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innersource-ambassador.md - open source experience + motivation of ambassadors #756

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## Solutions

- Identify and recruit volunteer ambassadors from across the organization who are enthusiastic about InnerSource. They support InnerSource goals while maintaining their primary organizational roles.
- Identify and recruit volunteer ambassadors from across the organization who are enthusiastic about InnerSource and ideally have experience with open source. They support InnerSource goals while maintaining their primary organizational roles.
- Train ambassadors on InnerSource principles, tools, and the goals of the ISPO.
- Establish clear expectations for ambassadors, including acting as a liaison, promoting InnerSource practices, and providing feedback to the ISPO.
- Create a support network among ambassadors to share best practices and foster a sense of community.
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InnerSource Ambassadors leverage their existing knowledge of their departments and relationships within the organization to address challenges the ISPO cannot solve alone. This decentralization of responsibility enhances the ISPO's reach while maintaining centralized oversight.

The rewards for the ambassadors will vary by individual motivations. Rewards that ambassadors have expressed are that being an ambassador provides opportunity to build their internal network, enhance their communication and influence skills, build their knowledge further about InnerSource, build their presentation and speaking skills, and learn about other products and teams within their company.

## Known Instances

- *SAP* has a concept called [Open Source Champions](https://community.sap.com/t5/open-source-blogs/sap-open-source-champions/ba-p/13539587) that seems related
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