Issue 208 - Prepare for the future, but support the present  

Welcome! 👋

hey DevRel Weekly fam! Hope you're all doing well. I'm back at home in California and slowly settling back into my "normal" routine, which is making me quite happy. I'm still blown away by how quickly this year is flying by, but I suppose saying that yet again won't help the situation at all. 😝

To all my readers from the US, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your friends and family. I'd encourage you to look beyond the standard narrative this year and explore ways to acknowledge the Native Peoples. This article offers some great tips.

Without further ado, let's dig in!

Best,
Mary (@mary_grace)
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Tidbits 🕔

Are you prepared for your team being out of the office?

Serena posted this thread last year, but I thought it would be appropriate to revisit as we get closer to the holiday season when so many people are out of the office. Click through to read how you can help reduce chaos on your team and manage internal expectations.

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Don't Copy Today's Communities

Don’t copy how an established community operates today.

Copy how it started.

-David Spinks

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Tangibles 🤓

How DevRel can support an integration between two developer tools

By creating a handful of integrations between your product and other developer tools, you can create easy solutions for your community members. Bonus: you may attract new users to your product depending on the integration you create! Pratim Bhosale walks through how to decide which tools to integrate with and how to measure your success in this article.

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Remote working can be great, but be aware of organizational isolation

We're likely all aware of some of the downsides of remote work (things can get a bit lonely when you rarely get to meet your colleagues), but James Parton takes this concern a step further in a recent blogpost. At what point does remote working lead to organizational silos and difficulty speaking to stakeholders? My instinct is that some of these issues can be solved if the organization prioritizes remote-first work, but I'd be curious to hear your thoughts! Has your work suffered as a result of the remote work culture that's sprung up since Covid? Or have you been able to navigate it fairly seamlessly?

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Building for Believers: The Key to Finding Community-Member-Fit

If you're looking to build a strong community, David Spinks says don't build for everyone right off the bat -- build for those who are already believers. This doesn't necessarily mean they're believers in your product already, but they should be on the path to becoming your most engaged community members. With a little extra support, you can engage that top 5%, who will then encourage others to get involved down the line.

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