Strengthening's Ability: Evangelism


Description

Promotes Medium to the outside world and establishes it as an attractive and thoughtful place to work

Medium devotes a lot of intentional thought to all its endeavours, whether our technical innovations, the cultural impact of our choices, or how we design our organisation. We strive to create a healthy, balanced, and mindful workplace, build exceptional products, and engage with the outside world in a responsible, inclusive way. We want our people to be communicating these efforts externally, representing Medium well, building partnerships with other organisations, and encouraging people to get to know us more.

Milestone 1

(adds 1 mile to your journey)

Represents Medium well externally, and influences individuals positively


Examples
Shares personal and organizational successes with their network Shared a Medium product launch post on Facebook
Attends Medium-hosted events and talks with guests Acted as a guide for a non-friend visitor to the office
Communicates genuine and honest excitement about their work externally Supported PR efforts by giving a quote or having a photo taken

Milestone 2

(adds 3 miles to your journey)

Participates more centrally in small events, and takes simple actions that positively influence groups of people


Examples
Takes meaningful action to introduce people to Medium Volunteered as a helper for Code2040 writing workshop
Joined public Slack group and represented Medium appropriately, and well Organized a short tour of the office by college students
Organizes positive small- or medium-sized events that bring people to Medium Talked at a Women Who Code event hosted at Medium

Milestone 3

(adds 6 miles to your journey)

Works hard to positively influence large groups of people on their views of Medium


Examples
Mentors or participates in a high visibility way in an external organization Represented Medium on a panel at a conference of industry experts
Builds fruitful partnerships with external organizations Established close ties with Creative Commons
Writes blog posts about Medium that receive moderate traffic Built a durable, long-standing org relationship with Code2040

Milestone 4

(adds 12 miles to your journey)

Establishes Medium as an great, innovative company and workplace to the whole industry


Examples
Establishes themself as an industry thought leader who attracts talent Published a paper on Medium technology in a peer-reviewed journal
Publishes material about Medium's organizational or technical innovations Authored joint-press release with EFF on DNT
Leverages significant following to evangelise Medium Published "Why Content Editable Is Terrible" on the Medium engineering blog

Milestone 5

(adds 20 miles to your journey)

Introduces Medium in a positive light to a wider audience outside the industry


Examples
Delivers key messages to broad, mainstream audiences Published or interviewed in a mainstream newspaper or website outside tech
Influences people with large audiences to talk about Medium positively Keynoted a conference with international attention
Drives recognition and adoption of Medium in significant numbers Represented Medium in national televised media

Configuration Health

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