meetup

by Daniel Deutsch

由Daniel Deutsch

我在2017年举办Meetup中学到的知识以及为何对2018年充满期待。 (What I’ve learned hosting Meetups in 2017 — and why I’m looking forward to 2018.)

As 2017 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect on the non-profit work I have done.

2017年即将结束，是时候反思我所做的非营利性工作了。

As soon as I learned the basics of programming with the help of freeCodeCamp, I was eager to give something back. I figured out that I could probably do the most by strengthening the local group of the organization. I wanted to help individuals on the same path, and provide a framework of exchange for these groups of people.

在freeCodeCamp的帮助下，我学会了编程的基本知识后，我就渴望回馈一些东西。 我发现可以通过加强组织的本地团队来做最多的事情。 我想在同一条道路上帮助个人，并为这些人群提供交流的框架。

Even though I am doing more than just organizing meetups, I want to focus on the freeCodeCamp Local Meetup in Vienna in this article.

尽管我所做的不仅仅是组织聚会，但我还是希望在本文中专注于维也纳的freeCodeCamp本地聚会。

“Consuming culture is never as rewarding as producing it.” ― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“消费文化从来没有像生产文化那样有回报。” ― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

我们聚会的简短介绍 (A short introduction to our meetup)

Robert Axelsen had the courage and took the initiative to start the local group in Vienna. Robert is an amazing human being and we immediately connected. Since the start of this year, we’ve both organized the meetup and enjoyed all highs and lows of organizing.

罗伯特·阿克塞尔森(Robert Axelsen )有勇气，并主动发起了在维也纳成立本地团队。 罗伯特是一个了不起的人，我们立即联系在一起。 从今年年初开始，我们既组织了聚会，也组织了各种盛宴。

The meetup itself currently focuses around collaborative coding. We talk about programming, the presentation of projects, and updates and news from the development world.

聚会本身当前集中在协作编码上。 我们谈论编程，项目介绍以及开发世界的更新和新闻。

为什么组织活动很棒 (Why organizing events is great)

I believe that managing an organization is one of the most rewarding you can do. Not because of the feedback you receive, but rather because of the complexity of the task itself.

我相信管理组织是您可以做的最有意义的事情之一。 不是因为您收到反馈，而是因为任务本身很复杂。

When organizing meetups and events, one must not only handle event-specific tasks such as preparing locations, sponsors, talks, and content. You must also stay in contact with all the people involved in the process and get yourself into the discussed topics as well.

在组织聚会和活动时，不仅必须处理特定于活动的任务，例如准备地点，赞助者，谈话和内容。 您还必须与参与该过程的所有人员保持联系，并使自己也进入所讨论的主题。

The complexity itself demands a lot from the organizer and schools him on many aspects of life. As I see it, it is the perfect preparation for starting a business. Although it can be hard to fit into the day-to-day schedule, it is perfectly doable when the basics of time management are applied.

复杂性本身对组织者有很多要求，并向他学习生活的许多方面。 如我所见，这是创业的完美准备。 尽管可能难以适应日常计划，但在应用时间管理基础知识时，这是完全可行的。

Another reason organizing events is great is because it forces you to increase your self-awareness, which is key in life in general. Knowing who you are, what your strengths and weaknesses are, and how other people perceive you is very important to develop a better self.

组织大型活动的另一个原因是，它迫使您增强自我意识，而这通常是生活中的关键。 知道自己是谁，自己的优点和缺点是什么，以及其他人如何看待您，对养成更好的自我非常重要。

Because how can you improve yourself if you are delusional about yourself?

因为如果您对自己有幻想，该如何改善自己？

对非营利系统和实体的看法 (A take on non-profit systems and entities)

During the journey, it seemed necessary to formalize the work through a non-profit entity. We made this decision after careful due diligence. Setting up a business-like structure involves many new aspects in organizing, such as correspondence with local authorities, being aware of legal pitfalls (especially regarding tax law and competition law), and being liable to certain actions.

在旅途中，似乎有必要通过非营利性实体将工作正式化。 我们经过认真的尽职调查后做出了此决定。 建立类似企业的结构涉及组织中的许多新方面，例如与地方当局的往来，了解法律陷阱(尤其是关于税法和竞争法)以及对某些行为负责。

It introduces and demands a new field of competence and expertise but also allows for additional rewards. Some of them are:

它引入并要求一个新的能力和专业知识领域，但同时也带来了额外的回报。 他们之中有一些是：

• Tax exemptions
  免税
• Free use of various software, products, and services
  免费使用各种软件，产品和服务
• The possibility of official subsidies
  官方补贴的可能性
• After the setup: a much more organized way of handling business-like transactions
  设置之后：一种处理业务交易的更有条理的方式

The takeaway here is to carefully audit the possible advantages and disadvantages and always calculate the hidden costs.

这里的要点是仔细审核可能的优点和缺点，并始终计算隐性成本 。

我在社交方面学到的知识以及对团队合作的一些思考 (What I have learned on the social side, and some thoughts on group work)

I have learned that people are really different. We have a variety of different people from different countries, different fields of expertise, different social backgrounds, and of course with different personalities.

我知道人们真的不同。 我们有来自不同国家，不同专业领域，不同社会背景，当然还有不同个性的各种各样的人。

That said, I think one of the most important abilities someone can have is to be flexible and adaptable to any situation. And that’s another reason why organizing meetups is great — because you learn to be more and more flexible with people.

就是说，我认为某人可以拥有的最重要的能力之一就是对任何情况都具有灵活性和适应性。 这就是组织聚会的好原因的另一个原因-因为您学会了与人变得越来越灵活。

I really started to understand this during a coding workshop we did. We wanted to keep it as flexible as possible to provide a good experience for all attendees. And even though we expected it could be difficult, we witnessed astonishing results.

我真的在我们参加的编码研讨会上开始理解这一点。 我们希望尽可能灵活地为所有与会者提供良好的体验。 即使我们预计这会很困难，但我们仍见证了惊人的结果。

In the workshop, we decided to divide the attendees into three different groups and encouraged them to develop a project in a collaborative effort. Only one group was able to form a coherent unit with the ability to get into a flow and build a great project.

在研讨会上，我们决定将参加者分成三个不同的小组，并鼓励他们共同合作开发一个项目。 只有一个团队能够组成一个连贯的单元，并具有参与流程并构建出色项目的能力。

I think what makes a good leader is being able to identify strengths and give people social boundaries to allow them to unfold their potential. Every time a group is not able to get a workflow going it is either because:

我认为，成为一名优秀领导者的原因是能够发现优势并赋予人们社会界限，以使他们发挥潜力。 每次小组无法进行工作流程的原因是：

• there is no leading authority in the group, or
  小组中没有领导权，或者
• the leading authority is not competent enough.
  领导机关的能力不足。

Randomly forming groups of people neglects the personality traits of each individual and is therefore prone to failure. There has to be an individual who is capable of taking on the lead, who is also competent enough to do it successfully.

随机组成的人群忽视了每个人的个性特征，因此容易失败。 必须有一个能够担当领导角色的人，而且还要有能力胜任领导工作。

In a collection of random people, the only way to increase the possibility of a successful outcome is to try to arrange the inhomogeneity of the group as high as possible, so that natural grouping can occur freely.

在一群随机的人中，增加成功结果可能性的唯一方法是尝试将组的不均匀性安排得尽可能高，以便自然地进行分组。

统计和展示 (Stats and impressions)

Photography by Slaven Fanfani

Slaven Fanfani摄影

我组织的活动的未来 (The future of events I organize)

I am very excited for the future. There are many ways to contribute to society. When organizing events and meetups, is not really about showing off skills or projects or providing entertainment. For me it as a way to discover the skills and potential of people and empower them. It is amazing how many people aren’t aware of their own potential.

我为未来感到非常兴奋。 有很多方法可以为社会做贡献。 在组织活动和聚会时，并不是真正地炫耀技能或项目或提供娱乐。 对我来说，这是发现人们的技能和潜力并赋予他们权力的一种方式。 令人惊讶的是，有多少人没有意识到自己的潜力。

So the goal for 2018 would be to increase self-awareness in people and help them harness their own power.

因此，2018年的目标将是增强人们的自我意识并帮助他们利用自己的力量。

I believe that in the future there will be a very large demand for people who know how to code. The future belongs to those who can control the machines which will ultimately direct our lives.

我相信，将来对知道如何编码的人会有很大的需求。 未来属于那些可以控制机器的人，这些机器将最终指导我们的生活。

Stay motivated!

保持动力！

有关事件和组织的更多信息 (More about the events and organization)

• freeCodeCamp Vienna on meetup

  聚会上的freeCodeCamp Vienna

• freeCodeCamp Vienna on Github and its homepage

  Github上的freeCodeCamp Vienna及其主页

• DevelopersRising on Github and its homepage

  在Github及其主页 上兴起的开发人员

Thanks for reading my article! Feel free to leave any feedback you may have.

感谢您阅读我的文章！ 随时留下您可能有的任何反馈。

翻译自: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/reflecting-on-hosting-meetups-in-2017-5d28d1db074d/

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