DevRelCon San Francisco 2016

16 April 2016

Microsoft Reactor, San Francisco, USA

The second DevRelCon took place at the Microsoft Reactor in San Francisco. On a warm April day in 2016, we welcomed people from around the Bay area, across the United States, and as far away as Australia and Japan.

Talks from DevRelCon San Francisco 2016

Advocacy for native mobile platforms

Advocacy for native mobile platforms

What can native mobile devs teach us about creating community-driven tools that people actually want to use?

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Building APIs at Sendgrid

Building APIs at Sendgrid

In a freeform talk, Brandon West – Director of Community at Sendgrid – described how they've built and evolved their API over their years in business.

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Building open source communities: decentralisation and empowerment

Building open source communities: decentralisation and empowerment

Jade describes her approach to building open source developer communities.

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Everyone is an evangelist

Everyone is an evangelist

Justin contrasts professional evangelists with internal mobilization for scalable, authentic evangelism in growing companies.

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Fast forward: deploying our best selves to build the future of developer communities

Fast forward: deploying our best selves to build the future of developer communities

Overcoming challenges in DevRel fosters personal growth and benefits developer communities through mindful practices.

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History of developer evangelism

History of developer evangelism

DevRel's history goes back way past Silicon Valley. Arguably, it began in 1864.

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How I moved to Silicon Valley and started to sleep better

How I moved to Silicon Valley and started to sleep better

Does it matter where a developer advocate's home wi-fi router is?.

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How to make sure the CEO funds your crazy ideas

How to make sure the CEO funds your crazy ideas

How do you convince your business leaders that your programmes engage and excite developers are good for business?

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Practicing holistic evangelism

Practicing holistic evangelism

A veteran evangelist's practical guide to knowing your audience, reaching them effectively, and building a devoted community of product advocates.

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How to scale developer relations through content

How to scale developer relations through content

You can’t be everywhere at all times, which is why your developer portal, and the content within it, is such an important part of a full developer relations approach.

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Selling your dreams as a service

Selling your dreams as a service

Greg discusses how Opsee made the first steps into developer advocacy for their platform.

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The Apache way: community over code

The Apache way: community over code

What lessons can the Apache Software Foundation those of us building developer communities elsewhere?

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Turning a community into evangelism helpers

Turning a community into evangelism helpers

Christian share lessons he has learned in amplifying his impact.

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