The (new) Developer Advocacy Handbook is live!

I just finished the writing part of the new edition of the Developer Advocacy Handbook. I wrote the original almost 15 years ago, and this edition is a heavy re-write. A lot has changed in the world of Developer Advocacy and I tried to add my findings over the last few years to the book. It gives you all the basics of becoming a Developer Advocate and explains which channels to cover and how. I deliberately moved away from favouring certain products or social networks as these things change at a fast pace.

You can find the book at Developer-advocacy.com and here is the high-level table of contents:

• About this handbook
• What is Developer Advocacy / Evangelism?
• Work with your own company
• Working with your competition
• Prepare for outreach
• Get speaking opportunities
• Travel and conference participation
• Deliver a talk or workshop
• Delivering presentations tips: timekeeping and more
• Things not to say on stage—and what to do instead
• Write great posts and articles
• Write excellent code examples
• Prepare great slide decks for presentations
• Create great slide decks for presentations
• A checklist for more inclusive, accessible and understandable talks
• Keep a record of your work
• Know and use the social web
• Working from your own computer
• Recording your own talks
• Final words

Hosted on GitHub – contributions welcome

The book is fully written in Markdown and hosted on GitHub. I am also now opening the repo for contribution, so if you find something you’d like to change, please file an issue or create a fork. The book is licences with Creative Commons, non-commercial, so all contributions are welcome.

Next steps

I started recording audio recordings of the chapters, drop me a line if you think that’s a good plan to pursue further or not.