Online Community Moderating
Currently there is a private channel, #modmode, for all who are interested in keeping content and climate in Toronto JS welcoming, inclusive and free of spam and scam posts. Most of our efforts have been focused around the #jobs channel but there is a ton of work to do in terms of socializing the code of conduct and setting the tone of the culture here at TJS.
Event hosting
Event hosts act like organizers, they arrive ahead of time, open up the Zoom/Rally room ahead of time, ensure events run smoothly, announce the speakers, credit the sponsors and what TorontoJS is, ensure people who where to report harassment or abuse, and most importantly, are a point of contact for all who want to attend events. In small enough gatherings, the event host may double as a panel facilitator.
Panel facilitators / Conversation facilitators
Facilitators announce and introduce speakers, engage attendees in Q&A, and maintain a welcoming and safe environment for both speakers and Toronto JS members.
You don't need to have the personality of a talk show host to be a conversation facilitator, more often, being a good listener ends up leading to being a great facilitator!
Outreach
This one is plain and simple. Sharing the message that we have an event happening across different slacks, Linkedin and Twitter.
The ideal situation is to have the event finalized a month in advance
Our strategy:
Make posts on LinkedIn, CivicTechTO, various bootcamp (Juno, Brainstation, Bitmaker, General Assembly) and/or WomenTechToronto slacks and of course, the TorontoJS Slack.
Frequency: