Importance of involving “beginners” is important for the growth of developer communities, and 9 tips on holding seminars for "beginners".

1. Bridging the Gap for Beginners in
Developer Communities
Sponser's Talk by teratail(Japan’s No.1 Developer Q&A Forum!!)

2. First of all,

3. There is a very important thing
I would like to ask you.

4. That is ...

5. Could you speak slowly
when you talk with me?

6. Could you speak slowly
when you talk with me?
I'm not good at
listening & speaking in
English.

7. OK??

8. Now I can talk with no worries:)

9. about me
■Name:
SAKU (Yusaku Kinoshita)
■Role:
DevRel & leader of teratail team
(planning, team building, sales, writing, etc...)
■Like:
Snowboarding, Basketball, Three.js, WebAudio
■SNS
Twitter：@afroscript10
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10. Have you heard of teratail?

11. teratail is Japan's No.1 online Q&A
community for developers.
Avarege Answer
Time
93％ 1.5h
Total Actions
/month
17,000
Visiting User
/day
50,000
Answer Rate

12. teratail has reached all developers
in Japan.
Monthlty PV/UU
(amout of PC&SmartPhone) 2,961,634PV 1,249,299UU

13. Now, main subject...

14. 75

15. 75seminars and workshops held from Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

16. 75With a lot of developer communities.

17. 75This amount ranks within top 3 in Japan(maybe).

18. 75Most of them are for “beginners”.

19. 75Beginner ≠ someone new to programming

20. 75Beginner = someone learning a language outside of
their specialty programming language

21. - Today’s topic -
Tips on holding seminars
for "beginners"

22. Why “beginners”?

23. Involving “beginners” is important
for the growth of developer communities.

24. the growth model of developer communities

25. Let’s learn
this new language!
the growth model of developer communities

26. OK, let’s study
together!
the growth model of developer communities

27. Count us in!
the growth model of developer communities

28. core member
Count us in!
the growth model of developer communities

29. We wanna join, too!
the growth model of developer communities

30. We want more
advanced
seminars!
We wanna join, too!
the growth model of developer communities

31. This looks like a good
place to learn
programming
languages.
the growth model of developer communities

32. I think this group is
too advanced for
me...
wall
the growth model of developer communities

33. The size of our
group stopped
growing
the growth model of developer communities

34. High level
seminars
Seminars for
beginners
the growth model of developer communities

35. the growth model of developer communities
High level
seminar
Seminars for
beginners
support!!

36. Beginners are taught the
basics of new
programming languages
through Hands-on
sessions.
3 Phases of the Beginner Seminar at teratail
Learning
Beginners start building
projects using the new
language and teratail
helps them along the way
by answering their
questions.
Development
Beginners solidify their
knowledge through
preesenting their work in
LT(lightning talk) sessions.
Presentation

37. 9 tips on holding seminars
for "beginners"

38. 5 tips on hands-on sessions

39. Sample of the Hands-on Session Schedule
13:00～13:10 opening talk & self-introduction
13:10～13:40 explanation of the new programming language
13:40～16:00 hands-on coding
16:00～17:10 mokumoku-time
17:10～17:20 sharing-time
17:20～18:00 social gathering

40. sample of hands-on session time table
13:00～13:10 opening talk & self-introduction
13:10～13:40 explanation of the new programming language
13:40～16:00 hands-on coding
16:00～17:10 mokumoku-time
17:10～17:20 sharing-time
17:20～18:00 social gathering
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41. No.1
Set up a screen that constantly shows
twitter timeline.
main screen
screen for twitter

42. Set up a screen that constantly shows
twitter timeline.
to make questions being asked
transparent and increase efficiency
No.1

43. Allow time for self-introduction
before jumping into hands-on work.
No.2

44. Allow time for self-introduction
before jumping into hands-on work.
to let the participants make friends with
whom they will learn programming together
No.2

45. Moku-moku time!
No.3
Developing projects using the
new language in an absorbed
manner.

46. Moku-moku time!
to continuously develop
using the new language
No.3
Developing projects using the
new language in an absorbed
manner.

47. Leave time for
sharing and discussion!
No.4
to reflect & learn from others
Time to share knowledge &
awareness in hand-on
Share knowledge & learning from
the hands-on session with group
members

48. Leave time for
sharing and discussion!
No.4
Time to share knowledge &
awareness in hand-on
Share knowledge & learning from
the hands-on session with group
members

49. Invite participants to sign up for
lighting talk(LT) sessions.
No.5

50. Invite participants to sign up for
lighting talk(LT) sessions.
No.5
To motivate the participants to keep developing!
(LT driven development)

51. 4 tips on beginner’s LT session

52. Lower the bar for the LT sign-up process
No.6
<-LT admission for
first-timers
<-general admission
encourage beginners to sign up for presentation
<-LT admission for those who
have presented before but
still consider themselves a
beginner in Python

53. Lower the bar for the LT sign-up process
No.6

54. Provide links to previous slides
of LT sessions online.
No.7

55. No.7
To give an idea of the LT level and to lower the
bar for signing up as a presenter
<-Link to previous LT slides
Provide links to previous slides
of LT sessions online.

56. Set the presentation time
to 5 minutes.
No.8
to keep it short for first-timers who might be
nervous

57. Set the presentation time
to 5 minutes.
No.8

58. Invite senior members to give
presentations on how to level up
No.9
Useful information for beginners &
senior members who are more commited to the community.

59. Invite senior members to give
presentations on how to level up
No.9

60. 9 tips is all.

61. info.

62. teratail provides
consulting service for marketing
to Japanese developers.

63. Projects
▼IBM Japan https://teratail.com/Bluemix
SAKURA INTERNET ▶
https://teratail.com/sakura-cloud
▲FutureArchitect
https://teratail.com/report/1
https://teratail.com/report/2

64. If you need advice on marketing your
service/product to developers in Japan

65. Feel free to come and talk to me!

66. But please excuse my poor English
and speak slowly.

67. Together, let’s change and step up
the game of marketing to developers
in Japan!

68. Thanks:)
【Contact】
：@afroscript10
：yusaku.kinoshita.58
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