Session Title: Building Developer Communities

Leadership Framework Component: Developing Specialization, Empowering Teams & People, Building for Action & Impact

Session Description (this will appear on the sched app, so please edit to reflect clarity):

Building Developer Communities

Session Objectives:

• Share an overview of goals for Developer Marketing in 2016
• Foster discussion among and feedback from participants about how we can build volunteer participation into Developer Marketing goals and projects
• Discuss your communities’ needs or interests for working with developers

Learning Objectives"

• Describe Mozilla’s strategies for Developer Marketing in 2016.
• Articulate needs for local developer communities.

Agenda (draft is fine!):

• We’re doing developer marketing! What does that mean?
  • Who do we mean by “developer”?

• What do we mean by “marketing”?
  • Developer-focused events (i.e., ViewSource, meetups)
  • MDN
  • Outreach through campaigns
  • Broader developer community
• What does this mean to you?
  • What’s the situation for web developers in your locality?
  • What are the common issues?
  • What resources do they already have?
  • How can we build-in participation as we build-out Developer Marketing?

Facilitators: (use Mozillian links if possible, otherwise next best profile link):

• Janet Swisher
• Ali Spivak