Keynote given at Software Freedom Day Boston in 2012. Talks about how the Fedora Design team came up with a process to recruit new designers to their team. Outlines a specific method of doing this.

1. ADVENTURES IN RECRUITING
NEW FREE SOFTWARE NINJAS:
BOUNTIES
PRESENTED BY
Fedora Design Team Lead &
Sr. Interaction Designer, Red Hat, Inc.
Máirín Duffy
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2. Who am I?
QUICK STATS:
Occupation
Last used OS X, Windows,
or any Adobe stuff
Desktop Environment
Interaction Designer at Red Hat
Early 2006
Operating System Fedora 15
GNOME 3
Fedora Design Team Lead
How the heck do you pronounce
your name?
Just call me “Mo.” :)

3. What am I talking about?
(and why should you care?)
Do you need more
contributors for
your project?
Do you want to
help out but aren't
sure how?

4. THE PROBLEM.
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5. THE PROBLEM.
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6. THE PROBLEM.
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7. THE PROBLEM.
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8. #1 Not enough designers to attract
more.
#2 The ones we have are overloaded.
#3 Too overloaded, in fact, to
enable new recruits.
A LOT OF PROBLEMS TO SOLVE:
#4 New recruits are easily lost
without guidance or direction.

10. The first bounty

15. Other bounties

21. Christian moved on.
(It happens.)

22. #1 You'll be surprised how many
amazing would-be contributors
are out there if you only take
the first step in getting them
acclimated.
#2 Even if a ninja moves on, they'll
have deepened their free sw
contribution experience and may
help expand the talent pool of
the greater community.
NINJAS ARE AWESOME

23. How to build a bounty

24. Set the stage.

25. State the mission.

26. Provide a
clear example.

27. Provide resources
& tools.

28. Outline the
benefits.

29. Cool graphics

30. Ground rules +
Contact info

31. #1 Set the stage / give a problem statement.
CREATING A BOUNTY
#2 State the mission.
#3 Provide a clear example of what you need.
#4 Provide resources & tools.
#5 Outline the benefits.
#6 Cool graphics grab attention.
#7 Set ground rules and provide contact info
for assistance.

32. Don't forget to give
props!

33. Show off
the work!

34. 'Trophy'

35. REMEMBER ME?
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36. It's an investment
for the future.

37. Questions?
Fedora 15 • LibreOffice Impress • Inkscape • GIMP • Firefox
Creative Commons licensed artwork • Openly-licensed fonts (M+ among others)
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