How Your Company Can Help Sustain Open Source

Explore strategies for corporate support of open source projects in this conference talk from Strange Loop. Learn about various initiatives for funding open source, the role of Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), methods to encourage employee contributions, and ways to measure a company's impact on open source sustainability. Gain practical insights on promoting open source within your organization, including resource mapping, successful nonprofit models, and avoiding common pitfalls. Discover tools for tracking contributions, organizing first-time contributor events, and implementing initiatives like FOSS Funds. Leave with actionable ideas to help your company sustain the open source projects it relies on, while understanding the philosophical and logistical aspects of measuring contributions.

Introduction
Who is Danielle
What is an Open Source Program Office
The Nuclear Option
Support Existing Projects
Resource Mapping
Successful Nonprofits
KC Trees Center for Economic Progress
Mistakes to Avoid
Mission
Goals
Brainstorm
How to get buyin
Avoid vulnerabilities
Inner source
Moral responsibility
Senior leadership
How to contribute
Firsttime contributor events
Holiday cards
Contributions
Events Initiatives
Dashboard
No strings attached
Foss Fund
Foss Fund Tools
Measure Your Success
Measure Contribution Counts
Active Recurring Participants
Push Events
GitHub Crawler
Baseline Quarter
Google Forms
Google News Alert
Free Meal Deal
Metrics
Potato Metrics
Gathering Data
Metadata
Resources
ToDo Group
Kaos
Dan