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Champions Program

About the Program

The goal of the Champions Program is to identify, recognize, and reward community leaders. OutSystems wants to highlight contributors that participate actively in nurturing their local communities, through engagement programs such as the OutSystems User Groups or the OutSystems Education Program, and who also inspire others to do the same, whether through mentoring or through collaboration in the online community.

This program will provide a framework for collaboration between community enthusiasts and OutSystems teams to grow the ecosystem and the love for the platform, at a global scale.

Meet our Champions

Application process

Anyone in the community can apply to become a Champion, focused on one specific area of contribution to the community.

Champion applications will be reviewed by the OutSystems Community team and will be screened according to the eligibility criteria for each contribution area. Interviews will be conducted to understand your motivations, interests and experiences.

Applications are open at the beginning of every quarter.

Requirements to join

To be considered for the Champions program, the candidate must truly be passionate about OutSystems. The eligibility criteria will depend on the different areas you want to focus and dedicate most of your time to - please check FAQs for more detail on each area.

Please note that we will consider quality over quantity - both the Community and the Advocacy teams will analyze your profile and decide the result of your application.

For now, applications are closed.

Who is it for

Community leaders always focused on nurturing and engaging with their local OutSystems communities. These active users are proactively focused on interacting with their peers, contributing to the community both online and offline, and motivated to inspire others to want to be part of the ecosystem. They are the extended Community team, scaling programs and initiatives globally.

Benefits you will receive

Exclusive channel

Access to a restricted Slack workspace to communicate with OutSystems teams

Mentoring

Mentoring, training, and coaching sessions

Certifications

Discounted certifications and training

Swag

Special goodies designed specifically for Champions

Recognition

Public visibility in the community and at OutSystems events

How Champions contribute

Community Forums

Helping the community through answering questions and participating in discussions

Community Forge

Share and collaborate on Forge by creating reusable, open code modules, connectors, UI components, and business solutions

Help the community use Forge components correctly, through maintenance and moderation

Create content

Create technical content focused on OutSystems

Organize User Groups

Spread the word and evangelize the platform by organizing local events and presenting at technical events

Mentorship

Mentor community members to become more mature OutSystems developers

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?