“After lunch, I decided to see what Jono Bacon, Ubuntu’s
Community Manager, had to say about ‘How to Herd Cats and Influence
People.’“Bacon is an entertaining speaker, and his advice for organizing
a community–get groups of people together, get teams to talk to
each other, get new people involved, and make sure the environment
is conducive to getting something done–was spot on.“He also talked about ways to encourage potential contributors
who are ‘missing a piece of the puzzle,’ which means folks who
could be active and productive contributors, but presently lack
motivation, some skills, or confidence…”