A newsletter for people building communities.
A round-up of the latest community management and leadership resources with a bit of YupGup news sprinkled in.
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Lead, Don’t Manage, Part 1
A widely applicable take on management from UX Matters. The sections on the prevalence of fear-based management and artificial career enhancers for bad managers was especially insightful but also counteracted with actions for positive, uplifting change.
How to Foster Inclusivity at Your Company
9 incredible tips for fostering diversity and inclusion from POCIT, including transparency and leaning into discomfort. “‘Leaning into discomfort’ means having the hard conversations, showing up for others and not tuning out the realities of the world we’re all living in.”
Don’t feel like an expert? Share anyway
Putting people in our same industry that speak and write on a pedestal creates an enormous barrier to also doing these things, as too frequently we assume we are not qualified in comparison. Sara Wachter-Boettcher makes a case for doing and sharing anyway, wherever you may be in your career.
What I Wish I’d Known as a First-Time Manager
From relationships to feedback to trust this article covers management insight from 10 individuals.
Tweets
@bridgetkromhout on ensuring abusive YouTube comments are a bit more difficult to post [tweet]
@HollyGoDarkly with a great accessibility tip for hashtags [tweet]
@editingemily with a tip for first-time speakers [tweet]
@schemaly shared an article about organizing on Facebook, a battle between activism and algorithms [tweet]
Book Nook
Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen
Feedback is at the heart of most difficult conversations. Feedback, and learning about ourselves in general, can be brutal and our emotions to it shape our reaction and interpretation. The authors walk through what types of triggers (truth, identity, relationship) are being hit when we get defensive in these situations and how to avoid the classic pitfalls.
Through preparation, being specific, using a proper tone of voice, and moving towards a growth identity we can train ourselves to give and receive quality feedback. Receiving feedback doesn’t mean you have to always accept it, but receiving it well involves fully and skillfully engaging in the conversation.
Top Quote
“When it comes to feedback, strong feelings push us toward extreme interpretations. One thing becomes everything, now becomes always, partly becomes entirely, and slightly becomes extremely. Feelings skew our sense of past, present, and future.”
YupGup News
🤗 The winners from last month’s pronoun button giveaway were Django Girls San Diego and PDX Future Leaders in Tech; we hope to do this again in the future.
✏️ Joni wrote a swag secrets post about lapel pins and one with slide deck design tips.
⛵️ We are wrapping up design and development for DjangoCon US 2019 and cannot wait to share.
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