Nurturing Online Communities

Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/2/events/ck6qfvurid0g6rq4ldlug7tqgqg?hl=en

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Abstract: Over my 15 years as a developer and a developer advocate, I've learnt how hard it is to work with remote teams, as well as work at home away from other teams. It's very hard, as people are very used to dealing with other people face to face. It's something we've learnt over thousands and thousands of years. With the abilty to create Virtual communities so easily, Simon founder of the Virtual JUG (Java User Group) tells about the challenges and experiences he has had to overcome in order to run a successful user group that never meets in person. Challenges include:

• how to achieve speaker interaction

• how do the audience get involved during sessions and with each other

• how to achieve an active community outside of sessions

• how can you grow an online community

• how to maximise your content

Join this session to get answers to these questions and hear how the Virtual JUG was set up including how it runs, month to month.

Speaker: Simon Maple is a Developer Advocate at ZeroTurnaround, a Java Champion since 2014, JavaOne Rockstar speaker in 2014, Virtual JUG founder and organiser, London Java Community co-leader and RebelLabs author. He is an experienced speaker, having presented at JavaOne, JavaZone, Jfokus, DevoxxUK, DevoxxFR, JavaZone, JMaghreb and many more including numerous JUG tours. He is passionate about user groups and community. When not traveling, Simon enjoys spending quality time with his family, cooking and eating great food.

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