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# OSS Community Management Skills Wheel

**Co-authored by: Inessa Pawson and Sanket Verma**
**Logistics:** submit as a PR to https://github.com/scientific-python/learn.scientific-python.org

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The OSS Management Skills Wheel describes 24 skills, divided into 4 core competencies, used by OSS community managers. It was initiated by Inessa Pawson and Sanket Verma during the 2023 Scientific Python Project Developer Summit (Seattle, WA).

**Interpersonal**
- Engagement
- Collaboration
- Moderation, mediation, and intervention
- Emotional integration
- Train and teach
- Mentoring
- Cultural competence
- Networking

**Technical**
- Git and GitHub
- Dev tools
- PR and issues
- Triage


**OSS Management**
- Growth and sustainability
- Governance
- Meeting facilitation
- Program design
- Change management
- Record keeping
- Event planning
- Recruiting


**Communication**
- Content creation and curation
- Speaking and presenting
- Advocacy
- Social media
