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“This site is one of the ways in which Red Hat gives something back to the open source community. Our desire is to create a connection point for conversations about the broader impact that open source can have--and is having--even beyond the software world.As you see in the header above, we think of this site as a Red Hat community service. Meaning all ideas are ' ' :

welcome, and all participants are welcome.This will not be a site for Red Hat, about Red Hat. Instead this will be a site for open source, about the future.”

Jim Whitehurst~


7 big reasons to contribute to Opensource.com:● Career benefits: "I probably would not have gotten my most recent job if it had

not been for my articles on Opensource.com."● Raise awareness: "The platform and publicity that is available through

Opensource.com is extremely valuable."● Grow networks: "I met a lot of interesting people after that, boosted my blog

stats immediately, and even got some business offers!"● Contribute back to open source communities: "Writing for Opensource.com

has allowed me to give back to a community of users and developers from whom I have truly benefited for many years."

● Receive free, professional editing services: "The team helps me, through feedback, on improving my writing skills."

● We're loveable: "I love the Opensource.com team. I have known some of them for years and they are good people."

● Writing for us is easy: "I couldn't have been more pleased with my writing experience."


Community-building with Drupal


https://opensource.com/resources/linuxcon-and-containercon-north-america-2016


Roles● Anonymous / Authenticated user● Non-confirmed● Editor● Community moderators● Admin


Role-based badges✔ Newbie / 0-9 points✔ Community Member / 10-29✔ Open Enthusiast / 30-99✔ Open Minded / 100-499✔ Open Source Evangelist / 500-999✔ Open Source Champion / 1,000-2,499✔ Open Source Sensei / 2,500-4,999✔ Open Sourcerer / 5,000-9,999✔ Star / 10,000-24,999


Award-based badges


Add-on badges


Profile data


Workflow

● Embargoed● Draft● Author review● Published


Worfklow Trello:


SEO


Syndication


opensource.com/participate

Readers, commenters, & sharers

One-time writers

Repeat writers+ columnists

Moderators

6 articles published within 6 months

Contributors Club: 4 published articles within 12 months


Meet the moderators

More details at: http://opensource.com/community-moderator-program


Our toolbox✔ Drupal✔ Trello✔ Moz search rankings✔ Adobe analytics✔ Google Docs & Cal✔ Mojo (Internal documentation)

✔ Sprout Social & Hootsuite✔ Email✔ Mailing lists

(moderator list, writers list)

✔ IRC ✔ Social media


Adobe analytics


Moz


Google Docs: Tasks, stats


Internal documentation (aka Mojo)


Conclusions

Quality curated content: Find writers and help them create content (e.g., suggest topics/outlines).

Community collaboration: Consider this a partnership.

Recognize and reward contributions: Send feedback, provide incentives (e.g., badges, swag, conference passes).

Re-evaluate: Revisit incentives, programs, content direction. Include community in decision process.


Q&A Contact::

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