This month we will be joined by Laura Czajkowski, Developer Community Manager, and Pauline Kwasniak, Founder of Hotel4meetings.com and TurnedSee, who will share with us their experiences building communities and brand identity through events. Two unmissable talks!
The meetup will be held at Huckletree D2 (thanks for hosting us guys). As usual, there will be some drinks and nibbles at the venue (sponsored by voxgig) and afterwards we can go to a local pub for more drinks and networking.
Please come along to gain new insights and ideas for your own events, make new connections and meet other event professionals.
Laura Czajkowski - Cultivating Community Through Events; from Evaluation through execution
Abstract: Have you ever wondered what it takes to to successfully run your company’s booth at an event? Most people don’t, but a few of you have at least done booth duty a time or three.
It takes a lot of behind the scenes preparation to go from finding out about a cool conference to signing on as a sponsor and then actually running things on the show floor.. In this talk, I’m going to explain what an experienced community manager does, step by step, to take part in an event. I’ll explain the criteria I’ve used to evaluate the ever increasing number of conferences out there, how to organize your sponsorship, what it takes to ensure successful execution on-site, and everything in between!
About Laura:
Laura Czajkowski currently works for Couchbase as their Snr. Developer Community Manager overseeing their community, incentive programs, Experts and Champions group, meetups, and defining their presence at corporate events. She is also responsible for their monthly developer newsletter and engaging with the community in various forms.
Laura has been active in Open Source communities since 2000 and has been involved in various activities, including leading and organising conferences on software testing, documentation, and advocacy. She has also served 4 years on the Ubuntu LoCo Council, 9 years on the Community Council, and remains active in the Ubuntu community online and through their LoCo teams.
