Great tip/feedback from Jen about the LinkedIn publish feature, been meaning to give that a try for some time now.
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 4:23 PM, Bryan Behrenshausen <[email protected]> wrote: > The Open Organization Ambassadors Report > > ++ (May 2018) ++ > > ################## > #### Contents #### > ################## > > {1} Editors' Notes > {2} Ambassador Update > {3} Site Stats > {4} Monthly Highlights > {5} Looking Ahead > {6} Ambassador Notes > > ############################ > #### {1} Editor's Notes #### > ############################ > > Greetings, dear readers, and welcome to the May edition of the Open > Organization Ambassadors report! > > May was a successful month for the open organization community at > Opensource.com. We published 7 articles in May, and our materials > generated 12,826 page views. Moreover, several ambassadors appeared on > stage at Red Hat Summit in San Francisco!9 > > Read on to learn more about what our amazing community has accomplished > this month. > > —Bryan > > ############################### > #### {2} Ambassador Update #### > ############################### > > Ambassadors published the following articles in May: > > 1. Jen Kelchner: "Transforming agile people beyond the digital" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/5/ > transformation-beyond-digital > > 2. Jono Bacon: "Improve your communication skills: Why developers need > details and executives want bullet points" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/5/adapt-communication-styles > > 3. Angela Robertson: "The secret to better one-on-one meetings" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/5/open-one-on- > one-meetings-guide > > ######################## > #### {3} Site Stats #### > ######################## > > Our top articles of the month were: > > 1. Matt J. Krupnick: "Top 'open' thinkers gather to discuss what's next" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/5/power-open-panel > > Views: 536 > > 2. Jim Whitehurst: "Why aren't we more invested in our work?" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/5/rethink- > motivation-engagement > > Views: 527 > > 3. MaryJo Burchard: "Facing disruption? Optimize for stability or speed" > https://opensource.com/open-organization/18/5/navigating-disruption-1 > > Views: 366 > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Page views for May: 12,826 (April: 14,374; March: 16,558) > > Workbook downloads in May: 42 (April: 54; March: 77) > Guide to IT Culture Change downloads in May: 57 (April: 94; March: 54) > Leaders Manual downloads in May: 33 (April: 60; March: 46) > Catalyst-In-Chief downloads in May: 16 (April: 31; March: 31) > Field Guide downloads in May: 90 (April: 67; March: 69) > > Open Organization Definition downloads in May: 30 (April: 21; March: 24) > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Newsletter subscribers: 3,588 (+34 on the month) > Newsletter open rate (average): 39.58% > Newsletter clickthrough rate (average): 4.58% > Page views from newsletter: 143 > > ################################ > #### {4} Monthly Highlights #### > ################################ > > A panel of Open Organization Ambassadors presented "Tips for > Transforming to an Open Organization" at Red Hat Summit in May. The > panel, which was well attended (40-50 attendees) and generated lively > discussion, featured five ambassadors—Sam Knuth, Laura Hilliger, Jimmy > Sjölund, Heidi Hess von Ludewig, and Jen Kelchner—discussing the > importance of each principle in the Open Organization Definition. > Audience members participated and submitted questions for the panel via > Twitter during the event, and our panel of expert fielded them deftly > and with their usual aplomb. > > ########################### > #### {5} Looking Ahead #### > ########################### > > The next meeting of the Open Organization Ambassadors will be June 14 at > 10:00 Eastern / 14:00 UTC. The agenda, as always, is open for > ambassadors to modify [1]. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > The next volume of the Open Organization book series, _Organize for > Innovation by Jim Whitehurst_, will be publicly available Tuesday, June > 5 in celebration of _The Open Organization's_ third anniversary. We'll > be sending release announcements through all the typical community > channels. Be sure to download your copy—and do send feedback! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > In other book-related news, the community is hard at work on the next > volume in the series: a second edition of the _Open Organization Leaders > Manual_. Progress has been wonderful. Authors are now hard at work > drafting their respective chapters. Catch a sneak peek of the table of > contents on GitHub [2]. > > ---- > > [1] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sSC6HUXxwDGPW941CErQrsIrlK3Kr > khVwHOifBeMjL8/edit# > [2] > https://github.com/open-organization-ambassadors/open- > org-leaders-manual/blob/master/second-edition/table-of-contents.md > > ############################## > #### {6} Ambassador Notes #### > ############################## > > Jimmy Sjölund writes: > > "I'm giving a talk at the Agila Sverige event, May 30 through 31, on the > case study I covered in the _Open Organization Workbook_ [1]." > > [1] > https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/11/transparency-collaboration- > basefarm > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Jen Kelchner writes: > > "On LinkedIn, I tested using the 'Publish' feature to add my full > Opensource.com articles. It required adding an image and laying out the > blog page (essentially a cut and paste with minimal tweaking). At the > end of the post, I added a sentence with links: "Follow my Open > Organization column—In The Open—and on Twitter." It has yielded traffic, > comments, likes, shares and new connections (of quality). Also LI's > analytics will show you the role of the person who views and other very > helpful info. I'm going to use this insight to build my next level of > articles around it to tailor to a responsive audience. Hoping to get my > backlog of articles added to my new 'blog' section on LI. I'd encourage > my fellow ambassadors to give it a go—it will help with awareness of our > work and add thought leadership credibility." > a > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > ++ (END) ++ > > {'Til next time!—BB} > > _______________________________________________ > Openorg-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list > -- Robin Muilwijk Advisor Internet and e-Government Community Ambassador Opensource.com Community Manager eZ Systems Discover an open source world | http://opensource.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/robinmuilwijk/ Twitter : @i_robin
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