests Elizabeth Kinsey and Karen White.","date_published":"2020-04-21T18:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/dff30c46-e4f6-4b9c-9b1d-ca691b762fea.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80141523,"duration_in_seconds":2490}]},{"id":"3fc435c6-2990-4210-837a-e4eb563b1893","title":"COVID-19 Retrospective - Community Pulse LIVE! ","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/45covid19-bonus","content_text":"This has been a surreal and historic few weeks across the globe. We recently gathered a group of DevRel professionals to talk about how COVID-19 has impacted them and their DevRel role, from what their current focuses are, how their Q2 goals have changed, whether they're transitioning to online events (and what that will look like in the future), and more. Join us for a special live episode as we dig into the potential long term changes to our industry post COVID-19. \n\nMentions\n\n\nSarah Thiam’s post on online events\nTech Events Cancelled\nDevRel Weekly COVID-related resources\nMinute on the Mic\nZoom features\nOnline Events Platforms (outside of Zoom):\nHopin: Online Events Platform\n BlueJeans\n Mozilla Hubs\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"This has been a surreal and historic few weeks across the globe. We recently gathered a group of DevRel professionals to talk about how COVID-19 has impacted them and their DevRel role, from what their current focuses are, how their Q2 goals have changed, whether they're transitioning to online events (and what that will look like in the future), and more. Join us for a special live episode as we dig into the potential long term changes to our industry post COVID-19.
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PJ, SJ, and Mary chat further on the subject of ethics following Episode 45. Tune in to hear more from their own unique perspectives once the guests have left.
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Events have a code of conduct. Projects often have rules of behavior for those who participate. There are expected rules we follow when creating content, from adhering to MLA style to ensuring ideas are delivered in a succinct way with value to the consumer.
But when it comes to DevRel, there is no specific rule set or guidelines for practitioners. Beyond the external rules we need to follow as generally good humans, there is nothing to show how to be an ethical DevRel practitioner. So where does that leave us?
Coraline Ada Ehmke and Don Goodman-Wilson join us to discuss this difficult topic.</p
\n\nCheckouts
\nPJ Hagerty
SJ Morris
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nDon Goodman-Wilson
\n\nCoraline Ada Ehmke
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Special Guests: Coraline Ada Ehmke and Don Goodman-Wilson.
","summary":"Events have a code of conduct. Projects often have rules of behavior for those who participate. There are expected rules we follow when creating content, from adhering to MLA style to ensuring ideas are delivered in a succinct way with value to the consumer. But when it comes to DevRel, there is no specific rule set or guidelines for practitioners. Beyond the external rules we need to follow as generally good humans, there is nothing to show how to be an ethical DevRel practitioner. So where does that leave us? Coraline Ada Ehmke and Don Goodman-Wilson join us to discuss this difficult topic.","date_published":"2020-03-16T20:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/b12a44d9-b077-4467-b0d8-0adb924bba80.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":89082020,"duration_in_seconds":2770}]},{"id":"c3eba8cd-6bde-4e46-9a2d-9b637b66e90b","title":"After Pulse: Finding the DevRel in You","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/44ap","content_text":"Enjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Enjoy the podcast?
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Checkouts:
\nSJ Morris
PJ Hagerty
\n\nAmanda Folson
\n\nGeertjan Wielanga
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Checkouts:
\nPJ Hagerty
Mary Thengvall
\n\nJason Hand
\n\n\n\nSJ Morris
\n\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
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Check Outs
\nPJ Hagerty
Mary Thengvall
\n\nJason Hand
\n\nSJ Morris
\n\nShannon Burns
\n\nLauren Cooney
\n\nMatt Broberg
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Special Guests: Lauren Cooney, Matthew Broberg, and Shannon Burns.
","summary":"We can’t all spend the next 10-20 years on the road. So what’s next after DevRel? What does our career path look like? In this episode, we’ll talk to Matt Broberg, Shannon Burns, and Lauren Cooney, who have all segued out of Developer Relations and taken their experience into a new, exciting role. We’ll discuss how and why they did it and how their transitions have gone.","date_published":"2019-11-19T14:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/86bda34a-0858-4b54-a9d0-715eca5f0cc4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":96643322,"duration_in_seconds":3006}]},{"id":"3c9e8cc792e14ee1a4a8cfc68e15dfb7","title":"After Pulse: Audience Segmentation","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/41ap","content_text":"Enjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Enjoy the podcast?
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Checkouts:
\nPJ
Mary Thengvall
\n\nSJ Morris
\n\nJesse Davis
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guest: Jesse Davis.
","summary":"Figuring out what segment of the technical industry your product is focused on can be a difficult endeavor, but it’s necessary in order to set your DevRel team up for success. “Developers, Developers, Developers” has a nice ring to it, but in reality, it is far too large of a group to focus on. In this episode of Community Pulse, our hosts are joined by Sarah-Jane Morris, Founder of Listen Community Consulting, and Jesse Davis, Executive VP of Product and Technology at Devada, to talk about audience segmentation and how it plays into building a sustainable DevRel strategy.","date_published":"2019-10-18T16:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/ba4bd4d0-c19b-41d6-9440-5b71d1650ae6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":91554339,"duration_in_seconds":2847}]},{"id":"aa4cdcec96ee42c58d2cc259d187db45","title":"After Pulse: Open Source Community Management","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/40ap","content_text":"Enjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Enjoy the podcast?
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Note
\nApologies for the sub-par audio levels on this episode. Mary, PJ, and Rain recorded together while onsite at Abstractions Conference and the microphone situation wasn’t ideal!
Checkouts:
\nPJ
Rain Leander
\n\nMary Thengvall
\n\nSherrie Rohde
\n\nJason Hand
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Special Guests: Rain Leander and Sherrie Rohde.
","summary":"In this episode of Community Pulse, Jason, PJ, and Mary talk to Rain Leander and Sherrie Rohde about their role as Community Managers for open source projects and how this differs from what’s now considered Developer Relations.","date_published":"2019-09-18T07:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/2ac41fc6-2373-4cb0-a5ca-5dc9acb63ca3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":73484599,"duration_in_seconds":2282}]},{"id":"2010b6e8d0924105bb8b90bedf9e3ce0","title":"After Pulse: Moving Day","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/39ap","content_text":"Enjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Enjoy the podcast?
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What happens when you change jobs and have to move from one community to another?
\n\nWhen it’s time to look for a new job… do you stick with the same community? Or do you seek out a change of some type?
\n\nAre there companies or brands that you can’t see yourself ever working for?
\n\nListen in as Jason and PJ chat with guests Alyss Noland and Joel Lord on these topics and more.
\n\nCheckouts:
\nPJ
Joel Lord
\n\nAlyss Noland
\n\nJason
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Alyss Noland and Joel Lord.
","summary":"Working with a specific community is great, but what happens when it’s time to change companies? Do you bring your community with you? Do you need to start over in a new community? What does it mean for your “personal brand”? Jason and PJ talk about all of these topics and more with this month’s guests, Alyss Noland and Joel Lord.","date_published":"2019-08-08T08:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/f54f8d7d-ce52-49e7-8b5b-3e1bf22b547c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69869691,"duration_in_seconds":2169}]},{"id":"6dbf822b35834d378cfaca595088c574","title":"After Pulse: Conference Season","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/38ap","content_text":"Links:\n\n\nEvent Scorecard\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Links:
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"Conference Season" used to be a definitive time of year -- the time when things were chaotic and everything revolved around travel, talks, sponsorships, and schedules. But these days it seems like the whole year is chock-full of conferences, big and small. So how can we help build an event strategy that's sustainable, not only for our team, but for our budgets? Amanda Gonser, Manager of Community Events and Content at PagerDuty, and Matt Auerbach, Event Director at Twitch and Co-founder of Confir, join Mary, PJ, and Jason to talk about all of these topics and more.
\n\nLinks
\n\nCheckouts
\nAmanda
Matt
\n\nPJ
\n\nMary
\n\nJason
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Amanda Gonser and Matt Auerbach.
","summary":"\"Conference Season\" used to be a definitive time of year -- the time when things were chaotic and everything revolved around travel, talks, sponsorships, and schedules. But these days it seems like the whole year is chock-full of conferences, big and small. So how can we help build an event strategy that's sustainable, not only for our team, but for our budgets? Amanda Gonser, Manager of Community Events and Content at PagerDuty, and Matt Auerbach, Event Director at Twitch and Co-founder of Confir, join Mary, PJ, and Jason to talk about all of these topics and more.","date_published":"2019-07-25T07:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/b996fd96-694c-4c21-88a5-6480d3b80a11.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94653269,"duration_in_seconds":2883}]},{"id":"2bfb63c1212a4268b0affcc3c37051d6","title":"After Pulse: What's In A Name?","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/37ap","content_text":"Links\nBrene Brown’s Netflix special\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Links
\nBrene Brown’s Netflix special
Enjoy the podcast?
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Bear:
\n\nJeremy: Dry: 2c flour 1/2c sugar 1/2t baking soda 1/2t salt 2t baking powder
\n\nWet: 1c mashed ripe bananas 1 egg 1/4c butter 1t orange zest 1/3c orange juice
\n\nStreusel: 2T butter 2T sugar 1/4c flour 1t orange zest
\n\nPJ
\n\nMary
\n\nJason
\n\nBear
\n\nJeremy
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Special Guests: Bear Douglas and Jeremy Meiss.
","summary":"Developer Advocate. Community Engineer. Developer Evangelist. Community Manager. Technical Writer. All these are job titles in DevRel, but what do they mean, and what do people think we do based on our titles? Jason, Mary, and PJ are joined by Bear Douglas, Director of Developer Relations at Slack, and Jeremy Meiss, Director of Community at Solace, to chat about the various roles within DevRel and what makes them all unique. Is it really all in the name?","date_published":"2019-07-05T16:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/c746ebdd-7771-416e-9a38-7540acc0aff0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":106211246,"duration_in_seconds":3305}]},{"id":"bfd796aa77f142d885c95004b648396b","title":"After Pulse: Video Content 101","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/36ap","content_text":"\nTweet from Angie Jones\nBrene Brown “The Call to Courage” trailer\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Checkouts
\nMary
Dan
\n\nJason
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guest: Dan Thomas.
","summary":"We live in a world where you need to do something different in order to stick out from your competition. Written content abounds and podcasts are now a dime a dozen, but video content seems to be something of a frontier still (though growing quickly!). Dan Thomas joins us this month to talk about how to create stellar video content and build a following through vlogging.","date_published":"2019-06-10T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/dd14119f-d15e-4ae4-82b9-a09f71b4e0ba.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":95073883,"duration_in_seconds":2957}]},{"id":"a7caffbd5b3e420bad380758a8599a35","title":"After Pulse: Under the Influencers","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/35ap","content_text":"Enjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Enjoy the podcast?
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\n\nKey Quotes:
\n_An influencer is someone who has won the respect, interest, and attention of other subject matter experts in a particular field or context. [At Sprinklr], we measure that through analysis of the Twitter follow relationship through a specific model called Social Graph Analysis. _-Marshall Kirkpatrick
[If] you’re just looking at follower counts, then it turns into “Oh! They must be an influencer! They have 110,000 followers.” And… maybe! but if it’s not consolidated into one [topic] space and half of them are bots, what’s it going to do for you? -Rachel Happe
\n\nTo be a deep influencer, you have to engage in dialogue with people. You have to be able to challenge them effectively, which means you also have to be supportive… meaning, if they don’t know that you’re supportive and you challenge them, then you’re just an asshole and you’re not going to change their opinion about anything. That requires a relationship and you have to be open yourself to being changed. You can’t approach it with “I’m going to proclaim my expertise to the world and they are going to sit back and listen!” Relationships are influence. -Rachel Happe
\n\n_In order to be an influencer, you have to be willing to be influenced. You have to have the capability and flexibility to say “Yes, I’m going to promote this product or work for this company, or work with this project…” but at the same time you have to be open to the idea that things might not be perfect in the world. _-PJ Hagerty
\n\nWords are hard. Saying “In my experience…” or “In my expertise, that doesn’t look right”, which is different than saying “That’s wrong.” -Rachel Happe
\n\n_It’s the gentle way to continue a conversation! The first is saying “Lead me to your way of thinking… help me understand” whereas “You’re wrong” ends the conversation. _-PJ Hagerty
\n\nThe main difference I’ve seen between people who have a lot of followers and people who are influencers is that influencers are able to understand the power that their platform has and use that to engage people, to encourage conversations, to encourage diversity, to encourage greater thinking about issues. -Mary Thengvall
\n\n_A big part of the value of these thought leaders and influencers that we haven’t touched on is not so much in the way they can move the outside world and the web that we’re all a part of… but there’s a huge source of value [for businesses] that comes from connecting with these thought leaders and influencers that can be derived from learning from them. _-Marshall Kirkpatrick
\n\n_I would suggest that there’s an opportunity there (when there’s a “flash” of influence that catapults someone onto a platform with many Twitter followers) to build a relationship. There may be a signal-to-noise ratio that you need to be cautious of – perhaps only 1/10 of those people will be able to sustain the platform – but early access and development of a relationship, especially with someone that you like, who winds up growing into a position of thought leadership, means more time spent around their work and a more impactful relationship. _-Marshall Kirkpatrick
\n\nIn order to draw people to a community you need to figure out who influences them. If their top influencers aren’t also in the community, those individuals aren’t going to be aware of your new community, let alone interested in joining. -Rachel Happe
\n\nCheckouts:
\nMarshall
Rachel
\n\nPJ
\n\nMary
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Marshall Kirkpatrick and Rachel Happe.
","summary":"Part of building and participating in a community is the influence we have on others. With the advent of social media and more personal interactions, people have risen to levels heretofore unexpected. Influencers help to sway the activities of a community and stars arise that influence at the highest level.Rachel Happe (Co-founder of The Community Roundtable) and Marshall Kirkpatrick (Vice President, Influencer Relations, Analyst Relations, and Competitive Intelligence at Sprinklr) join Mary & PJ to talk about the difference between influence and popularity, and what it means to be an influencer.","date_published":"2019-05-07T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/72f0ddc7-0283-440f-b1e2-2813c31b02e8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":89082020,"duration_in_seconds":2770}]},{"id":"18628cab52074249a6c701a09b2d20de","title":"After Pulse: Technical? Or Tech-Savvy?","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/34ap","content_text":"Enjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"
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Checkouts
\nMatty
Karissa
\n\nMary
\n\nPJ
\n\nJason
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Karissa Peth and Matty Stratton.
","summary":"As Developer Relations becomes more mainstream, the understanding of what makes someone qualified to be a Developer Relations professional is getting cloudy. Do you have to have a technical background? And if so, does that mean that you’ve held a “Software Engineer” title? Or simply that you’ve taken the time to understand the technical pieces of your product? Jason, Mary, and PJ are joined by Karissa Peth, Sr. Developer Relations Program Manager at Microsoft, and Matty Stratton, DevOps Advocate at PagerDuty, as they dig into the nuances of the various Developer Relations career paths.","date_published":"2019-03-26T13:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/8ee9c44b-e4de-46d5-81b1-334cfc30ef70.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":90603871,"duration_in_seconds":2817}]},{"id":"114048170a04417aad3a22681e7106a5","title":"After Pulse: Lessons Learned From Organizing Tech Events","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/33ap","content_text":"Jason, Mary, and PJ sync up after Episode 33 to discuss event management, creating new events, and where event organization fits into community management as a whole.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Jason, Mary, and PJ sync up after Episode 33 to discuss event management, creating new events, and where event organization fits into community management as a whole.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Checkouts
\nJason
Quintessence
\n\nAaron
\n\nMary
\n\nPJ
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Aaron Aldrich and Quintessence Anx.
","summary":"In this episode, our hosts are joined by Aaron Aldrich and Quintessence Anx, both of whom are Developer Advocates who also have experience organizing community events. Together, they discuss the challenges, lessons learned, and tips for organizing events for a technical audience","date_published":"2019-03-12T00:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/0da8fad4-67d8-46dc-9dc1-14208d04b95b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":90746383,"duration_in_seconds":2822}]},{"id":"50567dd00e2545538985933639c5f223","title":"After Pulse: Big Company, Little Company","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/32ap","content_text":"Sponsored by:\n\nIBM Developer\nAre you building cloud applications with Java, AI, Machine Learning, Serverless and Containers? IBM Developer provides a large number of Code Patterns, sample applications, articles, tutorials and videos to help you build faster. All code is available on GitHub. You can incorporate any code into existing applications or use it to start a new application. Simply go to developer.ibm.com to access IBM Developer resources and start building.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"IBM Developer
\nAre you building cloud applications with Java, AI, Machine Learning, Serverless and Containers? IBM Developer provides a large number of Code Patterns, sample applications, articles, tutorials and videos to help you build faster. All code is available on GitHub. You can incorporate any code into existing applications or use it to start a new application. Simply go to developer.ibm.com to access IBM Developer resources and start building.
Enjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Checkouts
\nJason
Matt
\n\nNathen
\n\nMaureen
\n\n\n\nPJ
\n\nIBM Developer
\nAre you building cloud applications with Java, AI, Machine Learning, Serverless and Containers? IBM Developer provides a large number of Code Patterns, sample applications, articles, tutorials and videos to help you build faster. All code is available on GitHub. You can incorporate any code into existing applications or use it to start a new application. Simply go to developer.ibm.com to access IBM Developer resources and start building.
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Special Guests: Matt Asay, Maureen McElaney, and Nathen Harvey.
","summary":"In this episode, our hosts discuss the similarities and differences of working in developer relations and advocacy in large organizations compared to small ones (or startups). Joining us in the conversation is Nathen Harvey of Google, Maureen McElaney from IBM, and Matt Asay from Adobe.","date_published":"2019-01-23T14:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/2632f350-54cf-40e4-9ca1-6fb436682216.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94693160,"duration_in_seconds":2945}]},{"id":"edb56936cc794d1c89c96cce4a7ceb1e","title":"2018 Wrap-Up (Ep 31)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/31-2018wrapup","content_text":"Checkouts\nPJ\n\n\nFireFox has redeemed itself recently. With better performance it may go back to being my default browser over the security-flawed and processor-heavy Chrome.\nSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury\n\n\nMary\n\n\nThe ONE Thing by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan\nStart: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average, and Do Work That Matters by Jon Acuff\nBecoming by Michelle Obama – she narrates the audiobook version\n\n\nJason\n\n\nAttack of the 50 Foot Blockchain by David Gerard\nHeadspace App\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Checkouts
\nPJ
Mary
\n\nJason
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Checkouts
\nJason
Emily
\n\nHarper
\n\nPJ
\n\nSponsored by IBM Developer:
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Special Guests: Emily Freeman and Harper Reed.
","summary":"Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn...these are all major parts of what we use everyday to stay in touch with the communities we are involved in, personally and professionally. What happens though when those lines blur? When something you say from your personal life gets picked up by people involved in your professional life? Is it all worthwhile? Jason and PJ sit down with Emily Freeman and Harper Reed to discuss the pros, the cons, and few side tracks along the way.","date_published":"2018-11-30T11:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/d3089373-98cb-49df-a436-9d9f644d0954.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":93172181,"duration_in_seconds":2897}]},{"id":"8bb4e651fcec4a3ca5871bf44f55f518","title":"After Pulse: Codes of Conduct","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/29ap","content_text":"Mary and PJ join Jason to sync up on the recent episode that he hosted about Codes of Conduct. We cover a lot of ground: from the purpose that Codes of Conduct serve, to the fact that we agree to these standards in day-to-day life without realizing it, to the recent news stories about CoCs.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Mary and PJ join Jason to sync up on the recent episode that he hosted about Codes of Conduct. We cover a lot of ground: from the purpose that Codes of Conduct serve, to the fact that we agree to these standards in day-to-day life without realizing it, to the recent news stories about CoCs.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Checkouts
\nTessa
Justin
\n\nCarina
\n\nJason
\n\nSpecial thanks to our sponsor, IBM. Are you building cloud applications with Java, AI, Machine Learning, Serverless and Containers? IBM Developer provides a large number of Code Patterns, sample applications, articles, tutorials and videos to help you build faster. All code is available on GitHub. You can incorporate any code into existing applications or use it to start a new application. Simply go to developer.ibm.com to access IBM Developer resources and start building.
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\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Justin Reese and Tessa Mero.
","summary":"Jason flies solo on a great discussion of Codes of Conduct for events. We've brought in Carina C. Zona (CallBackWomen), Justin Reese (Code & Supply), and Tessa Mero (Cisco) to talk what works, what doesn't, and what happens when the CoC isn't followed.","date_published":"2018-10-23T07:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/79f1cc11-8e5a-4bd9-ae98-abf8f14d248d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87702739,"duration_in_seconds":2727}]},{"id":"4c9df87e8ec0409781dc9751e7caddfe","title":"Relationships IRL (Ep 28)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/28-relationships-irl","content_text":"Checkouts:\nMary\n\n\nNotion\n\n\nJason\n\n\nLet him know what your checkouts are or Twitter\nInsta360 One\n\n\nPJ\n\n\nPJ is committing to have an album out by the end of the year. Stay tuned (pun fully intended)!\nJolt Cola has returned to stores! “All the sugar and twice the caffeine.”\n\n\n Special thanks to our sponsor, IBM. Are you building cloud applications with Java, AI, Machine Learning, Serverless and Containers? IBM Developer provides a large number of Code Patterns, sample applications, articles, tutorials and videos to help you build faster. All code is available on GitHub. You can incorporate any code into existing applications or use it to start a new application. Simply go to developer.ibm.com to access IBM Developer resources and start building.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Checkouts:
\nMary
Jason
\n\nPJ
\n\nSpecial thanks to our sponsor, IBM. Are you building cloud applications with Java, AI, Machine Learning, Serverless and Containers? IBM Developer provides a large number of Code Patterns, sample applications, articles, tutorials and videos to help you build faster. All code is available on GitHub. You can incorporate any code into existing applications or use it to start a new application. Simply go to developer.ibm.com to access IBM Developer resources and start building.
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Mary, Jason, and PJ get together after the episode to talk content, Mary's upcoming book, and some of the hurdles they've seen to getting content out there.
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Checkouts:
\nLorna
Mary
\n\n\n\nJason
\n\nPJ
\n\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Special Guest: Lorna Jane Mitchell.
","summary":"One important part of the Dev Advocate lifestyle is content creation, which can range from penning the perfect tweet to blog posts to docs and tutorials. Content matters when it comes to interacting with the Community. In this episode, we talk with Lorna Jane Mitchell about content creation and the process of working with folks who are not content creators to make the best of your project or community’s written record.","date_published":"2018-08-21T13:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/9f45c3d2-96f6-4a6d-b1f4-075b8e6d5832.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":77908177,"duration_in_seconds":2391}]},{"id":"f7a6c392726c4884938c5250608c9533","title":"Funemployment & Downtime (Ep 26)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/26-funemployment-downtime","content_text":"Checkouts:\nPJ\n\n\nThe Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory\nCoheed And Cambria - Unearthly Creatures album\n\n\nJason\n\n\nThe Art of Happiness\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Checkouts:
\nPJ
Jason
\n\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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PJ, Jason, and Mary sync up after the podcast recording with J. Paul Reed and Greg Bulmash (Episode 25: Team Dynamics) to recap the episode and share a few more thoughts.
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Checkouts:
\nMary
PJ
\n\nJason
\n\nGreg
\n\nPaul
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Special Guests: Greg Bulmash and J. Paul Reed.
","summary":"PJ, Jason, and Mary sit down with J. Paul Reed (@jpreed) and Greg Bulmash (@yiddishninja) to chat about team dynamics, working between departments, and setting boundaries for your DevRel team.","date_published":"2018-06-14T10:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/98908ec0-a21e-47ae-b6e0-8de0b1d80cc2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":89204987,"duration_in_seconds":2733}]},{"id":"a454cf9b3c4a423db24eb0e7a6adbcb6","title":"After Pulse: Imposter Syndrome","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/24ap","content_text":"PJ, Jason, and Mary sync up after the podcast recording with Kelsey Hightower (Episode 24: Imposter Syndrome) to recap the episode and share a few more thoughts.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"PJ, Jason, and Mary sync up after the podcast recording with Kelsey Hightower (Episode 24: Imposter Syndrome) to recap the episode and share a few more thoughts.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Checkouts:
\nJason
Mary
\n\nPJ
\n\nKelsey
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Special Guest: Kelsey Hightower.
","summary":"PJ, Jason, and Mary joined up with Kelsey Hightower from Google Cloud Platform to chat about imposter syndrome: - What is imposter syndrome? - Is it a \"thing\"? - How can we overcome imposter syndrome in ourselves? - How can we prevent imposter syndrome in others?","date_published":"2018-05-28T13:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/44fab667-5db5-449a-9602-3edfe1c5c0ea.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":98726290,"duration_in_seconds":3015}]},{"id":"c37e62cc9c6a845afc616b3177958640","title":"How to Submit the Best CFP of your Life (and what to do when it gets accepted) (Ep 23)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/23-cfps","content_text":"Buckle up and get your notebook ready -- this is an episode full of tips and tricks and good advice from an expert.\n\nConference season is fast approaching, but we all know that the true preparation starts months ahead when all of the CFPs open. In this episode of Community Pulse, Mary, PJ, and Jason sit down with VM (Vicky) Brasseur to chat about how to craft the best CFPs, navigating the land of limbo before you find out whether your talk has been accepted, and how to prepare the best talk once you've gotten your acceptance notice.\n\nLinks:\n\n\n Forge Your Future with Open Source by VM (Vicky) Brasseur\nSeaGL Code of Practice\nNode Summit Speaker Preparation\n20% off code for OSCON: VMB20\n\n\nCheckouts:\nJason\n\n\nArtistworks\nLukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real album\nDevopsdays Rockies - watch the livestream on April 17-18 or keep an eye out for the videos\n\n\nMary\n\n\nREdeployConf - Aug 16-17, San Francisco. A 360° view of resilient technology, organizations, and people. CFP opening soon!\nFootprints on the Moon - book by Seth Godin\n\n\nPJ\n\n\nCodeDaze.me - Sept 14-15, Buffalo, NY. A conference dedicated to code, design, development, and everything tech! CFP closes April 30th.\nJust saw a reunion tour for Buffalo emo band Copper under a new name: Gathering Ground\n\n\nVicky\n\n\nThe No Assholes Rule by Robert I. Sutton\nOpen Source: Introverts Together\n\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Buckle up and get your notebook ready -- this is an episode full of tips and tricks and good advice from an expert.
\n\nConference season is fast approaching, but we all know that the true preparation starts months ahead when all of the CFPs open. In this episode of Community Pulse, Mary, PJ, and Jason sit down with VM (Vicky) Brasseur to chat about how to craft the best CFPs, navigating the land of limbo before you find out whether your talk has been accepted, and how to prepare the best talk once you've gotten your acceptance notice.
\n\nLinks:
\n\nCheckouts:
\nJason
Mary
\n\nPJ
\n\nVicky
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
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Conference season is fast approaching, but we all know that the true preparation starts months ahead when all of the CFPs open. In this episode of Community Pulse, Mary, PJ, and Jason sit down with VM (Vicky) Brasseur to chat about how to craft the best CFPs, navigating the land of limbo before you find out whether your talk has been accepted, and how to prepare the best talk once you've gotten your acceptance notice.","date_published":"2018-04-14T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/ccef74a5-0651-4622-a122-7c289e333cda.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":89388188,"duration_in_seconds":2740}]},{"id":"6f28225e55463b1cf8eba9aa4ce6d730","title":"Hiring a DevRel Team (Ep 22)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/22-hiring-devrel-team","content_text":"PJ and Jason sit down with Matt Broberg, VP of Community at Sensu and Jill Jubinski, Senior Manager of Tech Recruiting at Fastly to talk about hiring a Developer Relations team. From how to find the mythical creatures that form the right team to who your first hire should be and what recruiters screen for, you'll learn about the who, how, what, and when of pulling together a Developer Relations team from scratch.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Jill Wholner and Matthew Broberg.","content_html":"
PJ and Jason sit down with Matt Broberg, VP of Community at Sensu and Jill Jubinski, Senior Manager of Tech Recruiting at Fastly to talk about hiring a Developer Relations team. From how to find the mythical creatures that form the right team to who your first hire should be and what recruiters screen for, you'll learn about the who, how, what, and when of pulling together a Developer Relations team from scratch.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Jill Wholner and Matthew Broberg.
","summary":"The Who, How, What, and When","date_published":"2018-03-10T19:45:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/946a7077-e061-4a09-9c73-955627b2e6d9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":81502817,"duration_in_seconds":2484}]},{"id":"6dc8ddfcacddbb3da2e082cb7b0faccb","title":"Breaking into DevRel (Ep 21)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/21-breaking-into-devrel","content_text":"Defining Developer Relations is a difficult thing to do. So how do you know what to expect when you transition into Community & DevRel? This month, PJ and Mary chat with Emily Freeman and Chloe Condon about how their initial experience has been and what they'd do differently if they had a choice.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Chloe Condon and Emily Freeman.","content_html":"Defining Developer Relations is a difficult thing to do. So how do you know what to expect when you transition into Community & DevRel? This month, PJ and Mary chat with Emily Freeman and Chloe Condon about how their initial experience has been and what they'd do differently if they had a choice.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Chloe Condon and Emily Freeman.
","summary":"What is Developer Relations, Anyway?","date_published":"2018-02-09T17:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/3200ca75-fa0c-4ddd-a9a0-42b832c6e7d1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":82366724,"duration_in_seconds":2513}]},{"id":"7aa794d6fd7f3610ebdb54f262497d41","title":"Meetups (Ep 20)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/20-meetups","content_text":"Mary, Jason, and PJ get together to kick off 2018 with a chat about meetups! What makes a great meetup? Are branded meetups valuable? Let's find out! Links for this episode: The Community Pulse Podcast - https://apple.co/2Dqay7r Making Work Visible - http://amzn.to/2wukkPn CloudCraft - https://cloudcraft.co Halt and Catch Fire - http://www.amc.com/shows/halt-and-catch-fire Urban Ears - https://www.urbanears.com Code and Talk - https://codeandtalk.com Reply All Podcast - https://gimletmedia.com/reply-all Crimetown Podcast - https://gimletmedia.com/crimetown\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"Mary, Jason, and PJ get together to kick off 2018 with a chat about meetups! What makes a great meetup? Are branded meetups valuable? Let's find out!
Links for this episode: The Community Pulse Podcast - https://apple.co/2Dqay7r Making Work Visible - http://amzn.to/2wukkPn CloudCraft - https://cloudcraft.co Halt and Catch Fire - http://www.amc.com/shows/halt-and-catch-fire Urban Ears - https://www.urbanears.com Code and Talk - https://codeandtalk.com Reply All Podcast - https://gimletmedia.com/reply-all Crimetown Podcast - https://gimletmedia.com/crimetown
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Jason, Mary, and PJ do an end of year wrap-up on the highs, lows, and day-to-day of 2017. We talk about the tough parts of being in DevRel, the importance of diversity, and other topics we've seen this year.
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Episode 18 finds Jason and PJ in Pittsburgh at Uptime Conf! We took the opportunity to sit down with Community Organizer and Pittsburgh Advocate, Justin Reese.
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Special Guest: Justin Reese.
","summary":"Episode 18 finds Jason and PJ in Pittsburgh at Uptime Conf! We took the opportunity to sit down with Community Organizer and Pittsburgh Advocate, Justin Reese.","date_published":"2017-08-29T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/0c21daf3-3f8d-4ba9-a565-31737ec49fdd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51232384,"duration_in_seconds":1578}]},{"id":"123f21f5f1b62110ace5712f5fe6fdf1","title":"Anil Dash: The Importance of Interaction (Ep 17)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/17-anil-dash","content_text":"In this episode, Mary, Jason, and PJ sit down with the illustrious Anil Dash of Fog Creek Software to discuss interactions with people, why DevRel is so important yet misunderstood, and Anil's cool new project, Glitch.com.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"In this episode, Mary, Jason, and PJ sit down with the illustrious Anil Dash of Fog Creek Software to discuss interactions with people, why DevRel is so important yet misunderstood, and Anil's cool new project, Glitch.com.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
After all 3 hosts being in the same physical place at the same time, Mary, Jason, and PJ come together to recap DevOpsDays, talk about different communities, and chat about all the things we're thinking.
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While none of our guests for this episode have \"Community Manager\" in their title, these folks know a lot about building local communities. Jason and Mary chat with some of the top people behind Ignite Talks (ignitetalks.io) about building communities, drawing people together, and how to know when your plans need to pivot.
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\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Brady Forrest, Bryan Zug, Ignite, and Megan Groves.
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\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Eamon Leonard and Kim Bannerman.
","summary":"How to Launch a Community","date_published":"2017-02-13T13:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/98589ac2-92f4-4683-a28a-7f54804b8dce.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":101146898,"duration_in_seconds":3094}]},{"id":"9c5b24277421bcbce62f4cdfc4c0d5db","title":"New Year, New Plan (Ep 13)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/13-new-year-new-plan","content_text":"Ken Mugrage and Matt Broberg join Mary, Jason, and PJ to discuss metrics, divining the future from the past, and Jason's odd love of Fuller House!\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Ken Mugrage and Matthew Broberg.","content_html":"Ken Mugrage and Matt Broberg join Mary, Jason, and PJ to discuss metrics, divining the future from the past, and Jason's odd love of Fuller House!
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Ken Mugrage and Matthew Broberg.
","summary":"Developer Relations Retrospectives","date_published":"2017-01-13T09:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/bc1d4a07-c067-472e-899b-5e22605db18b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87149287,"duration_in_seconds":2657}]},{"id":"8c3abcc1b74b0ea0080e37c2d6d3e87e","title":"Same Job, New City (Ep 12)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/12-same-job-new-city","content_text":" <p id=\"eow-description\" class=\"\">Mary and PJ get together with Jason Yee (@gitbisect), Davey Shafik (@dshafik), and David Blank-Edelman (@otterbook) to talk travel tips, packing ideas, and what you can't live without on a plane!</p> \n\n **Enjoy the podcast?**\n\n\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Davey Shafik, David Blank-Edelman, and Jason Yee.","content_html":" <p id="eow-description" class="">Mary and PJ get together with Jason Yee (@gitbisect), Davey Shafik (@dshafik), and David Blank-Edelman (@otterbook) to talk travel tips, packing ideas, and what you can't live without on a plane!</p> \n\n **Enjoy the podcast?**\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Davey Shafik, David Blank-Edelman, and Jason Yee.
","summary":"Travel Tips for Community Managers","date_published":"2016-12-13T09:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/508a2fd6-5495-48a7-9129-ec0fe993d168.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":107057620,"duration_in_seconds":3270}]},{"id":"0c44c9bc00c90f619a9c42941ccb08d0","title":"Burnout - Part Two (Ep 11)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/11-burnout-p2","content_text":"The return of guests Jessica Fish (@fishica) and John Willis (@botchagalupe) to discuss recognizing burnout and dealing with it.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Jessica Fish and John Willis.","content_html":"The return of guests Jessica Fish (@fishica) and John Willis (@botchagalupe) to discuss recognizing burnout and dealing with it.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Jessica Fish and John Willis.
","summary":"Recognizing and Preventing Burnout","date_published":"2016-12-07T09:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/eebc84e8-f502-46d7-876f-9ef14cbaa603.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":92505471,"duration_in_seconds":2822}]},{"id":"8935698efd2ab49904afa64fc6555d3b","title":"Burnout - Part One (Ep 10)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/10-burnout-p1","content_text":"Your hosts Jason Hand, Mary Thengvall, and PJ Hagerty in conversation with guests Jessica Fish and John Willis on the topic of Burnout in the DevRel community.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Jessica Fish and John Willis.","content_html":"Your hosts Jason Hand, Mary Thengvall, and PJ Hagerty in conversation with guests Jessica Fish and John Willis on the topic of Burnout in the DevRel community.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Jessica Fish and John Willis.
","summary":"What Is Burnout and Why Do We Suffer From It?","date_published":"2016-11-21T09:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/2250851a-6888-4e86-9c05-84ac6b7edf86.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50775562,"duration_in_seconds":1543}]},{"id":"b152f5d8f880ab4034404362942d80da","title":"Balancing Your Public and Private Lives (Ep 9)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/09-balancing-public-vs-private-life","content_text":"In this Halloween-ish episode of Community Pulse, PJ and Mary talk to Coraline Ada Ehmke and Ed Finkler. We explore the the two sides of the same coin that are the life of technical advocates.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Coraline Ada Ehmke and Ed Finkler.","content_html":"In this Halloween-ish episode of Community Pulse, PJ and Mary talk to Coraline Ada Ehmke and Ed Finkler. We explore the the two sides of the same coin that are the life of technical advocates.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Coraline Ada Ehmke and Ed Finkler.
","summary":"In this Halloween-ish episode of Community Pulse, PJ and Mary talk to Coraline Ada Ehmke and Ed Finkler. We explore the the two sides of the same coin that are the life of technical advocates.","date_published":"2016-10-31T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/fbd70746-3e84-4d50-87e9-55dcd5732c91.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88130672,"duration_in_seconds":2740}]},{"id":"3b2af41f36924d09173fcf776d13eeb1","title":"Introducing PJ (Ep 8)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/08-introducing-pj","content_text":"The one where we introduce PJ Hagerty, the new guy. Jason and Mary talk about why they’ve decided to add a third person, as well as their plan for the next few episodes and their hopes for the podcast going forward.\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.","content_html":"The one where we introduce PJ Hagerty, the new guy. Jason and Mary talk about why they’ve decided to add a third person, as well as their plan for the next few episodes and their hopes for the podcast going forward.
\n\nEnjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
TL;DR:
\nGiven that community management is a relatively new profession, it’s difficult to know how and when to expand the department. Add to that the nebulousness around what a community professional does depending on the goals of the company, and it’s near impossible! In this episode of Community Pulse we were joined by Nathen Harvey (VP of Community Development, Chef) and Phil Leggetter (Head of Developer Relations, Nexmo) to talk about learning to scale a community role.
We talk about working closely with other departments that have similar (but not the same) goals and understanding our colleagues’ day-to-day concerns, as well as the importance of communication and finding a mentor. We also delved into the murky waters of self-promotion and how to make sure you (and your team) are highly visible within the company. Lastly, we talked about the struggle of learning to step back and delegate tasks to others so you have the time to do what you need to be doing as you guide your team.
\n\nLinks:
\n\nTools:
\n\nEvents:
\nChefConf 2016: July 11-13, Austin, TX
\nDevOpsDays DC: June 8-9, Alexandria, VA
To decompress:
\nfavorite non-tech podcast: The Truth Podcast
Enjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Nathen Harvey and Phil Leggetter.
","summary":"In this episode of Community Pulse we were joined by Nathen Harvey (VP of Community Development, Chef) and Phil Leggetter (Head of Developer Relations, Nexmo) to talk about learning to scale a community role.","date_published":"2016-05-20T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/2452968f-d905-4139-b21b-1a2432c80cc2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":146106069,"duration_in_seconds":4530}]},{"id":"46b95f6c8f53b5f1f84bdcf8c19039e9","title":"#DevRelsFTW (Ep 6)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/06-devrelsftw","content_text":"This episode is an important one, and one of our most intense to date. We covered so much in this episode that I strongly suggest you simply listen, but here's the tl;dr:\n\nJason Yee, PJ Hagerty, and Carina C. Zona join Jason and Mary to talk through some of the prevalent struggles in community management: what our roles actually entail (and how to communicate that to the rest of the company), how we define ourselves, how to protect our roles, what we need in order to survive the day in and day out of this job that we love, and if a company decides to let their community department go, how (and when) to do that.\n\nHere are a few highlights:\nWho are we?\n\n\nWe are the listeners, the connectors, the avatars of the company we represent. We're the low-bullshit communicator -- the people who are known for being honest, as well as someone the community can be honest with, and as such, we're a reflection of the company to the rest of the world. \nWe're the oracle that's supposed to make sense of the unknown and then transmit that information to the decision-makers... easy, right?\nWe're specialists. Just like the engineers. Just like the sales people. We're specialists. Companies need to understand this, and allow us to do the things we specialize in instead of forcing us into situations where we do things that aren't our job poorly. \n\n\nWhat do we do?\n\n\nThere's so much \"mysticism\" in what we do that people get confused about what it is that we do and how we show our worth. It's essential for us to find ways to communicate what we're doing on a regular basis back to the company.\nDespite how it appears, we don't keep flipping hats around, choosing whichever one suits us that day... we keep adding more hats, which makes our results difficult to quantify.\n\n\nHow do we protect ourselves?\n\n\nMake sure our manager has our back. We need someone to fight our battles for us, even shield us to a certain extent, so that we can do our job. In the perfect world, the person above us is the umbrella that protects us from the things going on above us, not by keeping us from knowing what we need to know in order to do our job, but allowing us to focus on our day-to-day tasks while they take care of the higher-level conversations and the fight to keep our department afloat.\nThe question companies need to start asking isn't \"Can we continue to afford to pay these people?\" but \"Can we afford to lose the goodwill and amount of work that these folks are putting into our community?\"\n\n\nCheck It Out:\n[Evangelist Collective Slack Channel](evangelistcollective.github.io)\n[Prompt](mhprompt.net) - looking for someone to speak about mental health in tech? we'll provide financial assistance to help you find a speaker.\nVicky Brassuer's 4-part series on opensource.com re: ROI and metrics around community management\nDebugging Teams: Better Productivity Through Collaboration\n#DevRelsFTW\n\nto decompress:\nFuller House (skip the first episode)\nPeewee's Big Holiday\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Carina C. Zona and Jason Yee.","content_html":"This episode is an important one, and one of our most intense to date. We covered so much in this episode that I strongly suggest you simply listen, but here's the tl;dr:
\n\nJason Yee, PJ Hagerty, and Carina C. Zona join Jason and Mary to talk through some of the prevalent struggles in community management: what our roles actually entail (and how to communicate that to the rest of the company), how we define ourselves, how to protect our roles, what we need in order to survive the day in and day out of this job that we love, and if a company decides to let their community department go, how (and when) to do that.
\n\nHere are a few highlights:
\nWho are we?
What do we do?
\n\nHow do we protect ourselves?
\n\nCheck It Out:
\n[Evangelist Collective Slack Channel](evangelistcollective.github.io)
\n[Prompt](mhprompt.net) - looking for someone to speak about mental health in tech? we'll provide financial assistance to help you find a speaker.
\nVicky Brassuer's 4-part series on opensource.com re: ROI and metrics around community management
\nDebugging Teams: Better Productivity Through Collaboration
\n#DevRelsFTW
to decompress:
\nFuller House (skip the first episode)
\nPeewee's Big Holiday
Enjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Carina C. Zona and Jason Yee.
","summary":"Jason Yee, PJ Hagerty, and Carina C. Zona join Jason and Mary to talk through some of the prevalent struggles in community management: what our roles actually entail (and how to communicate that to the rest of the company), how we define ourselves, how to protect our roles, what we need in order to survive the day in and day out of this job that we love, and if a company decides to let their community department go, how (and when) to do that.","date_published":"2016-04-11T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/9776fa13-8d71-4bde-a72c-869bb22dd583.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":102683850,"duration_in_seconds":3181}]},{"id":"bfd34c3eacda67fea7f449777bd2ead0","title":"The Community for Community Professionals (Ep 5)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/05-community-for-community-professionals","content_text":"*TL;DR: *\nDavid Spinks (CEO, CMX Media, @davidspinks) and Carrie Jones (Director of Content, CMX Media, @caremjo) joined Mary and Jason for this episode of Community Pulse. CMX was launched in 2014 as the community for community professionals. These days, through their summits, online community, content, and more, they work to advance the community industry, and give community professionals all of the resources they need to be successful.\n\nThe CMX Summits bring in voices from psychology and behavioral analysis, as well as non-profits, plus stories from the trenches of technology. The theme for CMX West 2015 was “Community is the Future of Business.” We talk through this idea, and what it means for the future of community professionals, as well as why the essence of community is at a tipping point right now. In the process, we highlight how to help companies understand what it’s like to build community on a professional level, how to set the standards for this relatively new role,\n\nLinks:\nCMX Hub Facebook Group\nThe Community Manager - community management-related tips, news and case studies.\nCMX Summit - “TED for Community Professionals”\nFundamentals of Community Strategy Training Course\nSeth Godin (author)\nContent Strategy for Community Professionals (ebook)\nGuide to Community Platforms (ebook)\nSarah Judd Welch’s “Community Is” Newsletter\nThe Culting of Brands by Douglas Atkin (book)\nStart With Why by Simon Sinek (book)\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Carrie Jones and David Spinks.","content_html":"*TL;DR: *
\nDavid Spinks (CEO, CMX Media, @davidspinks) and Carrie Jones (Director of Content, CMX Media, @caremjo) joined Mary and Jason for this episode of Community Pulse. CMX was launched in 2014 as the community for community professionals. These days, through their summits, online community, content, and more, they work to advance the community industry, and give community professionals all of the resources they need to be successful.
The CMX Summits bring in voices from psychology and behavioral analysis, as well as non-profits, plus stories from the trenches of technology. The theme for CMX West 2015 was “Community is the Future of Business.” We talk through this idea, and what it means for the future of community professionals, as well as why the essence of community is at a tipping point right now. In the process, we highlight how to help companies understand what it’s like to build community on a professional level, how to set the standards for this relatively new role,
\n\nLinks:
\nCMX Hub Facebook Group
\nThe Community Manager - community management-related tips, news and case studies.
\nCMX Summit - “TED for Community Professionals”
\nFundamentals of Community Strategy Training Course
\nSeth Godin (author)
\nContent Strategy for Community Professionals (ebook)
\nGuide to Community Platforms (ebook)
\nSarah Judd Welch’s “Community Is” Newsletter
\nThe Culting of Brands by Douglas Atkin (book)
\nStart With Why by Simon Sinek (book)
Enjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Carrie Jones and David Spinks.
","summary":"CMX is the community for community professionals. We talk to Carrie Jones and David Spinks about the future of community professionals.","date_published":"2016-01-30T09:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/58c5c62e-b514-4c8d-81b3-5841449c54ab.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67806264,"duration_in_seconds":2049}]},{"id":"fb6020739ef9405346866abc28094f52","title":"Metrics: Arch Nemesis Of The Community Builder (Ep 04)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/04-metrics","content_text":"*TL;DR: *\nOn this episode of the Community Pulse, Jason and Mary sit down with Tim Falls, Vice President of Community at Keen.io, and Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona, co-founder of Bitergia, to dig into metrics -- the community manager’s arch nemesis. We talk through a number of different options of how to face the reality of making your value known in a world where community is all about relationship-building and word-of-mouth. From bringing awareness to what you’re doing as a team, to not just knowing the numbers, but understanding what the numbers mean, to bringing other coworkers into the community effort whose job titles don’t indicate that they “should” be involved in community, Jesus and Tim offer solutions to this very real problem.\n\nLinks:\nCauldron beta -- community metrics for github repositories \nEvaluating Free / Open Source Software Projects -- work-in-progress book\nFCM2 -- FLOSS Community Metrics Meeting\nFeverBee Sprint -- conference about the psychology of community\nCMX -- conference, community of community pros, and awesome FB group\ndashboards.community -- a github repo from Keen.io on how to measure community\nMeasuring Community -- blogpost that Mary quoted at 13:15\n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona and Tim Falls.","content_html":"*TL;DR: *
\nOn this episode of the Community Pulse, Jason and Mary sit down with Tim Falls, Vice President of Community at Keen.io, and Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona, co-founder of Bitergia, to dig into metrics -- the community manager’s arch nemesis. We talk through a number of different options of how to face the reality of making your value known in a world where community is all about relationship-building and word-of-mouth. From bringing awareness to what you’re doing as a team, to not just knowing the numbers, but understanding what the numbers mean, to bringing other coworkers into the community effort whose job titles don’t indicate that they “should” be involved in community, Jesus and Tim offer solutions to this very real problem.
Links:
\nCauldron beta -- community metrics for github repositories
\nEvaluating Free / Open Source Software Projects -- work-in-progress book
\nFCM2 -- FLOSS Community Metrics Meeting
\nFeverBee Sprint -- conference about the psychology of community
\nCMX -- conference, community of community pros, and awesome FB group
\ndashboards.community -- a github repo from Keen.io on how to measure community
\nMeasuring Community -- blogpost that Mary quoted at 13:15
Enjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guests: Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona and Tim Falls.
","summary":"Metrics tend to be the community builder’s arch nemesis. In this episode, Jason and Mary sit down with community folks from Keen and Bitergia.","date_published":"2015-12-18T09:00:00.000-08:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/af0df0d0-7f2c-4ccc-be74-d06ff08b0cfc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94613063,"duration_in_seconds":2930}]},{"id":"0c4c634fe6658580a4e176fc185456d6","title":"Andrew Hyde: Pursue Your Passions (Ep 3)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/03-andrew-hyde","content_text":"TL;DR:\nAndrew Hyde has no lack of experience when it comes to community, whether that’s organizing local events or connecting people who have similar interests. In this episode of Community Pulse, Mary and Jason talk to him about how to pursue your passions, the importance of taking care of your newest members, and how being a “yes person” is usually the foundation of being a successful community builder.\n\nLinks:\nKathy Sierra — blog and XOXO talk (will be up posted soon here)\n\nTakeaways:\nLaunch stuff. Reach out. Be supportive. \n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guest: Andrew Hyde.","content_html":"TL;DR:
\nAndrew Hyde has no lack of experience when it comes to community, whether that’s organizing local events or connecting people who have similar interests. In this episode of Community Pulse, Mary and Jason talk to him about how to pursue your passions, the importance of taking care of your newest members, and how being a “yes person” is usually the foundation of being a successful community builder.
Links:
\nKathy Sierra — blog and XOXO talk (will be up posted soon here)
Takeaways:
\nLaunch stuff. Reach out. Be supportive.
Enjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guest: Andrew Hyde.
","summary":"Community builder and organizer Andrew Hyde talks about how to pursue your passions in this episode of Community Pulse.","date_published":"2015-09-30T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/13f3da3d-b95b-42ff-a23f-c12c68ce5c75.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87380168,"duration_in_seconds":2711}]},{"id":"5a1a7a1cfa3f14f45d5346553b188a08","title":"Jono Bacon: Father of Community (Ep 2)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/02-jono-bacon","content_text":"TL;DR:\nOn this episode of Community Pulse, Jason and Mary talk to Jono Bacon, Community Strategist and Leader, and author of The Art of Community. Jono joined Canonical in 2006 as a Community Manager, which provided a “stomping ground” for him to learn how to build good communities. It was here that he learned there is value in those individuals who can understand the interesting “connective tissue” between the people and the product. \n\nThroughout this 40 minute podcast, we’ll touch on the difference between “read” and “write” communities, how difficult (and important!) it is for us to define our role, how to deal with our harshest critics, and more.\n\nLinks:\nCommunity Leadership Forum\nThe Art of Community (Amazon) or free PDF\nNudge (Amazon)\nPredictably Irrational (Amazon)\nDr. David Rock’s SCARF: a brain-based model for collaborating with and influencing others (PDF)\nThe Starfish and the Spider (Amazon)\n\nUpcoming Events:\nDevRelCon: Sept 30, London, UK\nCMX Summit: Oct 14-15, San Francisco, CA\nChef Community Summit: Oct 14-15, Seattle, WA\n\nCorrections:\nWe stated in the podcast that the first edition of The Art of Community came out in 2012. The second edition was actually released in 2012 and the first in 2009. \n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guest: Jono Bacon.","content_html":"TL;DR:
\nOn this episode of Community Pulse, Jason and Mary talk to Jono Bacon, Community Strategist and Leader, and author of The Art of Community. Jono joined Canonical in 2006 as a Community Manager, which provided a “stomping ground” for him to learn how to build good communities. It was here that he learned there is value in those individuals who can understand the interesting “connective tissue” between the people and the product.
Throughout this 40 minute podcast, we’ll touch on the difference between “read” and “write” communities, how difficult (and important!) it is for us to define our role, how to deal with our harshest critics, and more.
\n\nLinks:
\nCommunity Leadership Forum
\nThe Art of Community (Amazon) or free PDF
\nNudge (Amazon)
\nPredictably Irrational (Amazon)
\nDr. David Rock’s SCARF: a brain-based model for collaborating with and influencing others (PDF)
\nThe Starfish and the Spider (Amazon)
Upcoming Events:
\nDevRelCon: Sept 30, London, UK
\nCMX Summit: Oct 14-15, San Francisco, CA
\nChef Community Summit: Oct 14-15, Seattle, WA
Corrections:
\nWe stated in the podcast that the first edition of The Art of Community came out in 2012. The second edition was actually released in 2012 and the first in 2009.
Enjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guest: Jono Bacon.
","summary":"Jason and Mary talk to Jono Bacon about the difference between ‘read’ and ‘write’ communities. We also cover how difficult (and important!) it is for us to define our role, how to deal with our harshest critics, and more.","date_published":"2015-09-29T09:00:00.000-07:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/e02b7d06-9a22-456c-b72a-1fdb2146fb9f/9df87261-4d03-4154-8bc9-3a43a9c6b527.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80271853,"duration_in_seconds":2422}]},{"id":"070f6aaf5c82ecb5049545b41fcd2419","title":"Meet the Hosts (Ep 1)","url":"https://www.communitypulse.io/01-meet-the-hosts","content_text":"TL;DR:\nJason and Mary introduce themselves and announce that they’re starting a podcast on building communities. Why? There are a lot of really awesome communities and fantastic ideas both within and outside of the tech community, but there aren’t a lot of resources for those of us who are actively building communities. (Shoutout to Jason Hibbets for suggesting our name: Community Pulse.)\n\nIn short, this podcast is for those of us who keep a pulse on our communities. Our hope is that this podcast will be an opportunity for us to learn and share aspects of community building with developer evangelists, technical community managers, community builders, and advocates alike.\n\nLinks:\nCommunity Manager/Developer Evangelist Slack Group\nCommunity Leadership Forum\n\nUpcoming Events:\nDevRelCon: Sept 30, London, UK\nCMX Summit: Oct 14-15, San Francisco, CA\nChef Community Summit: Oct 14-15, Seattle, WA \n\nEnjoy the podcast?\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guest: Sarah Allen.","content_html":"TL;DR:
\nJason and Mary introduce themselves and announce that they’re starting a podcast on building communities. Why? There are a lot of really awesome communities and fantastic ideas both within and outside of the tech community, but there aren’t a lot of resources for those of us who are actively building communities. (Shoutout to Jason Hibbets for suggesting our name: Community Pulse.)
In short, this podcast is for those of us who keep a pulse on our communities. Our hope is that this podcast will be an opportunity for us to learn and share aspects of community building with developer evangelists, technical community managers, community builders, and advocates alike.
\n\nLinks:
\nCommunity Manager/Developer Evangelist Slack Group
\nCommunity Leadership Forum
Upcoming Events:
\nDevRelCon: Sept 30, London, UK
\nCMX Summit: Oct 14-15, San Francisco, CA
\nChef Community Summit: Oct 14-15, Seattle, WA
Enjoy the podcast?
\nPlease take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.
Special Guest: Sarah Allen.
","summary":"Get to know the hosts of the new Community Pulse podcast: Jason Hand and Mary Thengvall.
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