Working Open Workshop 2017
Format
This exercise works well as an in-person workshop or an online exercise. It can be done individually or in a group.
Materials
- Pen/pencil & paper
- Collaborative document editor like Etherpad or Google Docs
- Post-its
Introduction
Working together, we learn basics of open practice and apply them to our actual projects, doing real and useful work to move our projects forward
Open Mentorship + Workshop
We structured the WOW as a kickoff to a mentorship program for projects, called the Open Leadership Training Series (OLTS), and created a system of mentorship cohorts for leaders in "open work" globally.
The kickoff event was called WOW Berlin - Feb 2016, and attempted to onboard all projects to the principles of open practice before their remote mentorship meetings in the months that followed: check out this Presentation
- Joey Lee's Blog post on WOW 2016
- Working Open Workshop (WOW) Repo 2016 - Berlin
- MozSci Blog Post for WOW 2016 - Berlin
- Overview link drop of all planning docs
- MozSci Wrap-up Blog Post
Steps to Complete
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Exercise I
Why run a wow in your community?
Think about who to invite, criteria, outcomes:
- > people who were eager to engage but we hadn't yet found a place for them
- > people who are well-connected and have potential far-reaching impact
- > people who are leading work in some way; we saw where they could apply the skills (they have a project)
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Exercise II
Who in your communities would most benefit from these skills?
Select/create the curriculum:
- > poll invitees to find out what they need
- > poll invitees to find out what they have to offer
- > short presentations, and then work together sessions on real stuff, ie. setting up github, writing documentation, making plans
- > look at the materials that are here-- what would you add/subtract? what might participants contribute?
- > do you have any questions about what the materials are, why they were included
- > setting up the schedule for networking, relaxing, etc
- community events
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Exercise III
Curriculum outline, build a schedule with paper prototypes.
Think about logistics:
- > Walkthrough website
- > Go over WOW Montreal - March 2017
- > Think about where will your WOWs be? (dates, location)
- > Think about your budget?
Use post-its to brainstorm a session schedule. One session idea/theme/budget line-item/whatever.
For homework, consider the logistics you planned, review your timeline, scheduling, contact people who will make your WOW awesome.
Glossary
Working Open Workshop (WOW)
A one or two-day, in-person gathering for people who want to make their work (projects, peer-to-peer learning groups, events, advocacy campaigns) open.
Open Leadership Training Series (OLTS)
A set of mentorship activities and sessions conducted remotely with semi-regular video checkins to build robust open projects in preparation for the Global Sprint.