Daliya is passionate about building tech communities and interacting with people. She currently works as a global community manager at Kong. While working in tech marketing, her experience varies between program management for multinational companies and startups with specialization in community engagement and development.
Nowadays, the significance and immense importance of developer communities is still not widely acknowledged and appreciated. Many organizations still prefer to use outdated marketing strategies instead of focusing on engaging and nurturing their developer communities. We often dont realize that instead of tapping into expensive external resources, we can achieve growth and operational efficiency with whats right in front of us. In this session, we will explore what Community-Led Growth entails and why now is the time to switch our mindset.
By joining this session you will learn:
Growing tech communities is surprisingly similar to caring for plants: each community (and plant) is unique and needs different care. If you struggle to keep a cactus alive, it can be daunting - but dont panic!
In this interactive session, Daliya Spasova, Community Manager, Kong will share four things you can do to help any tech community thrive. There will even be swag for those willing to answer some brain teasers!
Well begin with planting seeds where and how you can start getting involved with your local tech communities.
Next, well discuss a framework for nurturing tech communities as they begin to sprout.
As your community takes root, it needs tending to if its going to flourish. For this, Daliya will showcase some community maintenance techniques.
Finally, even greenthumbs need the right tools to keep a garden growing season over season. You will learn the essentials for sustaining a healthy community in the long run.
Throughout this talk, you will get real-world recommendations on what you can do to successfully expand your community while getting practical examples of community programs run at Kong that have helped drastically grow a healthy and curious community.