ThinkIT Contribution: Lessons from Seven Years and 159 Community Events
Regional IT Community Operations in ThinkIT
Tomohiro Iida contributed an article to ThinkIT's Events and Seminars 2026 series based on Miyako de IT's first seven years and 159 events.
The article focuses on three lessons for sustaining a regional IT community:
- prioritize retention and repeated participation, not only acquisition;
- build trust through predictable, recurring activity;
- choose an event format that organizers can continue even with modest attendance.
These lessons reflect actual operations in Kyoto rather than a one-time event campaign.
Read the full Japanese article on ThinkIT.
For an English overview of the operating model, see How to Start and Sustain an IT Community and the TEMPLE model.
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Source data
The figures cited in this article are based on primary data in the Miyako de IT annual statistics report. It publishes yearly event counts, venue distribution, and event-format data.
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