Nice summary of all the summaries plus addition of further helpful ideas/insights from the "whitespaces" between the formal discussions. Cheers
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Bryan Behrenshausen <[email protected]> wrote: > The Open Organization Ambassadors Report > > ++ (October 2016) ++ > > ################## > #### Contents #### > ################## > > {1} Editors' Notes > {2} Ambassador Update > {3} Site Stats > {4} Monthly Highlights > {5} Looking Ahead > {6} Ambassador Notes > > ############################ > #### {1} Editors' Notes #### > ############################ > > Hello, friends, and welcome to the October edition of the open > organization ambassadors report! > > October was a stellar and certainly memorable month for the open > organization community at Opensource.com. > > Our content generated 16,742 page views, our second-best month since > launching the channel in May last year. Additionally, we added 153 new > followers on Twitter, and conducted our tenth #OpenOrgChat event on the > platform, which brought together the OpenOrg and DevOps communities. > > What's more, several ambassadors visited Raleigh for the All Things Open > conference in October. More on this in the newsletter below. > > Thanks to everyone for making our community so vibrant and inspiring. > We're looking forward to another wonderful month in November. > > Bryan & Jason > > ############################### > #### {2} Ambassador Update #### > ############################### > > Ambassadors published the following articles in October: > > Ron McFarland: "A guide to building trust in teams and organizations" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/10/building- > organizational-trust > > Huiren Woo: "How to recognize an open leader when you see one" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/10/how- > recognize-open-leader-when-you-see-one > > Sam Knuth: "How to ask why at work without upsetting anyone" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/10/how-ask- > why-without-upsetting-anyone > > ######################## > #### {3} Site Stats #### > ######################## > > Our top articles of the month were: > > 1. Bryan Behrenshausen: "Five years in the making, the DevOps handbook > arrives" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/10/devops-handbook-gene-kim > > Views: 1,862 > > 2. Huiren Woo: "How to recognize an open leader when you see one" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/10/how- > recognize-open-leader-when-you-see-one > > Views: 1,784 > > 3. Bobby Martin: "What the history of open source teaches us about > strategic advantage" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/10/history- > open-source-teaches-strategic-advantage > > Views: 1,463 > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Total articles published: 8 > Total from unique authors: 8 > Total from ambassadors: 3 > > Page views for October: 16,742 (September: 13,976; August: 13,771) > Field Guide downloads in October: 20 (September: 33; August: 105) > Catalyst-In-Chief downloads in October: 14 (September: 59; August: 48) > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Newsletter subscribers: 2,024 (-22 on the month) > Newsletter open rate (average): 62.86% > Newsletter clickthrough rate (average): 5.15% > > ################################ > #### {4} Monthly Highlights #### > ################################ > > Several open organization ambassadors visited Raleigh for the All Things > Open conference in October. As part of the event, they convened a > special half-day working session to review their accomplishments, > discuss community mission and vision, and set new priorities. Chad > Whitacre reflected on the event in a post on GitHub [1], and Bryan > Behrenshausen offered a summary for the community on its mailing list > [2]. Also at the conference, ambassadors sat on widely-attended panels, > gave talks, emceed, and introduced open-minded newcomers to the > principles of open organization. > > [1] > https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/ > 757#issuecomment-256234457 > [2] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/private/openorg-list/ > 2016-November/msg00003.html > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > In October we hosted a Twitter chat that brought the OpenOrg and DevOps > communities together for a conversation about organizational culture. > The chat generated 254 tweets from 31 contributors, and saw 613,806 > timeline deliveries. It had a reach of 172,361. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Jason Hibbets and Bryan Behrenshausen assisted Jim Whitehurst with a > book signing at All Things Open. The signing occurred after Jim > delivered a keynote presentation at the conference in Raleigh. Twenty > attendees received complimentary copies of _The Open Organization_. > > ########################### > #### {5} Looking Ahead #### > ########################### > > Our next ambassador meeting will be Thursday, November 10 at 10:00 > Eastern / 14:00 UTC. Bryan is putting the agenda together presently, so > please do add your thoughts and notes to it [1]! Looking forward to > seeing you there. > > [1] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sSC6HUXxwDGPW941CErQrsIrlK3Kr > khVwHOifBeMjL8/edit > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > We just announced our next live open organization webcast, which will > occur on November 15 at 16:00 Eastern / 20:00 UTC. Jackie Yeaney of Red > Hat will join Charlie Brown of Context Partners for a conversation about > the future of (network-based and community-powered) marketing in an open > world [1]. Please do attend! > > [1] https://vts.inxpo.com/Launch/QReg.htm?ShowKey=35579 > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Our next #OpenOrgChat on Twitter will occur Thursday, December 1 at > 14:00 Eastern / 18:00 UTC. Thanksgiving in the U.S. disrupts our > regularly-scheduled programming this month, so we've decided to hold our > next gathering on the first Thursday in December. The topic will be > "Open Organization Year in Review," where we'll reflect on everything > we've learned in 2016. We really want this one to be a party, so invite > everyone and anyone you'd like to join us! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > ############################## > #### {6} Ambassador Notes #### > ############################## > > Chad Whitacre writes: > > "In October, I: > > - wrote my October column > - attended the Ambassadors call > - looked forward to Ambassadors meeting at ATO" > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > ++ (See you in November!) ++ > > _______________________________________________ > Openorg-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list > -- *Brook Manville* *Principal, Brook Manville LLC* *http://www.brookmanville.com/ <http://www.brookmanville.com/>* *Twitter* <https://twitter.com/> *@brookmanville* *blogging at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/brookmanville/ <http://www.forbes.com/sites/brookmanville/>*
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