This playbook is focused at ApacheCon or Roadshow volunteers who are actively involved in planning and running Apache events. Please be sure to bring your questions to the planners@ mailing list!
This is a set of recommended actions that an event organizer may do before, during, and after ApacheCon.
Many of the recommendations in here can, of course, be applied to any Apache event or Roadshow, including third-party events, or project events run by PMCs.
If you do these things, you gain the benefit of promotion from the larger Apache community. Also, these are based on our experiences running ApacheCon.
This is a work in progress - please feel free to make suggestions!
Review the Event Branding Policy and secure permission for any events not produced directly by the ASF or its contracted producer(s). If you are an Apache PMC running your own event, please review the policy to ensure you're presenting the best face for ASF brands.
https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/events
Venue requirements/considerations
Communication
Marketing Coordination
Coordinate with M&P to create, publish, and update event-specific promotions on ASF social media channels including Twitter, LinkedIn, and LinkedIn Showcase page (affiliated page).
Establish budget for paid digital ad campaign for Roadshows three months before date of event.
Coordinate with M&P to research spend options, negotiate rate, and secure media buy for digital advertising campaigns for Roadshows.
Coordinate with M&P/Central Services to create artwork for online promotions and digital ad campaigns.
CFP
Talk selection
Conference Schedule Announcement
Extra events to be scheduled
In months before event
Etherpad: Who/what/where (many planning teams find etherpad or similar to be helpful), eg https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/aceu-2016-people
Etherpad: Hackathon topics, eg https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/aceu-2016-hackathon
Blog post on blogs.apache.org announcing the above
Tweet links to the etherpads
Mention these on apachecon-discuss@apache.org Also mention
Get the preferred twitter accounts of the sponsors, and thank them publicly for sponsoring (coordinate with producer/fundraising)
Ask PMCs about upcoming or recent major releases that we can announce at the event. Keep press@apache.org in the loop on this, as well as our press contact at producer.
Update the wiki - https://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/FrontPage - every week
Notify committers@, members@, and all users@ mailing lists
As we get closer to the event, contact speakers every other week with updates, and reminders
Contact keynote speakers frequently to ensure that everything is planned, booked, and promoted correctly
Frequent updates to sponsors.
Educational outreach
User group outreach
There are several different pages/directories that store event-related information, both about ApacheCon and other ASF related events.
Main ApacheCon website, including separate archive.apachecon directories: https://apachecon.com/ https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/apachecon/www.apachecon.com Flat HTML, published instantly upon checkin
General event info page: https://events.apache.org/ https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/concom/site/trunk/content/ Managed by the Apache CMS, publishing is a separate step
ComDev Event Calendar listing: https://community.apache.org/calendars/ https://community.apache.org/about/#about-this-website