Community and Event Sponsorship at Datadog

A presentation at Paris DevRel Salon; June 2019 in June 2019 in Paris, France by Daniel "phrawzty" Maher

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Preamble

You are cordially invited to attend a short presentation on the subject of sponsorship of events of a technical nature within the context of the Community team at Datadog including a description of said team and a discussion of the nature of commmunity with a brief but not unpleasant diversion into the role of events within the greater technical industry in this year of our lord two-thousand-and-nineteen.

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COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP AT DATADOG

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IT'S NOT SALES

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IT'S NOT NOT SALES

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IT'S NOT MARKETING

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IT'S NOT NOT MARKETING

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DATADOG HAS A GREAT EVENTS TEAM

(AND WE’RE NOT IT.)

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SO, WHO ARE WE?

(THE COMMUNITY TEAM, THAT IS.)

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DOCS & TALKS!

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DOCS & TALKS & EDUCATION!

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DOCS & TALKS & EDUCATION & OPEN SOURCE!

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DOCS & TALKS & EDUCATION & OPEN SOURCE & ENABLEMENT!

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LOTS OF STUFF

DOCS & TALKS & EDUCATION & OPEN SOURCE & ENABLEMENT & LOTS OF STUFF

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A SERVICE

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IN SERVICE

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WE ARE IN SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY ✽

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✽ Asterisk

✽ We’re also all employed by a for-profit commercial entity which exists inside of a larger industry built on the principles of regulated market capitalism and are therefore beholden to both the macro-scale market concerns and micro-scale personal concerns (i.e. continued gainful employement) therein. @phrawzty // Datadog