Community doesn’t stop at the conference. One thing my boss, Jeff Pulver understands deeply and tries hard to communicate is that community is what drives a conference, not the other way around. We saw this yesterday, and into last night.
People who spend time embedded in the community get the bigger return on their time. Just hitting the sessions and sneaking off to get other stuff done is rarely as fulfilling (provided the community at large at an event is empowered to make it happen). It matters to make human connections. It’s important to spend the bonding time. It’s vital to the value of your overall experience to embed yourself with the community.
If you are a “rockstar” in your community
Spend time with your community. Get in there, give back, develop other people as the most important people in the room and not yourself. Share the love. Do whatever you can to give roadramps up for the people around you.
If you’re passionate about a community
Get involved. Volunteer. Share your voice. Give as much of yourself as you can to your passion, and slide as gently as you can into the conversations around you. It will make a world of difference to the experience.
That’s all. I have to give a session to a room of great people.
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