Let’s be honest. Not everyone can attend big conferences, in big cities, maybe even on the other side of the ocean. We have to be aware that there are a lot of - we call them - community lovers that aren’t able to do this. They work in a community, maybe they lead one or more. They have passion, they are eager to learn! They really want to meet other community leaders. But that’s not their job, they’re not professional. Community is mostly a hobby or a side job at best
That’s why Jono created the CLSx events, that’s why I and Alfredo are helping him to take CLSx events to the next level. We want to raise awareness of community leadership culture, bringing it where community lovers are, where communities are! So we’re trying to make the big CLS event as local as possible thanks to many small CLSx events.
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ALESSIO FATTORINI
▸ Work at Nethesis (Italy)
▸ NethServer Community Leader
▸ Build Welcoming Communities
▸ Connect People
▸ Work with Open Source
▸ Community Junkie
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COMMUNITY LOVERS
▸ Work in a community or lead one
▸ Passion
▸ Eager to learn
▸ Meet other community leaders
▸ They’re not professional
▸ Hobby or side job
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RAISE THE AWARENESS OF COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP CULTURE
▸ Bringing it where community
lovers are
▸ Where their communities are
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SUSTAINABLE NETWORK OF CLS EVENTS
▸ Objectives and culture
▸ Main (but not exclusive) focus
on tech community ecosystem
▸ Started from Europe
▸ Two main paths
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IDENTIFY, CONNECT AND EMPOWER
▸ Local groups
▸ Take ownership / run CLSx
events
▸ Hangout and meetings in
person
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SUPPORT THE TEAMS
▸ As much effortless as possibile
▸ Teams are not put off by event
organization
▸ Focus on content and people
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RIGHT AUDIENCE
▸ No famous community managers
▸ Just community lovers
▸ Keep it easy, keep it simple.
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BRING TOGETHER A CORE GROUP
▸ Leader can set the pace
▸ First face-to-face meeting
▸ No emails/chat
▸ Make public the commitment
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ONE DAY FORMAT
▸ Plenaria session - morning
▸ Agenda and speakers
▸ Unconference - afternoon
▸ Many breaks to facilitate
networking
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WHY THEY WORK WELL TOGETHER
▸ Known Speakers Agenda
▸ Helps participation
▸ Increase interest
▸ Morning sessions
▸ Warm up attendees
▸ Framework for discussion
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WHY THEY WORK WELL TOGETHER
▸ Networking breaks
▸ Get to know each other
▸ Collaborative climate
▸ Good ground for the
unconference part
▸ Open to discuss and share
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MORNING SESSIONS
▸ Choose the speakers carefully
▸ Talks are aligned with culture
▸ No sales pitches
▸ Cross-sector topics
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AT THE END OF THE DAY
▸ We provide a common strategy
▸ Organizers can customize
▸ Based on local context
peculiarities, organizers’ vision
and needs
▸ CLSx is their own event
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WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON
▸ 2016 - 5 events: Milan, Rome,
Madrid, Paris, London
▸ 2017
▸ Madrid, Rome, Paris: planned
▸ Working on Amsterdam, Berlin,
CLSxOSCON
▸ Milan, right now.
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OUR GOALS
▸ Supporting even more CLSx events
▸ Evolving the format
▸ Finding global sponsors
▸ Sharing best practices
▸ Official CLS Europe
▸ .. much more
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HELP US
▸ Promote the CLSx initiative
▸ Talk with friends, colleagues and
companies
▸ Share your connections
▸ Get us in touch with all possible
organizers/advocates
@ale_fattorini
alessio.fattorini@gmail.com
26. WE NEED YOU TO CRAFT
THE COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP CULTURE ALL
AROUND THE WORLD,
BRINGING IT WHERE
COMMUNITY LOVERS ARE
AND WHERE THEIR
COMMUNITIES ARE.