Facilitation Wiki asptech_facili https://facilitation.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Main_Page MediaWiki 1.35.1 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Facilitation Wiki Facilitation Wiki talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk 0 1 287 286 2023-05-28T14:17:34Z Wikiadmin 1 /* Acknowledgments */ 287 wikitext text/x-wiki {| |- valign="top" | Welcome to the [http://aspirationtech.org Aspiration] Facilitation wiki! We invite you to have a look around, leave a comment or three, and check back soon for more content! This wiki describes processes, details, considerations, and logistics for organizing and facilitating Aspiration Style events. For more background, see [[Facilitation.aspirationtech.org:About | About This Wiki]]. You can also check out the event documentation work we are doing with [http://www.mozilla.org Mozilla] at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Drumbeat/events/kit | '''ALERT: Due to ongoing spam problems, we have had to disable anonymous editing and self-service account creation. We ABSOLUTELY welcome contributions to this wiki; please contact [mailto:info@aspirationtech.org info@aspirationtech.org] to request an account. We apologize for the hassle!''' |- valign="top" | '''Event Design''' [[Agenda:Index|Agenda]] addresses the various options and trade-offs extant in building structure into live events. '''NEW''': [[Agenda:Hacking|Agenda Hacking]] explains how to dynamically generate well-curated agenda topics. [[Agenda:Session Design|Session Design]] offers guidelines on how to design and structure individual sessions at an event. See our paper on [http://www.aspirationtech.org/papers/creating_participatory_events Participatory Events], commissioned by the [http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/ Shuttleworth Foundation]. | '''Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing''' [[Collaboration:Index|Collaboration]] discusses the potential and tradeoffs of using wikis and other online tools to enhance the event and document the proceedings for posterity and those unable to attend. |- valign="top" | '''Facilitation and Participant Engagement''' [[Facilitation:Index|Facilitation]] details facilitation tools, structure of the elements of an event (group exercises, plenary sessions, break-outs) and offers guidelines to facilitation. [[Participants:Index|Participants]] details the participant guidelines as well as [[Participants:Pre-Event Questions|Pre-Event Engagement Questions]]. | '''Logistics and Event Planning''' [[Logistics:Index|Logistics]] details the little things that make a big difference, including the [[Logistics:Venue_Checklist|Venue Checklist]] and [[Logistics:Wireless Best Practices|Internet Access Best Practices]]. '''Documenting at Events''' [[Documentation:Index|Documentation]] covers how to capture the proceedings, including [[Videographer Best Practices]]. |} == Acknowledgments == The foregoing facilitation and agenda ideas have been collected and developed over years of working with various organizations who convene technology gatherings for the non-profit community. Particular thanks are extended to: * '''FabRiders''' (Stroud, UK, https://www.fabriders.net), who provide us with ongoing joy, inspiration and insight as our closest and longest-term co-conspirators; * '''The Ruckus Society''' (Oakland, California US, https://www.ruckus.org), whose Action Camp model, facilitation techniques and agenda structure have inspired many of the ideas in this document, and where we learned "[[Facilitation:Spectrogram|Spectrograms]]" and "[[Facilitation:Strong_Wind_Blows|Strong Wind Blows]]"; * '''Mozilla''' (Mountain View, California, US, https://www.mozilla.org/) and [https://commonspace.wordpress.com/ Mark Surman] whose [https://drumbeat.org/ Drumbeat] program has provided diverse new contexts and scaling opportunities for our models and techniques. * '''Blue Oxen Associates''' (Menlo Park, California, US, https://www.blueoxen.org) and Eugene Eric Kim, for guidance and mentoring in the use of wikis and other collaborative tools for both live events and virtual communities; * '''IDRC's Telecentre.org''' program (Ottawa, Ontario Canada, https://www.telecentre.org) for serving both as a primary reviewer and catalyst of these documents as well as an early and frequent contributor to the development of the Aspiration model. ---------------- This site is maintained by [http://www.aspirationtech.org Aspiration] 9h0l4mmglax7a66bkgz862vmvg1pttu