How to grow a local devops community without funding
summary
Starts in Brazil in 2016 with Porto Alegre and two events that year and grows to 11 events in 2018 and 14 in 2019, scaling from 140 attendees to a nationwide network. Uses a ticketing company for legal financial sharing, a Telegram fund pool to seed new cities, a curated speaker list to attract sponsors, and small travel grants for underrepresented speakers. Results: thriving local meetups, more DevOps adoption outside São Paulo, persistent struggle to fund international guests.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction to growing DevOps communities
- 1:14Starting DevOps Days in Brazil
- 2:19Handling financial challenges
- 3:41Building trust with companies
- 4:21Supporting underfunded organizers
- 5:03Funding underrepresented speakers
- 5:47Connecting speakers with organizers
- 6:10Marketing strategies without budget
- 7:15International speaker funding limits
- 7:57Achievements of the community
- 10:24Expanding beyond capitals
- 11:25Future steps for growth
- 13:08Acknowledgments and thanks
