Building a Community around Ignite
I'm Jamon Holmgren
BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
@jamonholmgren
Cofounder & CTO at Infinite Red
Twitter: @jamonholmgren
Jamon Holmgren
BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
@jamonholmgren
Live near Portland, Oregon
Wife & 4 kids (hi Cedric!)
Half Finnish
Jamon Holmgren
BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
@jamonholmgren
React Native
React.js
Design
Infinite Red
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@jamonholmgren
Portland, Oregon
July 11-12, 2019
React Native Conference
infinite.red/ChainReactConf
Chain React
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React Native WebView
Lean Core Initiative
Ignite
Reactotron
React Native Open Source
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Building a Community
around Ignite
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@jamonholmgren
What is Ignite?
Ignite
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Started using React Native in 2015
React Native Newbies
Ignite
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It's a CLI
Ignite
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It's a set of boilerplates
Ignite
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It's an ecosystem
Plugins
3rd Party Boilerplates
Community
Ignite
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Thousands use Ignite
Ignite
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Building a Community
around Ignite
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Three phases
Building a Community
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Phase 1:
Build Something Compelling
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 1:
Build Something Compelling
Build something YOU would use
@jamonholmgren
BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 1:
Build Something Compelling
Build something you DO use
@jamonholmgren
BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 1:
Build Something Compelling
Build it for you
Spend time using it
Feel the pain
Feel the joy
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 1:
Build Something Compelling
If
you
don’t put time into it, why should anyone else?
@jamonholmgren
BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 1:
Build Something Compelling
Ignite
We needed it at Infinite Red
Tight feedback loops
Dozens of Infinite Red projects
@jamonholmgren
BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 1:
Build Something Compelling
Extensible
Third-party boilerplates
Third-party plugins
Custom component generators
@jamonholmgren
Phase 2:
Brand, Market, Invite
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 2:
Brand, Market, Invite
A brand evokes a feeling
Gatsby
Apollo
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 2:
Brand, Market, Invite
Make a space
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 2:
Brand, Market, Invite
Blog posts
Link to community.infinite.red!
Talks - meetups, conferences
YouTube videos
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 2:
Brand, Market, Invite
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 2:
Brand, Market, Invite
People flooding in
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Phase 3:
Community Care
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 3:
Community Care
Welcome!
@jamonholmgren
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Phase 3:
Community Care
Set expectations
Establish rules
Moderate closely
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 3:
Community Care
Participate
Answer questions (not all)
Get to know individuals
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Phase 3:
Community Care
Say "Good Morning!"
Announce new features in the community
Treat them like friends
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 3:
Community Care
Support community solutions
Community boilerplates
Community plugins
Community events
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Phase 3:
Community Care
Go beyond Slack
Chain React
Swag
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Phase 3:
Community Care
Don't automate everything
But do automate some things
Article by David Leuliette:
https://tiny.cc/community-automation
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Impact
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY AROUND IGNITE
Impact
Over 3,000 people
Lively discussions
New friends, new relationships
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Impact
Recruited IR team members
Community referrals
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Impact
Meaningful connections
US, Canada, Mexico, Poland, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Singapore, Nigeria, Australia, Chile
...and many more
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Impact
Keeping Ignite healthy
Issue reports
Pull requests
Energy
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Learn More
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Ignite
github.com/infinitered/ignite
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Infinite Red
infinite.red
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Chain React
infinite.red/ChainReactConf
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Our Community
community.infinite.red
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Jamon Holmgren
Twitter: @jamonholmgren
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Thank You!
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