Become an OutSystems Champion

Take your Community contributions to the next level.

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How would you participate in the community as an OutSystems Champion? *

Help the Community by sharing technical knowledge on the Forums, answering and moderating questions

Create reusable components and apps to share with the Community,by contributing to the Forge

Ensure the Community is using the components correctly, by helping maintain and guarantee the quality and the documentation for them

Collaborate with our Technical Knowledge team by providing your expertise and building content about specific topics

Spread the word about OutSystems by organizing local User Groups to share technical insights about the platform

Evangelize the platform through local events, by presenting at local technical events

Mentor Community members to become more mature OutSystems developers

Why do you want to be an OutSystems Champion?

FAQs

Why are there specific areas of contribution?

Champions will be chosen based on their expertise and experience contributing to different areas in the community.

If you have been participating in the online community, you should be applying to be a Champion either of the Forums or the Forge. If you have been creating pieces of content about OutSystems, whether written or in a media format, you should think about being a Technical Content Champion. If you thrive in events, whether organizing them or speaking at them, and you enjoy getting your peers together and sharing knowledge, then you should be an Events Champion. Finally, if you’ve been focused much more on empowering people around you, mentoring and guiding them, then you should be a Mentoring Champion.

Champions will have one focus area, to which you will be expected to participate and contribute actively. In case they want to try out new things or have minor contributions in other areas of the community, they can select interest areas (this is optional).

The focus areas are meant to help Champions excel in their specific contributions, but also allow OutSystems to support them in the best way possible.

What are the eligibility criteria to be selected as a Champion?

The eligibility criteria will depend on which area of contribution you will be focused on:

Forums - at least 5 answers marked as solution in the current year, quality of answer will be evaluated based on whether they researched the situation, tested the problem, added resources to help.
Forge - at least 2 forge components, with a detailed and objective description, supporting screenshots and documentation, in a supported version of the platform (as of January 1, 2021 only O11 will be supported), and rated with at least 4.0.
Organizing Events - at least 2 events organized, ideally for the OutSystems community.
Speaking at Events - at least 1 session presented about OutSystems (sharing of past presentations and/or recordings will be required to attest for your experience).
Technical Content - at least 2 technical pieces of content focused on OutSystems (multiple formats are accepted: blog post, Medium post, how-to documentation, YouTube video, etc), quality of content will be evaluated based on details and examples provided and expertise on the subject.
Mentoring - experience with mentoring people, through onboarding new employees, training colleagues on OutSystems, guiding junior colleagues, etc. (sharing of testimonials/quotes of people you have mentored, onboarding plans you created or similar will be required to attest for your experience).

How does the selection process work?

Your application will be reviewed by the OutSystems Community team and it will be screened according to the eligibility criteria.

If you do not qualify based on the necessary requirements, you will receive an email explaining why you were not selected.

If you check all the defined criteria during the screening process, you will be invited to an interview with one of OutSystems’ Community Managers. This interview will be focused on your interests, motivations and expectations, as well as to determine why and if you should be selected.

After the interview, the OutSystems Community team will analyze your application and decide whether you will be invited to join the program or not.

What is the difference between the Champions program and the MVP program?

The major differences between both programs:

The Champions will be more focused on the community, incentivizing community members to participate and be more active, helping their peers and growing their local OutSystems ecosystem, while MVPs are more focused on the product, by maintaining a close relationship with product and engineering teams, providing feedback and improvement points while liaising with various stakeholders
The Champions are an extended group of community members that will continuously grow, while the MVPs will remain a restricted, small and exclusive group
The Champions program is not focused on any specific type of background because different types of contributions require different skill sets, whereas the MVP program is focused on exquisite technical expertise, awarding the title to highly qualified experts in the community
Champions will not have specific targets they need to meet regarding their contributions. On the contrary, MVPs need to guarantee they respect and follow the metrics for contributions to maintain their award
No Champion will be under any sort of NDA but all MVPs are under NDAs because they access a lot of privileged information from OutSystems
Champions do not have moderator rights on the online community and MVPs do

Is there exclusivity between other advocacy programs?

There is exclusivity between the OutSystems community advocacy programs - the Champions program and the MVP program. This means that a Champion cannot simultaneously be an MVP, and vice-versa.

However, there is no exclusivity with other advocacy programs, such as the Ambassadors program. A Champion can simultaneously be an Ambassador, and vice-versa.

There are no limitations regarding transferring from one program to another, if all eligibility criteria are met.

How long does the Champion title last for?