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Building a community design system.

The importance of language in gathering

The Role of a Community Advocate 

Purpose of online play in human connection

Words

Open Studio Night is where graduating Studio 20 students present their final projects to an audience of NYU faculty, friends and family, Year One students, Studio 20 alumni, and members of the digital journalism community in New York. 

This year's partners and projects include: 

* The Philippines get an open source issue tracker

Wednesday, December 13, 6 to 8pm, at NYU Journalism, 20 Cooper Square, 7th floor. Food and drink will be served.

If you are not a current NYU student, you must register for the event to enter the building.

Studio 20 Open Studio Night

roc-grotesk

Neural Nonsense Livestream

Melon

Happy Build Hour

Barbie

Erin Mikail Staples at Secret Pour

Using LLMs to speed up the process of data-set curation.

It can be hard to know where to begin when it comes to applying large language models (LLMs) to your machine learning workflow. Machine learning professionals and data scientists have been using LLMs in their workflow to improve the quality of the datasets used for curation through zero-shot learning.

Join Data Scientist in Residence Jimmy Whitaker and Sr. Developer Community Advocate Erin Mikail Staples, as they break down what zero-shot learning is and how it can be used within your machine learning workflow to create a more efficient process.

The workshop will be streamed live online, offering space and time for questions during the session and offering assets and resources to take home afterward. 

Additionally, the workshop will be recorded, and the recording and assets will be made available to registrants after the event.

Zero-Shot Learning Workshop

Evaluating new models can be a tricky task — especially when it seems like the industry is evolving faster than we can keep up. Have no fear — Erin Mikail Staples of HumanSignal will be joining us to help break it down. 

Erin will lead us on a journey not only of the large language model ecosystem, but also provide an actionable guide to how you can build your own internal LLM scorecard, by understanding what key points are crucial for your organization to look at, and why it matters to take time to select a model that best fits your needs.

Building your LLM Scorecard

 and Label Studio together to prepare a better dataset for training ML models.

We'll be live-streaming a tutorial on how to integrate the two tools and how they work together to create a dynamic ML workflow. 

This is an entry-level demonstration; however, prior experience working with data and a basic understanding of machine learning will be helpful to know. We will be taking questions and offering support for those who want to follow along as we go.

Training ML Models with Lightly + Label Studio

Join the ComedyBytes crew to chat about what’s happening in AI comedy. 

ComedyBytes: StreamBytes

Getting started with Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF)

May Community Town Hall

Calling all Label Studio users, fans, friends, or partners!

We're hosting our inaugural Community Town Hall! 

Join us for a discussion about the latest updates and projects, or just to get a hand on your current workflows. 

Community Town Hall

Recently, it's become common for companies and projects to host their developer communities on Discord. Many large communities have even transitioned from Slack to Discord. Discord has introduced many new features for managing and moderating communities. Whether you are considering Discord for your community or already running a Discord community and want to get more out of the tool, this workshop will provide you with the tips and insights you need. Join Erin Mikail Staples as she walks you through using Discord to manage developer and technical communities.

CFE.dev | Running Developer Communities with Discord.

How Clayton Chambers built his newsletter community (and what he's doing next!) 

 as he chats about how he built the community behind his newsletter, what's next and learning curves along the way. 

We'll also break down and build in public some of Clayton's next project — a curated database of top independent brands.

Building Newsletter Communities with Clayton Chambers of Sprezza.

Building Better Codes of Conduct

Join @erinmikail and @juliegoat as they spill the IoTea!

We’ll be making and exploring beginner-friendly IoT projects.  

IoTea with Erin and Julie.

DevRel Book Club: A City is not a Computer

The Agony & Ecstasy of Building Community

Orbit Office Hours: August 10, 2022

July 2022 Changelog Friday

​​Wishing you had an extra hand or want to see the possibilities you can do within Orbit?

Bring your questions, comments, projects, and community initiatives and we'll help you make sure they're a success!

This event will take place LIVE on in the Orbit Discord and will NOT be recorded.

Orbit Office Hours: July 27, 2022

Orbit Office Hours: July 13, 2022

Orbit Office Hours: July 6, 2022

Curious what's happening behind-the-scenes at Orbit?

, and other members of the Orbit Team for Changelog Friday!

We'll walk through the newest features + how to use them within Orbit — all within 

Changelog Friday: June 2022

​Wishing you had an extra hand or want to see the possibilities you can do within Orbit?

Orbit Office Hours: June 22, 2022

Orbit Office Hours: June 15, 2022

Orbit Office Hours: June 8, 2022

Erin Staples, senior community advocate at Orbit

Champions programs and community insights are all the rage as of late, but how do you make sure they don’t just serve your community, or your product teams but rather build a long-lasting flywheel of success for everyone involved.

In this session attendees will learn how to:

Finding your Champions: Building a beta group or champions program in Orbit

Wishing you had an extra hand or want to see the possibilities you can do within Orbit?

Community Space: Orbit Office Hours

Orbit Study Groups are hands-on learning explorations that explore various topics and tactics in the world of community building. Led by 

 — these events are open to community builders of all levels.

In this study group — attendees will learn no code and low code flows to help simplify their day-to-day operations in the world of community building. We’ll also explore popular tools and tactics that community builders use to improve their day-to-day.

Is there something you’d want to know how to do? What tools or workflows are we missing? 

Study Group: Low Code Community Flows

Changelog Friday: April 2022

Join Erin Mikail Staples + Bryan Robinson for Orbit Office Hours!

How do you approach moderation in your community?

Moderation is a tough conversation and one that can stir up high emotions and feelings within your own community. It can feel like you’re always in a hard conversation and there’s no winning for anyone.

If taken seriously — proactive moderation can create a positive environment within your community, and even facilitate growth.

In this study group — attendees will learn how to create proactive moderation strategies + gain confidence approach bad actors or edgelords within their own community.

At the end of this group, you will walk away with the skills to be able to handle those tough situations as a community builder and keep your community safe. We’ll also share our best practices for community codes of conduct.

Orbit Study groups are collaborative hands-on learning experiences led by 

Study Group: Handling Bad Actors + Edgelords

 who took lead on this project, and answering your questions!

High Gravity: A Community Magazine Launch

We'll be exploring the latest features and releases on what's happening at Orbit.  

Changelog Friday: March 2022

Seeking Feedback: How do you build a community-driven product feedback loop?

Community has been all the rage as of late, and specifically product communities that choose to enable both their internal team, and empower community members to make better, more informed decisions in the future.

In this study group — attendees will learn how to facilitate effective product feedback loops that empower not only their community but their internal teams as well.

At the end of this group, you will be able to:

 on this Orbit Study Group, a collaborative educational experience where we all learn together. 

Study Group: Seeking Feedback, Building Community-Driven Product Feedback Loops.

A strong community is a community where individuals are empowered and encouraged to share openly. This sharing can take many forms: personal anecdotes, professional updates, and off-topic jokes are all signs of a healthy community. 

What makes a community healthy and useful to all involved is a sense of open knowledge sharing. This can take the shape of answering questions, sharing use cases, showcasing interesting projects, or showing workflows or code snippets.

In this study group, we’ll explore why this is an important goal for community advocates to work toward, how you can foster an environment of experimentation in your community, what sorts of tools work best for this sort of sharing and how to report the benefits of a communal inspiration program back to your team.

Study Group: Communal Inspiration – Creating a community of open sharing

Join Erin Mikail Staples + Bryan Robinson Orbit Office Hours!

Join members of the community + product team as we go through some of the latest features within Orbit!

We’ll exploring new updates + releases, and diving deep into our upcoming roadmap as we chat about our latest product updates, offer up a sneak peek of what’s to come and share insights on best practices.

Changelog Friday: What's New At Orbit?

We’re hosting themed Study Groups here at 

 where we will gather on a regular basis to dive in together on topics of interest.

In this Study Group attendees will learn the importance of identifying community segments, how to create activities that engage each segment and how to measure it all within Orbit.

and other community builders as we explore the universe of community building together at 

Creating Gravity: Defining and Providing Value for your Community Segments

Wishing you had an extra hand or just want to see the possibilities you can do within Orbit?

Join Erin Mikail Staples + Bryan Robinson at Orbit for Orbit Office Hours!

This event will take place LIVE on Discord Stages and will NOT be recorded.

 and other community builders on as we explore what a community journey is and how we can go about planning, designing and creating them.

Study Group: Community Journeys

We’re hosting themed Study Groups here at 

 where we will gather on a regular basis to dive in together on topics of interest. 

One such Study Group is Community Operations. 

Community roles are expanding in the world of community - 

 is one such role that has always happened but not necessarily given the name for. All communities need efficient processes behind the scenes. ​

In this session, led by Sara, we will cover:

Study Group: Operations for Onboarding

As the year comes to an end — join us for a mix and mingle fun get-together of community beings for some fun, reflection, and wintergalactic shenanigans.

This event will be held on Butter and is totally free to attend. 

Join folks working in community, developer relations, or even those curious to know more about the above + celebrate the year we've had.

Orbit Wintergalactic Gathering ❄️

This is an Orbit Community Learning Sprint Week where we are focusing on ideas and perspectives to help you nurture and grow your community.

Growth is crucial for communities generally speaking it comes in conversations, creating value and building trust. However, community builders need to take a different approach compared to how other parts of a business traditionally grows.

We'll be ending this week with a Twitter Spaces gathering to share love and war stories on community growth.

Come to listen or to speak with the intention to share your own stories of growing communities. Whether they are success or failure stories there is always something to learn

Community Growth — Community Growth Stories

Earlier this year Patrick Woods wrote about why 

we need Go-To-Community as a community strategy, not just Go-To-Market

 and we are totally on board with this idea!

In this session we will present a draft concept of a Go-To-Community Framework:

✨ What do we need to think about, as community builders for Go-To-Community?

✨ What should be in or out of scope with a Go-To-Community approach?

✨ How is it different from Go-To-Market?

✨ What should be the overall structure of a Go-To-Community approach?

We are presenting in progress ideas and thoughts and will be looking for feedback to implement into the final version.

Growing Community — Building a Go-To-Community framework.

a framework for building high-gravity communities

. A high gravity community is one that excels at attracting and retaining members by providing an outstanding member experience.

The Orbit Model can be used in so many ways to help you strategize and plan your community. In this context we are going to dive into strategies, tactics and ideas on how to use the framework and the tool to help you grow your community.

✨  What growth means in the context of community and The Orbit Model

✨ How to think about community activities

Growing Community — Using the Orbit Model with a growth mindset.

We lack mental models, metaphors and frameworks when it comes to thinking how to think about growing communities.

✨  we understand what and why it works

And the concept of Community Flywheels fits nicely into all these things.

Growing Community — A Guide to Building Community Flywheels

As leaders, founders and community builders just having a community is often not good enough — we also want a successful and growing one. As community builders, we are under pressure to drive growth without a clear understanding of what that can actually mean.

A 'good community' is open to interpretation and is always context-dependent. As a growing industry, we must seek an understanding of what it means to grow as a community and how we can communicate and collaborate with other teams.

Growing Community — What does growth even mean?

 Community roles are expanding in the world of community - Community Operations is one such role that has always happened but not necessarily given the name for. All communities need efficient processes behind the scenes.

Study Group: Community Operations for Events

Join us for a Twitter Spaces discussing if Web 3.0 communities are actually driving community, or if its just the latest buzzword online.

These spaces value kindness, integrity, honesty, questioning with the intention to understand — and most importantly, nuance.

Catch us on Spaces, bring your questions!

WITH NUANCE: Is Web 3.0 really driving community?

 where we will gather on a regular basis to dive in together on topics of interest.

 If you’re part of #community Twitter, and you haven’t seen a tweet about Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) - then it’s more than likely you’re living under a rock 😅. 

And that’s OKAY! This is why we’re here. All you need to know is that DAOs are the next big thing in web3 - after NFTs. DAOs are a new way for people to coordinate how they achieve things together. That is, with a set of rules that are enforced on a blockchain.

, will guide you DAOn the DAO rabbit hole so that you can discover the role that you can play in the magical web3 metaverse of DAOs.

Here are a few of the many questions we’ll be answering:

​We’ll be using Butter & Miro. The session will  be recorded. ✌🏻

Study Group: DAOn the Rabbit Hole We Go

The community creator economy is a subsection of the creator economy that specifically focuses on those who are leveraging their networks, communities or their fandom in order to generate value." 

This study group is going to explore what it means to be a community creator and how it differs from traditional community management. 

 — he is crazy passionate about challenges, that’s why he loves everything related to communities and the journey of creating a space where connection is beyond transaction.

Study Group: Community Creators 101

The use of Discord has exploded over the last year!

And you've likely been invited to join a Discord server or two as a result.

If you're new to the platform — welcome! Join us for a one-hour session as we explore the basics, together!

Have a question you want to be sure that it gets answered? Let Erin Mikail Staples know via 

Orbit is mission control for your community

, which empowers you to grow and measure your community across any platform. Join more than 4,000 users who use Orbit to build their communities. 🪐

Discord 101 — Let's explore together!

Starting Community: An Orbit Learning Sprint

Join us for a free one-week community-driven learning sprint focusing on how to get started with creating a community.

Once you've done your community research and homework it becomes easier to know where to start.

In this one-week sprint we will work together to help you take action on starting your community.

: experimenting and doing things that don't scale is crucial when starting out.

: how to practically set a community culture

: conversations are at the heart of community, though the types of conversations at each stage vary. We will focus on ones that matter most when starting community.

- yes, recordings, only where relevant, will be made available

- this experience is best experienced through active participation

Heads up! This is a week-long cohort-type learning sprint. It starts on Monday November, 1st. 

Keep up with the latest about Orbit — Join the 

Starting Community: Community Conversations

Join us for Creator Beer Club — a weekly meet up for those in the creator / creator-adjacent space to learn more about this industry and to connect with those in it.

Oct 27, 2021: Patio of Talea Brewing Co. in Brooklyn NYC

Creator Beer Club: Talea Beer Co.

How can authentic communities build trust in newsrooms?

Join Erin Mikail Staples and Waqas Ahmed for a live discussion on Twitter Spaces on how newsrooms + journalists can use community building skills to facilitate trust and understanding.

We'll be creating a shared notes document and sharing it after the chat as well.

Community and Trust In News

Community Space: Community Strategy for Podcasters

Podcasters and audio creators have been building community either through creating content, connecting audience members, or facilitating conversations over a specific topic.