You should start a tech community too
summary
A developer recounts establishing a JS community in Nepal: KTMJS starts as a Facebook group, runs 13 events, reaches 1,500 members, and draws 65 to recent meet‑ups. Organisers build a two‑day Web Kathmandu conference (300+ attendees, ten speakers from 14+ countries) that pairs talks with hiking and succeeds despite limited venues, sponsors and reluctant local speakers. Practical fixes include university or cafe venues, rotating team leads, sponsor outreach, active Facebook groups and feedback loops, and the conference model proves viable.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Start
- 3:18Roshan Gautam
- 8:09Web Weekend Kathmandu
- 12:02Grow together with community
- 13:12Privileged
- 14:16Attend the talks actively
- 16:05Sponsors
- 17:14Speakers
- 18:02Attendees
- 18:26Motivations in Team
- 18:44Too much / Too less meetups
- 19:08Overcoming challenges
- 19:23#1 Try to find alternative venues
- 20:26#2 Try different formats of the meetup
- 21:05Avoid too frequent meetups.
- 21:52Let your team member lead the meetup
- 22:43Get engaged in social media
- 22:55Take feedbacks
- 23:17Takeaways
