For the newbie Ambassadors, here are a few ideas on
If you are unsure of messaging, Fedora Talking Points is always a good source |
Be a speaker at an event. Clubs, Linux User
Groups (LUGs), school/college/university groups can all benefit from
hearing the good word about Fedora. Talk to people. Casually, in a
suit, it doesn't matter.
If you were asked to talk at an event, don't panic-—browse
fedoraproject.org wiki and you will find some material to get you
started. FUDCon pages might be a good place to start, as most of the
talks that were given at past conferences are available there for
download.
Collect press articles about Fedora and post them to the Press Archive
Collect feedback from community members and submit it to the
Fedora Marketing List or talk about it with any Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee member.
Consider posting Fedora success stories on Fedora User Testimonials page.
Promote Fedora events. We organize a FUDCon, about once every three months - use contact base to gain speakers, attendees, gophers, et al.
If you want to help out organizing a FUDCon or other Fedora event,
visit FUDCon/Organization to see what tasks are there to be taken care
of.
Distribute Press Releases to local press, translating them into a local language, when required.
Need a press release? Here is the Press Release Repository.
Support and coordinate offline Fedora and Open Source activities, like Software Freedom Day, handing out flyers, the distribution on DVD, and so forth.
Watch this list of upcoming offline FedoraEvents
Sign up Fedora Project for regional events-—it
need not be a computer-related event to be relevant. Go to a music
trade show to talk about free culture and open music formats, go to a
university event to talk about Fedora to students and faculty, go to a
local Linux event and get some space for a booth in the .ORG pavilion...
Once you have secured participation in an event, please add it to the FedoraEvents list!
Just make sure to coordinate with Fedora Marketing so you get support in form of money for travel, space, booth signage, trade show infrastructure, giveaways, etc.
Event Organizers' Resources page is a good place to start.
Communicate eloquently. Fedora Ambassadors should be the conduct leaders for the community. Make sure you dont trash talk or be rude to anyone while wearing a 'Fedora' or even in general to the community. See CommunityConduct page for general guidelines and Ambassadors conduct for specific information.
Become an expert at Fedora (both the project and the distribution). This way you're a constant resource to your local userbase, which will make new users more welcome to the project/distribution. When in doubt however, ask.