📖 Link collection project presentation and communication

Events

Event tips

Events in the CCC environment are always a good opportunity to present FOSS projects. There are numerous annual events - some smaller, some larger - of which the best known are

Chaos Communication Congress, Hamburg: https://events.ccc.de/

Remember that the event offers many self-organised stages and sessions in addition to the main programme - apply there too!

Easterhegg, changing locations: https://www.easterhegg.eu/

GPN, Karlsruhe: https://entropia.de/GPN

Datenspuren, Dresden: https://www.datenspuren.de/

FOSDEM in Brussels is a two-day event on the topic of free software - you can also apply for self-organised stages, sessions and workshops here: https://fosdem.org/

Like FOSDEM, FrOSCon in Bonn is a (smaller but nice) two-day event on the topic of Free Software: https://www.froscon.de/

FOSS event calendars

Foss.events: https://foss.events/

OSTC: https://www.ostc.de/events.html (German)

In addition to events, the Civic Tech Field Guide calendar also lists deadlines for grants: https://civictech.guide/calendar/

Event calendar of CCC: https://events.ccc.de/en/calendar/

Locations

Local hackerspaces: https://hackerspaces.org/

Cultivation space in Berlin: https://cultivation.space/

Methods & tools

Some people want just the basic infos, others are interested in more details. Writing/Communicating in an inverted pyramid-style helps: Give the most basic information first, put details in later sections that can be easily ignored if there is no strong interest in them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism)

Superbloom, Communications Toolkit for Civic & Nonprofit Tech: https://superbloom.design/learning/resources/comms-toolkit/

Automatization tools for communication:

MailerLite for newsletters - reasonable free tier http://mailerlite.com

Buttondown for newsletters - automations and a generous free plan https://buttondown.com

Mattermost, discord, slack, whatsapp groups, signal, Matrix (Some channels are more or less attractive to some communities – discord is a bit more gamer-y, matrix more for devs etc.)

List from the Civic Field Tech Guide with tools: https://directory.civictech.guide/listing-category/internal-communication-and-coordination

Support

The OTF Learning Lab offers free communications support services to help technology-focused internet freedom projects effectively communicate updates and findings, educate users, tell their stories, and reach core audiences: https://www.opentech.fund/labs/learning-lab/