Post on 16-Jul-2015
MILAN november 28th/29th 2014
Help yourself, Grow a healthy ecosystem
francesco fullone ff@ideato.it
@fullo / @grusp
CEO & Founder
Who am I
president
Who am I
president
no-profit association
no offices
online meetings
>300 members in the whole country
promote good dev practices
Once upon a time...
Not
enough
(real)
developers
Companies don’t train properly their developers, freelancers don’t find (an excuse)
to learn high level stuff
Should we create something to help the
grown of a better ecosystem for (php)
developers?
(an ecosystem building case study)
* free * in italian * “for the community”
ideato* It could work!
After 5 editions we declare it a...
(partial)
#FAILure
* free => 40% drop-off rate * not appealing enough for the (foreign) php-rockstars * too many beginner talks
we were limited by the
budget
Learn, Do, RepeatConference is for pros
Not for hobbyist but for pros!
No more free tickets
* book a better venue * invite foreign speakers * have some budget left for other activities
It’s not free but...we can
English is our lingua franca
languages evolution
0
25
50
75
100
2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
english italian
* reached new attendees * introduced italian speakers to an international audience * facilitated international synergies
It’s not in italian so we...
2003 2004
2006 2007
2008 2009
2010 2011
2012
2014 500 tickets sold
300 attendees each day
2013
Learn, Do, Repeattake back italian fellows
The “PUG Program”
Bring our love to other communities
PUGs members opened other UG (arduino, go, angular, javascript, …)
Bring some love to the “other side of the community”
* Cheap (but not free) conferences in italian as a “gym” to raise new speakers and developers * Create connections with local companies * Write and translate books in italian
Learn, Do, Repeatto help ourself we have to help other communities
Raise the bet
since we works with fronted dev
13rd-14th May Verona
Raise the bet
bring some love to the design
2nd-5th June Faenza (RA)
Raise the bet
Better SoftwareBetter managment | Better Software | Better World
Better SoftwareBetter managment | Better Software | Better Worldwe need a good management
11st-12nd november Florence
Raise the bet
and other 15 conferences...
Learn, Do, Repeata lean process (?)
13th-16th May 2015 Verona www.phpday.it www.jsday.it
http://cfp.grusp.org/phpday http://cfp.grusp.org/jsday