“A (Quick) Deep Dive Into The DevOpsDays Website”

Matty Stratton; Talk

The point of this talk is to provide some insight and tips into
a) features of the devopsdays website you can use as an organizer that you might not know about and
b) give a little technical background into some of the idiosyncrasies of the site’s technology (pipeline, etc).

Hopefully this will help organizers we able to better use the site for their events, and also maybe generate some Open Space conversation on how to improve the site overall!

“Avoiding Community Collapse when Passing the Torch”

Laura Santamaria; Talk

We as a global group have reached the point where some folks who have maintained their communities are getting tired. They're ready to pass it on to the next people. The Austin community has experienced this change in this past year as our three core organizers (and about half of the rest) have stepped down and away, while our local meetups have also experienced changes in leadership. The most common problem with community leadership changes is struggling to maintain a community. Let's talk about (1) the common dangers and pitfalls we encountered during one failed leadership change in Austin, (2) the successful tactics that kept other communities in Austin afloat [including DevOpsDays Austin], and (3) the best ways to help the community embrace changes.

“How to not burn out as a devopsdays organizer”

Joep Piscaer; Talk

Working with a team of other volunteers on (potentially) high-stakes event can be a burden. So, how do you not burn out? In this talk, I'll share how I keep my sanity while organizing events ranging from creating phychological safety, team building and creating emphatic relationships, explicit roles and responsibilities, managing expectations and keeping the balance between 'getting shit done' and being a fun group to hang out in.

“Mistakes Were Made”

Hannah Foxwell, Paula Kennedy; Talk

Before DevOpsDays we had never organised a conference and this year will be our 5th DevOpsDays London. Although we’ve now done it a few times, we're still learning and improving so we’d like to take a step back, laugh at ourselves a little and share some of the mistakes we’ve made over the years!

Some mistakes could have been prevented. Some mistakes continue to catch us out year after year. Some mistakes required us to think on our feet and react to unexpected challenges.

We all give up our personal time to create something for the community we care about! By sharing these stories we hope other organisers can learn from our mistakes or feel a little better about their own fuck ups!

“Quality vs Quantity, Size does matter”

Kris Buytaert; Talk

I've seen em all.. Big, Small, Young, Aging,

devopsdays all in different shapes and sizes ..

I can tell you which ones I most liked, and which ones I didn't feel at home.
And not just me , but also the audience ..
And it all comes down to size and venue.

A talk about keeping #devopsdays weird.

“Stop giving Eventbrite your $”

Yvo van Doorn; Talk

Sometime in 2022 I did some math in how much devopsdays Amsterdam has spent on Eventbrite over the last decade. The amount was staggering! When factoring the 4% payment transaction plus €0.99 per ticket, they have made more than €130k over ten years. We can do better!

Introducing Pretix for devopsdays events.

In my talk I want to introduce all the organizers to Pretix and that going forward they can have their city utilize the instance already setup.

“Who is "Core" and how they help you”

Katie McLaughlin, Yvo van Doorn, Daniel "phrawzty" Maher; Talk

DevOpsDays are decentralised events, but there exists a core team of active organisers who are here to help you. Presented by your current co-chairs, this talk will illuminate some of the behind-the-scenes work that the DevOpsDays active core organisers do to help make sure all events are successful. You'll come away with a deeper understanding of how DevOpsDays itself is run, how Core helps, and how you can get involved with the meta organisation of events!