Community Pulse

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please 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 prod...

Checkouts: Jason You Need a Budget NerdWallet Mary REdeployConf CFP is open through June 15, 2018 Pre-order The Business Value of Developer Relations Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen PJ ReCollection: Recalling your Future by IoT advocate, developer, and now author Jim Hunter CodeDaze.me - Sept 14-15, Buffalo, NY. A conference dedicated to code, design, development, and ev...

Buckle up and get your notebook ready -- this is an episode full of tips and tricks and good advice from an expert. 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 l...

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 Relatio...

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spoti...

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...

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please 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 m...

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please 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 produc...

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please 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!...

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please 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...

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes...

Jason, Mary, and PJ sit down with Kim Bannerman (@kmbannerman) and Eamon Leonard (@eamonleonard) about how to start a community. We meander down that topic while exploring the rabbit holes of burnout, dealing with difficult community members, who actually makes up a community, what separates a leader from a participant, and more. Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on...

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! Enjoy the podcast? Please 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 ev...

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The return of guests Jessica Fish (@fishica) and John Willis (@botchagalupe) to discuss recognizing burnout and dealing with it. Enjoy the podcast? Please 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 al...

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please 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 produc...

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please 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 u...

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. Enjoy the podcast? Please 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...

TL;DR: Given 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...

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: 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 w...

* TL;DR: * David 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 al...

* TL;DR: * On 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-...

TL;DR : Andrew 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...

TL;DR: On 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 tissu...

TL;DR: Jason 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...