Michael Heap's guest appearances

Michael Heap

The DevRelX Podcast (ex Under the Hood of Developer Marketing)

Polyglot

Greta Thunberg

Gwyneth Paltrow

Brian Dunning

Aron Ra

Amir Rajan

Nell Shamrell-Harrington

Noel Rappin

Chris Peters

Rosalind Franklin

Michael Marshall

Leo Igwe

Corey Haines

Gleb Tsipursky

Laurie Barth

Adam Rutherford

OwlTail

Theme of the week:Is DevRel a cost centre?In this episode, we are joined by Michael Heap, Director of DevRel and DX at Kong Inc to discuss the business value of Developer Relations and how to measure this value.Together we talked about:What he loves most about developer relationsHis biggest challenges The skills that matter for DevRel hiresWhy DevRel is a cost centreWhy should “the business” care about DevRelHow he proves the value of DevRel to senior managementHow can DevRel be a catalyst to business performanceWhether DevRel should be a stand-alone departmentHow to write good documentation Listen to this episode to better understand the business value of developer relations.Let's talk data! Michael chose to talk about Developer Team Leads are calling the shots. Michael Heap is a product minded engineer with a passion for helping people and over a decade of commercial experience. Confident and adaptable, Michael loves to help out wherever an extra pair of hands is needed. Self-organizing, and dedicated to getting the job done.

Theme of the week:Is DevRel a cost centre?In this episode, we are joined by Michael Heap, Director of DevRel and DX at Kong Inc to discuss the business value of Developer Relations and how to measure this value.Together we talked about:<ul><li>What he loves most about developer relations</li><li>His biggest challenges </li><li>The skills that matter for DevRel hires</li><li>Why DevRel is a cost centre</li><li>Why should “the business” care about DevRel</li><li>How he proves the value of DevRel to senior management</li><li>How can DevRel be a catalyst to business performance</li><li>Whether DevRel should be a stand-alone department</li><li>How to write good documentation </li></ul>Listen to this episode to better understand the business value of developer relations.Let's talk data! Michael chose to talk about <a href="https://www.devrelx.com/trends?lightbox=comp-kisqhm6d3__85a0f937-9ce5-419d-959a-80fd18ac461b_runtime_dataItem-kisqhm6e" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Developer Team Leads are calling the shots.</a> Michael Heap is a product minded engineer with a passion for helping people and over a decade of commercial experience. Confident and adaptable, Michael loves to help out wherever an extra pair of hands is needed. Self-organizing, and dedicated to getting the job done.

DevRel is a cost center, yet essential with Michael Heap

Relicans host, Ali Diamond, chats with Director of Developer Experience at Kong, Michael Heap, about transitioning from coding to managing and building a DevRel team up to around 45 people. It wasn’t his technical skills, ability to present, or charming wit that made him successful, but it was the fact that he focused on the question, “why does the business care?”Should you find a burning need to share your thoughts or rants about the show, please spray them at devrel@newrelic.com. While you're going to all the trouble of shipping us some bytes, please consider taking a moment to let us know what you'd like to hear on the show in the future. Despite the all-caps flaming you will receive in response, please know that we are sincerely interested in your feedback; we aim to appease. Follow us on the Twitters: @PolyglotShow.Do you have ideas about how we can make our show better? Or would you like to be a guest on an upcoming episode? Reach out to our #devrel team at devrel@newrelic.com. We would LOVE to hear from you with any questions, curiosities, and/or feedback you have in hopes of making this the best show possible!

<a href="https://therelicans.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Relicans</a> host, <a href="https://twitter.com/endingwithali" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ali Diamond</a>, chats with Director of Developer Experience at <a href="https://konghq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kong</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/mheap" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Heap</a>, about transitioning from coding to managing and building a DevRel team up to around 45 people. It wasn’t his technical skills, ability to present, or charming wit that made him successful, but it was the fact that he focused on the question, “why does the business care?”Should you find a burning need to share your thoughts or rants about the show, please spray them at devrel@newrelic.com. While you're going to all the trouble of shipping us some bytes, please consider taking a moment to let us know what you'd like to hear on the show in the future. Despite the all-caps flaming you will receive in response, please know that we are sincerely interested in your feedback; we aim to appease. Follow us on the Twitters: <a href="https://twitter.com/PolyglotShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@PolyglotShow</a>.Do you have ideas about how we can make our show better? Or would you like to be a guest on an upcoming episode? Reach out to our #devrel team at devrel@newrelic.com. We would LOVE to hear from you with any questions, curiosities, and/or feedback you have in hopes of making this the best show possible!

Why Does The Business Care? with Michael Heap

This is our first episode entirely dedicated to a feature interview. Our guest is clinical and forensic psychologist Michael Heap, who is the chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry and board member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations. He was also a co-organiser of the 16th European Skeptics Congress held in London in September 2015.

TheESP Ep. #006 - Michael Heap