Keep Your Project Healthy - Growing Your Contributors

Learn strategies to maintain a thriving open-source project and expand your contributor base in this conference talk by Kendall Nelson from OpenStack Foundation and Guinevere Saenger from GitHub. Explore key questions about project health, methods for measuring community growth, and techniques for fostering psychological safety. Discover various tools and community basics essential for sustainable development. Gain insights on personal growth, mindset shifts, and actionable steps to take as an individual contributor. Understand the two-pronged approach to community building, including peer mentoring programs and community-driven incentives. Examine the roles of sponsor companies and foundations in supporting open-source initiatives. Walk away with practical knowledge on nurturing a healthy, growing, and inclusive open-source community.

Intro
Kendall Nelson
Guinevere
Key Questions
Project Health
Getting Real Numbers
Things You Can Measure
Psychological Safety
Different Tools
Community Basics
Growth
What can I do
Outside your head
Mindset
What can a community do
Twopronged approach
Develop peer mentoring
Community driven incentives
Sponsor companies
What can foundations do
Conclusion