Community

I love your honesty and passion around community in tech. Thank you so much for sharing your story and allowing all of us to be a part of it.

Dynamic, energetic speaker who still spoke at an understandable speed. Her topic was relevant no matter how skilled they are already at relationships. Thank you!

Thanks for your energy this morning...love the Pac Man rule.

Great talk to off the conference.

Such a great talk to open the conference! I love your relatable way of laying down information and energetic delivery! You gave tons of awesome examples for how to be involved in the tech community at all kinds of levels! Loved it.

Awesome talk! Keep it up!!!

It was really good and engaging!

Full of energy and positive vibes, @dead_lugosi extols the benefits of communities and reminds us that they require effort to build and maintain. She provides personal anecdotes and actionable advice to form and grow your connections. She also encourages inclusivity and warns against toxicity. Having this as a keynote sets the right tone for the conference.

Very well thought out, clearly presented. Great stories and inspirational. On top of good content, presenter had good pacing and entertaining slides. Thanks!

I really liked this talk and all the GIFs. I went into not really sure about it but I found it really interesting.

One point of constructive feedback. I found the slide about Understanding Trust with the little guys confusing because I got lost on the rules.

Margaret was enthusiastic and insightful. I really appreciated her message and her animated gifs.

Really inspiring, well done. High energy, gave lots of examples of personal connections. Nice shoutouts to rubber ducking and the pac-man rule.

Great start to the event. Also great gif collection! I think its the passionate people like you who keep the community rich and thriving!

I really enjoyed this talk. Personal anecdotes tying the message together were a very nice touch. The reminder that the main benefit of community building is personal relationships can't be repeated loudly enough - it's about people, people! :) Thanks Margaret, was great talk.

Inspiring and honest talk. So many programmers are introverts and can benefit from the encouragement to jump into the community that this talk provided, fantastic as a conference keynote.

Excellent topic, dynamic speaker!

Terrific start to the conference, with suggestions relevant for the rest of the weekend.

Thanks for the wonderful talk, Margaret, many people and their communities would benefit from hearing this!

I really enjoyed this talk. Margaret took a very honest approach to explaining a term that is sometimes thrown around lightly. I appreciated all of the energy and fun so early in the morning! This talk really made me think about my personal relationships and interactions and how I can improve them.

Great personal story that many can relate to.

I learned things that can be applied in a general context, like: the pac man rule, the levels of accountability for your relationships, etc.

Great way to kick off a conference.

It was a fantastic theme to open with. It at times felt a little too basic, at this point in our lives I hope most people know the advantages of having friends. But I appreciated the insights into how to break into the tech communities if you're new. The speaker was a tad too energetic for my tastes, I felt exhausted by the end just keeping up with her pace!

I saw people throughout the rest of the conference making a conscious effort to be inclusive and more likely to talk to people they didn't know which I think is in large part due to kicking off the conference with this as the opener.

Love the Pac-Man rule!