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Latest revision as of 12:36, 29 March 2011
Contents
Micro Events
Participants
- Mark Surman
- Pippa
- Pierros Papadeas
- Kadir Topal
- Nadia El Imam
- Barry
Definition
- Less than 3 hours
- Less than 15 people
Event Type 1 (Wikipedia Editing Teach-in)
Goal
- Take the less than 50-edits contributor and make him a sustainable one
- Help more people survive in the project
Audience
- Less than 50-edits contributor
- 3 months contributor
Motivation for participant
- Translate the raw enthusiasm into a competency
- They want to change what they get
- They want to know the mechanics of the project
- Overcome frustration
Organizer
- Matchmaker
- Redirecting help requests
- Managing the platform
- Teacher
- Accomplice editor
- Wants to help
Motivation for organizer
- Skill holding
- Recognition
Collaborators
- Admins
- Local chapters
- Like minded orgs
Resources
- Teacher's toolkits
- Swag
Tools
- Mediawiki
- Matchmaking scheduling system
Outreach
- In the wikipedia workflow
Why face to face
- Imminent direct feedback
- Rewarding on a personal level
Deliverables
Follow up
Success Metric
Sustainability
Event Type 2 (P2PU General Meetup)
Goal
- Meet other P2PU participants in your town / local area
- Introduce potential participants to the project
- Let all attendees know of all ways to get involved
Audience
existing and potential P2PU members 10-15 people
Motivation for participant
loneliness - i want to meet P2PU people in my town I miss (one of the) best things about traditional learning (other learners + beer, coffee, informal discussion) learn about related resources in their town - labs, libraries, studios etc Questions to be answered: How can I get involved? I have a problem with this, who do i talk to?
Organizer
P2PU participants:
- learning participant
- study group creator
- P2PU-dev contributor
- Staff Member
Motivation for organizer
Need more people in my particular study group Want to find local participants Need more people developing the website
Collaborators
Call for other interested local P2PU people Mozilla ReMo tie in for SoW element SoSI local contributors - School of Social Innovation - have a lot of face to face courses local open / free culture reps: CC, wikimedia
Resources
Swag and print materials - signup / attendance sheet, mailing list signup, feedback form World Cafe Instructions / Hi My Name Is Sticker pre-existing list of potential venues that organiser can add to / edit (Ushihidi) access to
Tools
- Facilitation Tools: World Cafe guidelines : http://www.theworldcafe.com
- [Task: Pippa to learn more]
- local outreach via P2PU website - search for local contributors
- P2PU-Planet and associated blogs
- Microblogs
- P2PU mailout
- P2PU Calendar
- Meetup.com
- Meetup Checklist [TODO]
- Matt Weston: How To Host a Meetup
- http://www.businessbricks.co.uk/2007/02/09/meetups/
Outreach
Blogging, Microblogging, P2PU Mailout and Meetup.com (or the like)
Why face to face
- Increased sense of connection to P2PU (beyond the study group / course level)
- Increased understanding of our participants motivations that can't easily be achieved online
- Local connections to useful resources for learners
- Serendipitous encounters beyond your topic interest
Deliverables
Follow up
- Add email addresses to the sign-up list
- Track all people who signed up to P2PU because of a Meetup -
- how are you?
- What Have you learnt?
- Interested in running your own meetup?
Success Metric
- Number of attendees
- Existing P2PU v New Attendees
- >4 is good > 10 is amazing
- How long people stay for?
- >1hr is good >3 hours amazing, but maybe you should learn to say goodbye
- Existing P2PU v New Attendees
Sustainability
- Need to find supportive venues
- all P2PU participants should feel welcome to start a meetup, but we should provide them with a kit including swag, welcome stickers/ postcards, info about P2PU etc
- Past meetup attendees should be tracked if possible and asked if they want to host an event too
Event Type 3 ()
Goal
- To identify interesting projects within the community to be supported (financed)
Audience
- Community builders
Motivation for participant
- They can get kudos for directing resources
- Finding new projects (good for their orgs)
- Contribute sustainability
Organizer
Motivation for organizer
Collaborators
Resources
Tools
Outreach
Why face to face
Deliverables
Follow up
Success Metric
Sustainability
Event Type 4 (Joining Mozilla Handholding meetup)
Goal
- Get new contributors for Mozilla projects
Audience
- Excited people about Mozilla and the Open Web
- Potential contributors
- Contributors on foss projects
Motivation for participant
- Get started contributing to Mozilla the easy way
