JUG Leadership: Lessons Learned from Memphis/Mid-South Java User Group
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Matt Stine founded the Memphis/Mid-South Java User Group (JUG) in 2007 and has since led it. The group now averages 30 attendees per monthly meeting and has gained sponsorship support. Key lessons learned include establishing an early web presence; cultivating sponsors for food, venues, and speakers; networking with other JUGs; using grassroots marketing; encouraging member participation; covering a wide range of technical and soft skills topics; accepting any volunteer speaker; and maintaining consistency. Resources for starting a new JUG are available online.
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JUG Leadership: Lessons Learned from Memphis/Mid-South Java User Group
- 1. JUG Leadership: Lessons Learned Matt Stine Memphis/Mid-South Java User Group 2009 Java.net Community Corner Podcast
- 2. Your Speaker Matt Stine Group Leader, Research Application Development, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN Founder and Leader of Memphis/Mid-South JUG http://www.mattstine.com Twitter: mstine
- 3. Agenda How we got started Where we are now Lessons learned Resources
- 4. How We Got Started Idea born out of JUG buzz at J1 2007 Website up in July 2007 First and primary sponsor days later First meeting - September 2007 Speaker: Carol McDonald, Sun Topic: Metro: JAX-WS, WSIT, REST Attendees: 25
- 5. Where we are now 19 meetings later Average monthly registration: 30 Free meals: every meeting Door prizes given away: countless Speakers: locals, Sun, SpringSource, Terracotta, GridGain, Atlassian, IBM, Skyway, NFJS, ...
- 6. Lessons Learned Web Presence Cultivate Sponsorship Network Grassroots Marketing Encourage Participation Wide Topic Spectrum Never Say No Stay the Course
- 7. Web Presence Get SOME web presence up ASAP We started w/ Google Page Creator First sponsor found us off Google search days later First speaker - same thing Many potential attendees Google you
- 8. Cultivate Sponsorship JUG’s by nature - no $$$ Sponsors - your best friends Food Meeting Locations Door Prizes Speakers Marketing Give back whenever you can...
- 9. Network JUG Leader Mailing List JUG-USA Come to JavaOne!
- 10. Grassroots Marketing Local/Regional Universities Local Tech Recruitment Firms Forums Java.net Job Postings Cross-pollination w/ other user groups
- 11. Encourage Participation Local speakers Lightning Talks Coding Competitions IDE Shootouts/Showcases Book Reviews
- 12. Wide Topic Spectrum Tech Talks Broad Deep Agile Soft/Career Skills
- 13. Never Say No Volunteers = Less Work For You! Any volunteer speaker is better than no speaker: But, discourage marketecture
- 14. Stay the Course It takes time... You will get tired... Consistency is key... It will pay off!
- 15. Resources Great HOWTO resources: http://wiki.java.net/ bin/view/JUGs/JUGHowTo JUG Leader Mailing List: https:/ / jugs.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectMailingListList Free Resources from Sponsors: https:// jugs.dev.java.net/programs-list.html Great meeting registration site: http:// jugevents.org