Contributors Assemble - Unleashing the Power of Community

This course explains how to participate in and strengthen a technology community by sharing knowledge, mentoring, creating content, developing solutions, fixing bugs, and encouraging others. It also addresses barriers such as procrastination, perfectionism, trolling, and imposter syndrome.

Syllabus

Introduction.
Super Contributors .
David Warner, Microsoft.
Emily Mancini, Sympraxis.
Hugo Bernier.
Who is the Microsoft community for?.
What is a contribution?.
What is your superpower?.
Training and Speaking.
Co-presenting.
Making videos .
Writing .
Editing.
Engaging in chats and newsgroups.
Writing your own blog.
Mentoring.
Developing.
Bug fixing.
Socializing.
Encouraging.
Giving feedback.
Contributors assemble.
Sharing is caring.
M365 community mascot, Parker.
Opposing forces of evil.
What's stopping you?.
The Isolator.
The Time Lord.
Perfectionisto.
Procrastinator.
Brain Washer.
The reality stone.
Imposter Syndrome.
Soul Villains.
Trolls.
Power Drain.
Boons (benefits).
New friends.
Expanded knowledge.
Recognition.
MVP; Microsoft Most Valuable Professional.
What is your origin story?.