I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
So many fantastic tips in this post! And I fully agree that it's important to foster an inclusive space for folks. I really dig your 5 tips under the heading I don't want anyone to feel unwelcome, what can I do? and particularly like:
Call out the good! See two community members collaborating well on a solution? Give them a shout out.
A few encouraging words towards folks who are contributing positively can go so far! And really, it generally just makes you feel good to make others feel good.
Anywho, really appreciate ya sharing this post, Amanda. Saved!
So many fantastic tips in this post! And I fully agree that it's important to foster an inclusive space for folks. I really dig your 5 tips under the heading I don't want anyone to feel unwelcome, what can I do? and particularly like:
A few encouraging words towards folks who are contributing positively can go so far! And really, it generally just makes you feel good to make others feel good.
Anywho, really appreciate ya sharing this post, Amanda. Saved!
Thank you for reading and yes! I feel super passionate about positive reinforcement and modeling the behavior you hope to see.