How can we help your user group?
Part of our mission here at PowerShellCommunity.org is not only to provide a great online community, but also to help nurture and support local user groups and script clubs throughout the world that focus on Windows PowerShell. We can help you get your user group listed on PowerShellGroup.org to help other users find you, and we show all recent and upcoming user group meetings on the right-side of this page in the news section.
For user groups that are just starting out, we can help provide a "Pizza Fund" for meetings to help attract those hungry PowerShell users in your area, and we can provide raffle prizes from our sponsor companies that you can use to help drive attendance. We can also provide PowerPoint decks, software, PowerShell demo scripts, and other materials that you can use as the main content of your meetings.
Ready to start a PowerShell user group in your area? Here's what to do:
Survey the Competition
Please see if a user group already exists in your metropolitan area. If one does, we'd encourage you to check that out before launching your own, competitive group. The PowerShellGroup.org site is a good way to see what's available already.
Drive Interest
Start by recruiting in our forums - you're welcome to post a message seeking other folks in your area. You can use our User Group forum to work out the time for your first meeting, if you like.
Have a Meeting
When you have enough interest, have you first meeting. Email directors@powershellcommunity.org for a First Meeting Kit, which will include a signup sheet. We'll also contact you about additional support programs that we can provide. That First Meeting Kit contains more information about what we can provide, and what standards your group need to meet in order to continue receiving support.
Publicise your Group Meetings
Once you start having meetings, publicise the events you hold as widely as possible. Post details on PowerShellGroup.org, and here at PowerShellCommunity.org, and blog about it, and use Twitter, etc.