MediterraneaJS Talk

1. Understanding the
lifecycle of a community

2. Thanks first

4. ¡Hola! Soy David

5. ¡Hola! Soy David

6. Understanding the
lifecycle of a community

7. from the bottom

8. Instead of setting my expectations
for what it could be

9. Build the environment
I wanted to part of

10. “We have a Strategic Plan,
it is called doing things”
Herb David Kelleher

11. LXJS

13. A 2-day not-for-profit
by-the-community and
for-the-community
international conference
about the
new worlds of JavaScript.

14. previous to 2012
• no strong dev community
• little or no hacker space activity
• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering

15. previous to 2012
• no strong dev community
• little or no hacker space activity
• few tech/entrepreneurial gathering
but there was people that wanted to change that!

16. starting point

17. it started as a meetup of 50
ended up being a conference of 270

22. • Safe environment
• Open to newcomers
• Bet strong on people
• Give voice to ideas and not interests

23. • Safe environment
• Open to newcomers
• Bet strong on people
• Give voice to ideas and not interests
Magic happens!

29. time
LXJS
LXJS
LXJS
*visual representation of
our perception, not actual data

30. • http://www.meetup.com/
require-lx
• http://www.meetup.com/
DockerLisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/
Meteor-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-Mulheres-TIC-
Meetup
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-GeoMeetup
• http://phplx.net
• http://www.geekettes.io/
cities/portugal
• http://
portugalgirlgeekdinners.
com
• http://www.coderdojo-
lx.pt
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisboa-WebRTC-
TADHack-Meetup
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lean-Startup-Lisbon-
Portugal
• http://www.meetup.com/
BREAKlx
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-Bitcoin
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-MongoDB-User-
Group
• http://www.meetup.com/
ruby-lx
• http://www.meetup.com/
Internet-Freedom-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/
Fun-Lx
• http://www.meetup.com/
Python-Users-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/
Merge-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/
TechMeetupsLX
• http://www.meetup.com/
Android-LX
• http://www.meetup.com/
whatsyourstack-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-Rust-Meetup
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lean-UX-Lisboa
• http://www.meetup.com/
IoT-Lisboa
• http://www.meetup.com/
LisbonConversionStack
• http://www.meetup.com/
GeeksIn-Lisbon
• http://www.meetup.com/
WordPress-Lisboa
• http://www.meetup.com/
AngularJS-Portugal
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-Ux-Cocktail-Hour
• http://www.meetup.com/
lisbon-elixir
• http://www.meetup.com/
Lisbon-Cassandra-Users
• http://www.meetup.com/
JSLisbon
• http://
lisbon.startuppirates.org
• http://www.lisbon-
challenge.com
• http://www.lis-
summit.com
• http://
startupscholarship.org
• http://
www.betventures.org/
bet-24-horas
• https://trojan-
unicorn.com
• http://bigsmartcities.com
• http://
innovation.awards.pt
• http://
www.goyouthconf.com
• https://www.ux-lx.com

31. starting point
create real connections
invite people to take part
reduce the barrier of entrance
mentor
be a mentee
maximize positive interactions
focus on people
find a shared passion
don’t sell out
be open

32. starting point
create real connections
invite people to take part
reduce the barrier of entrance
what now?
mentor
be a mentee
maximize positive interactions
focus on people
find a shared passion
don’t sell out
be open

34. Scale it?

35. “For all the LXJS organizers the most
important measure of success is the
amount of long term friendships and
partnerships that are created during
those two days in Lisbon.”
Nuno Job

36. B

37. BA

38. BA
C

39. BA
C

40. BA
C
D

41. BA
C
D

42. BA
C
D

43. BA

44. C
B D
E

45. We need better legacy support

46. We need better documentation

50. THANK YOU