About Devtribe
Everyone keen on development to maintain professional quality is welcome: Architects, CTOs, Lead Developers, and conscious developers. We meet to share ideas, experiences, and mistakes generously. No one is an expert, but everyone has something to share. The schedule follows a solid form that has proven to be sustainable: a common theme, a few short thought-provoking speeches, and then an open forum where you talk in groups created dynamically according to interest.
The layout of a DevTribe always follows a fixed form.
THEME
When the event is planned, a theme that is advertised in the network is also determined. The theme should preferably be current, exciting, and reasonably narrow. Not so diffuse that you do not know what it's about, but also not so narrow that there is no room for new angles. After that, there is a request for speakers, and anyone can sign up.
LIGHTNING TALK
Lightning talks are concise, and a typical length is about 10 min. The speaker may speak undisturbed and may use his time at will. It is common to share something based on your own experience that can be helpful to others. If the event is half a day, you often have about four lightning talks, and on a full day, there is usually room for almost twice as many.
OPEN SPACE
This step often becomes dynamic and creative. The idea is that those who have listened should pick up certain aspects from the lightning talks speeches that they want to talk more about. It can be something you want to know more about or perhaps ventilate your own experiences on the theme. Each person who has suggestions for topics to talk about writes a post-it note and argues for their cause. Then we vote together on which topics we should prioritize. When that is done, we create small groups where we share our thoughts based on the topics. No one is a leader, and everyone is responsible for contributing to a rewarding exchange.
When you go home after a "tribe gathering," your head is full of new ideas that you want to apply. In addition, one has often made many valuable contacts and gained useful insight into other contexts.
