Build Your Contributor Pipeline

Discover effective strategies for building and expanding your project's contributor pipeline in this informative conference talk. Learn how to attract new contributors, create engaging onboarding materials, improve the overall contributor experience, and establish a clear path from newcomer to maintainer. Explore best practices developed by CNCF SIG Contributor Strategy, including creating good first issues, developing comprehensive contributing guides, and implementing contribution ladders. Gain insights on balancing maintainer responsibilities with supporting new contributors, and understand the various sources of potential contributors. Acquire practical, actionable advice for sustainably growing your community, regardless of your project's size or maturity level.

Introduction
Josh Berkus
What are you trying to achieve
Where do contributors come from
Individual users
Corporate users
Learners
Users
enablers
recognition
things to avoid
communication
asynchronous content
dont do everything at once
let people know you want new contributors
readme
hey we want you
double duty
good first issues
example
new contributor perspective
different ways to do this
Joshs contributing tutorial
The contributor ladder