Collaboration empowers matured community

Shoko Matsumura

Organizer, GDG Tokyo

Global GDG & Community Groups Leaders Summit

May 7

Global GDG & Community Groups Leaders Summit

About GDG Tokyo

• GDG Tokyo has currently 3800+ community members.
• GDG Tokyo (Former GTUG Tokyo) was established in 2009.
• I’m the third generation of organizers.
• Since Akihiro, the other organizer and I became the organizers, we’ve been holding events monthly with 100+ attendees.

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Context

• More and more focused and smaller group of communities are created in our region.
• That is particularly noticeable in Tokyo where developer’s population is concentrated, and where the IT community culture are more mature
• Focused and smaller group of communities are:
• Great for developers to talk about advanced topics
• It could become intimidating and confusing for beginners to join

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• GDG does not focus on specific technology
• Sort of the opposite of the current trend of IT community.
• GDG's capability to cover broader materials, GDG can become a hub of these focused communities and provide chances to broader attendees such as beginners

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10+

We have organized events such as DevFest and I/O Extended.

Communities

Collaborated with...

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Example1 : DevFest Tokyo 2017 (2017/10/9)

Collaborated with 13 communities

• Collaborated communities were:
• DroidKaigi (Android)
• html5j (Web)
• TFUG (TensorFlow)
• Women Who go (Go)
• etc
• We planned with them about a lot of things
• Event concepts, contents, time schedule, website, etc...

Global GDG & Community Groups Leaders Summit

Global GDG & Community Groups Leaders Summit

Global GDG & Community Groups Leaders Summit

Example2 : Cloud Study Jam (2018/3/3)

Collaborated with “Google Cloud Platform User Group (GCPUG)”.

• Target : Beginners of GCP
• GCPUG planned the event with us and provided speakers and tutors.

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Pros./Cons. of collaboration

GDGs across Japan often collaborate with other communities.

• Pros.
• GDG and collaborated communities improve visibility
• GDG members can learn various technologies
• Cons:
• Reaching an agreement can be challenging
• Each organizer have different opinion to improve attendees satisfaction

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We keep innovating

• I believe collaborating with other communities generates extra values to each other.

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Let’s discuss

OK, Let’s discuss about two points.

• Do you have similar situation at your chapter?
• Are there many small focused communities at your city?
• Let’s share your chapter’s situation with around you.

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• What would be other ways to grow communities in a mature market?

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Conclusion

Global GDG & Community Groups Leaders Summit

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Thank you!

Collaboration empowers matured community�Shoko Matsumura (GDG Tokyo)

Global GDG & Community Groups Leaders Summit

May 7

Global GDG & Community Groups Leaders Summit