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Wednesday, May 20 • 9:00am - 9:40am
Building the Cloud Community: Crafting Unforgettable Events and Meetups

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You've been tasked to host a meetup or organize a community event. What's the first panicked thought that comes to mind? Is it venue, cost, attendees, transportation, entertainment, wifi, food, drinks!? Now imagine you are to host an OpenStack event for the entire Summit audience--in Paris or Tokyo. How do I deal with foreign language and culture? What do I need to know about currency conversion, and cuisine? This is a big deal, and the pressure is on!

In this panel, led by Jeanne Colon-Bonet, Events Extraordinaire and Program Manager of Messaging and Outreach at HP, learn how to:
 

• Select a venue and vendors

• Balance a budget (even if it’s zero)

• Exceed attendee expectations

• Gain knowledge of community event culture

• Best practices of initiation, planning, execution, and closure for a superb event

 
Open source culture encourages us to get up close and personal. In the OpenStack community, you can be a leader by gaining valuable knowledge that gives you an identity. Geared for the seasoned event coordinator or those fresh to event organization, this session will help you discover how a collaborative strategy can ensure unique attendee experiences and make your event memorable. 


Speakers
avatar for Angela Brown

Angela Brown

SVP and GM, Events, The Linux Foundation
Angela Brown manages The Linux Foundation’s global conferences, with responsibilities including market research, attendee and sponsorship acquisition, and event marketing and production. She has been producing and marketing events of all types and sizes for over 15 years, primarily... Read More →
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Jeanne Colon-Bonet

Messaging and Outreach Program Manager, HP
  Jeanne Colon-Bonet is an open source program management specialist with +20 years of experience in the field of program management and coding (a combination of extroverted geek). What distinguishes her is she combines her career as a software designer with management and communication... Read More →
avatar for Sharon Cordesse

Sharon Cordesse

Sr. Strategic Accounts Manager, O'Reilly Media
As strategic accounts manager, I work with O'Reilly partners to reach their target audiences through events and integrated content programs. I've been helping companies in the open source community since 2007. I'm an avid reader, runner, and traveler who always enjoys making new open... Read More →
avatar for Liz DiTucci

Liz DiTucci

Project and Engagement Manager, Cisco
Liz DiTucci is a Project and Engagement Manager on Cisco’s OpenStack Engineering team. Over the last 15 years, Liz has worked in various web and cloud roles at a small handful of tech, consulting, and digital companies. She thrives within gray areas and is happy playing the sixth... Read More →
avatar for Gary Kevorkian

Gary Kevorkian

Project Manager, Cisco
I am a 40+ year veteran of the tech industry having worked at a variety of software, hardware, and internet companies. I became a part of the open source community when I joined Metacloud in 2013 (acquired by Cisco in 2014). I am currently a member of the new Emerging Technology and... Read More →

Wednesday May 20, 2015 9:00am - 9:40am PDT
Room 110
  Community

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