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MongoDB Community Advocacy Program

The MongoDB Community Advocacy Program is a global community for passionate and dedicated MongoDB advocates. The program enables enthusiastic program members to grow their knowledge, profile and leadership through engagement and advocacy of all users of MongoDB technologies.

We're introducing the beta version of our Community Creator Program to showcase developers worldwide who utilize MongoDB in various capacities. We're seeking enthusiastic MongoDB community members to join our first Creator cohort. Participants will receive many benefits, including opportunities for: content features, social amplification and speaking at events.

We invite you to sign up by sharing your community contributions.

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What it means to be a Champion

The Champions tier of the Community Advocacy Program program consists of community members who are currently using their expertise in an active leadership role to accelerate the growth and knowledge of MongoDB’s community and technology.


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Influencing MongoDB Strategy

Learn about relevant product development strategies and identify the best ways for us to support the wants and needs of the MongoDB community.


Collaborate with Our Community

Create quality relationships with senior-level MongoDB staff and community members all over the world, and work together to create exciting new content about MongoDB technologies.


Upleveling Your Visibility and Knowledge

Gain exposure in the global developer community and develop transferable skills as a blog writer, trainer, influencer, podcaster, or an event speaker at top industry events.

Meet the Champions

Arek Borucki

Principal SRE Database Engineer

Location pinMunich, Germany
(Returning Champion)

Chris Dellaway

Consulting Engineer

Location pinWaterloo, ON, Canada
(Returning Champion)

Elie Hannouch

Founder / Senior Software Engineer

Location pinBeirut, Lebanon

Hans-Peter Grahsl

Developer Advocate

Location pinGraz, Austria
(Returning Champion)

Jay Wooten

CEO

Location pinIndian Harbour Beach, FL
(Returning Champion)

Justin Lee

Principal Software Engineer

Location pinBrooklyn, New York, USA

Kevin Smith

Principal Software Engineer

Location pinYork, UK

Leandro Domingues

Founder, CTO, Engineer

Location pinSao Paulo, Brazil
(Returning Champion)

Malak Abu Hammad

Lead Web Developer

Location pinAmman, Jordan
(Returning Champion)

Michael Höller

Independent Consultant, Solutions Architect

Location pinBad Urach, Germany
(Returning Champion)

Nuri Halperin

Senior Architect

Location pinSanta Monica, California USA
(Returning Champion)

Rajesh S Nair

Senior Software Engineer

Location pinAlmere, Netherlands
(Returning Champion)

Roman Right

Principal Software Engineer

Location pinJüterbog, Germany

Shrey Batra

Founder / Senior Software Engineer

Location pinNoida (Delhi NCR), India

TJ Tang

Founder

Location pinShenzhen, China

What it means to be an Creator

The Creator tier of the Community Advocacy Program consists of community members of all knowledge levels who are interested in expanding their role in the advocacy and knowledge of MongoDB’s community and technology.


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Influencing Program Growth

Participate in group syncs with other Creators and MongoDB staff to give feedback and create new ideas that will fuel the growth of this new tier of the program.


Collaborate with our Community

Create quality relationships with MongoDB staff and community members all over the world, and work together to launch new advocacy initiatives.


Upleveling Your Visibility and Skills

Receive professional coaching on technical writing, copywriting, or public speaking to prepare you for opportunities to be a trainer, influencer, blog writer, or an event speaker at industry events.

Meet the Creators

Aditi Sharma

Student

Location pinBangalore, India

Dani Monteiro

Architect

Location pinSão Paulo, Brazil

Darine Tleiss

UI/UX designer

Location pinTripoli, Lebanon

Hamza Faham

Freelance Full Stack Web Developer

Location pinLahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Heba Ahmed

Data Scientist | Team Lead

Location pinNuremburg, Germany

Hemant Sachdeva

Associate Software Engineer

Location pinThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Justin Jenkins

Full Stack Developer & Instructor

Location pinColorado Springs, USA

Khushi Agarwal

Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador

Location pinJaipur, India

Otavio Santana

Software and Architect Engineer

Location pinLeiria, Portugal

Paavni Ahuja

Marketing Analyst

Location pinAmbala, India

Pallaav Sethi

Data Engineering Manager

Location pinBangalore, India

Rodrigo Nascimento

Senior Workload Performance Engineer

Location pinSantos, Brazil

Sanchit Khurana

MongoDB User Group Leader

Location pinNew Delhi, India

Sani Yusuf

Founder

Location pinLondon, UK

Sumanta Mukhopadhyay

Lead Full Stack Developer

Location pinKolkata, India

Tanya Sinha

Software Developer II

Location pinGurugram, India

Tiyasa Khan

Software Engineer

Location pinKharagpur, India

Trina Yau

Salesforce Software Engineer

Location pinLondon, United Kingdom

Vishal Turi

Software Engineer

Location pinGujarat, India

Champions & Creators Lead By Example

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Uphold the Community Code of Conduct

Champions & Creators are pillars of the community, exemplifying the best behavior and upholding the community Code of Conduct.

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Protect and Foster Community Culture

Help new members become acclimated to the norms of the community by teaching them how to ask questions, contribute content, participate in community events, and upskill their knowledge.

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Seek Out and Share Knowledge

Learn and share new knowledge that can contribute to the development and growth of the Community Advocacy Program, its members, and MongoDB.



Benefits & Rewards

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Product
  • Labs or workshops with MongoDB associates on topics of community choice

  • In-depth and invitation-only Q&As with community-requested MongoDB associates (Champions Exclusive)

  • Preview access to product roadmaps (Champions Exclusive)

  • Discussions with product and engineering teams about product direction or feature prioritization (Champions Exclusive)

  • Participation in Preview Programs (Champions Exclusive)

  • Access to Annual Champions Summit featuring MongoDB leadership (Champions Exclusive)

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Community
  • Branded badges and ranks on the MongoDB Community Platform

  • Access to private groups on the MongoDB Community Platform

  • Provide mentorship to new Creators (Champions Exclusive)

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Exposure
  • Global promotion by MongoDB of content created (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials)

  • Financial support for advocacy opportunities at global developer conferences (limited funding may be available for Creators)

  • Branded Swag

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Growth
  • Training and coaching on public speaking, blog writing, social media, and personal branding strategies

  • Free MongoDB certification

  • Promotion to Champion tier with outstanding program participation (Creator Exclusive)

How to Qualify

Contribute

Our goal is to recognize our most invested community members for contributing in the ways that are most meaningful to them. When evaluating new program membership, here are some of the factor we look at :

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Create

Create content such as blog posts, podcast, videos, workshops, courses, social media posts, and more

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Speak

Speak at MongoDB, industry events or community events

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Participate

Participate in community forums, user groups, community programs, community building

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Lead

Lead user groups, community projects

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Passion

Passion for the MongoDB community and technology

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And more!