The Future of Boston PHP

The Future of Boston PHP

Organized thoughts from the mind of Gene Babon

Mission of Boston PHP

Education

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One Percent1 % of 3,700 members is …

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One Percent1 % of 720 hours in a month is …

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One PercentIn a typical Meetup we deliver services to …

more than 1% of our members (37 members)

less than 1% of the time (7 hours)

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The Anti-Five Nines

.00010 vs. .99999The Anti-Reliability Meetup

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To Improve ReliabilityIncrease engagement

more members

more active

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One SolutionMeet more frequently …

more members delivering

more presentations

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Additional SolutionThe Anti-Meetup …

The Virtual Self-Study Group

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January 1, 2011PHP Percolate

decide on a book

read one chapter per week

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PHP Percolate1% of our members (37 members) engaged

1% of the time (7 hours per month)

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PHP PercolateOne virtual self-study group can

double our engagement.

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Our Virtual Self-Study GroupsPHP Percolate (8 seasons)

jQuery jAM (5 seasons)

HTML5 Brunch (5 seasons)

Drupal Diner (1 season)

Git Lunch (1 season)

Agile Appetizer (1 season)

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Our Virtual Self-Study GroupsIf run simultaneously we can deliver a

7-fold increase in engagement

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Our Virtual Self-Study Groups7% of our members (260 members)

engaged

1% of the time (7 hours per month)

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How Can This Happen?We need leaders to step up and …

deliver a Meetup talk

lead a self-study group season

contribute to a self-study group websiteTip



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WIIFM?develop public speaking skills

develop team leadership skills

develop technical skills

develop your network of peersTip



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Senior PercolatorLead a Season

monitor discussions daily

communicate status weekly

actively participate Tip



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Senior PercolatorLead team development of a website

developer(s)

designer

content creator

social media marketer

business developer

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Real world practice:

agile/scrum

Git/GitHub


Senior PercolatorWhy develop websites?

real world practice

facilitate simultaneous groups

procure funding (grants & sponsorship)

expand membership (Sunday Olaoye)

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Leadership Roles

Senior PercolatorHTML5 Brunch

Senior PercolatorPHP Percolate

Senior PercolatorjQuery jAM

Quotes for illustration purposes only

Senior PercolatorAgile Appetizer

Senior PercolatorGit Lunch

Senior PercolatorDrupal Diner

Mission of Boston PHP

Education

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One Percent1 % of 3,700 members is …

37 membersTip

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One Percent1 % of 720 hours in a month is …

7 hoursTip

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One PercentBoston PHP is looking for one percenters

who want to give back …

37 members to contribute

7 hours per month Tip



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One PercentersContact us:

[email protected]

[email protected]

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