Become a Splunk User Group Leader

Are you a welcoming and engaged member of the Splunk Community? Have a passion for bringing people together? Love your local area? If so, you might be the perfect candidate to become a Splunk User Group leader.

Splunk User Group leaders use their connections and skills, along with resources provided by the Splunk Community team, to grow and nurture their local Splunk User Groups. So whether you're a customer or partner, if you can see the benefit of connecting Splunk users, having them learn from each other (and others in the industry), and generally enjoying like-minded company, read on to learn more!

Requirements to Become a Splunk User Group Leader:

Use Splunk (be a customer or partner, not a Splunk employee)
Lead, support, and grow their local Splunk Community
Be motivated to make things happen
Get excited talking about Splunk and providing a space for others to share and learn all things Splunky!

Splunk User Group Leader Benefits

Leader-only event at the Community Lounge at .conf
Leader badge in your community profile at community.splunk.com
Online forum for User Group leaders only, including a playbook, speaker and topic ideas, knowledge base, and more
Quarterly online events to connect with other User Group leaders globally
Ongoing support from the Splunk Community Team - You are not alone!

What Leaders Do

Host at least 5-6 events per year (in-person or hybrid)
Engage with user group members to understand what they'd like to learn and discuss
Source speakers, venues, and solicit ideas for user group meetings
Use the Bevy platform (usergroups.splunk.com) for planning events and checking in attendees
Use Group Hubs (community.splunk.com) to connect with members between events

Want to join us?

Apply now below!

Are you a Splunk Employee interested in supporting Splunk User Groups? Check out the Splunk User Groups page on the Pwny Portal for more information.

(Note: Pwny Portal is for Splunk Employees only; link will not work for others)

LEADER APPLICATION

This is the official application to become a Splunk User Group leader. Please know that your answers do not have to be perfect; we are simply gathering as much information as possible to determine how ready you would be to launch or join the team of your local Splunk User Group.

After you submit this application, someone from the Splunk Community team will reach out to you within one week to discuss your candidacy. If we feel that you are ready and have all of the support you need, we will set up a quick Bevy training for you, as Bevy is the platform on which you will be posting and hosting your groups, and from which you will contact your members.

If we feel that you or your region is not ready for a Splunk User Group at this time, we will be sure to discuss with you what the gaps are and how we can see them being filled for future success.

We read every answer- each question is listed for a reason.

First Name *

Last Name *

Email *

What is your Splunk Community ID link? *

Role, Company (Splunk Employees - see top requirement above) *

How do you use Splunk? *

In which city and country/ geographical area would you like to host a Splunk User Group? *

Are you going to lead this chapter by yourself or will you work with a team? *

By myself
With a team

Hint: Check this website to see if a User Group already exists, and who is on the team.

What type of events are you applying to host? *

In-Person
Virtual

Have you ever attended or led a user group, meetup group, or a social event for professionals? (meaning… not an annual convention but not just a birthday party either!) *

Why do you want to be a Splunk User Group Leader? *

What do you get out of being the person who leads this? 100-200 words

List three topic ideas for your first few events *

Splunk User Group events are content-driven. All event topics are decided by the user group leader, often with buy-in from user group members.

List any venue ideas you have for your events. *

If you don't have any venues secured, please share some ideas of local places where you can host your events.

Describe what you think goes into planning and executing a user group event. If you have planned and hosted an event, and found/introduced guest speakers please elaborate. *