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class: center, middle

Thoughts, reflections, plans, dreams

Radovan Bast @__radovan

History of the project

  • The project idea/directive grew out of two courses given at .emph[PDC/KTH in 2014 and 2015].

  • The courses were popular and it was clear that the demand is not limited to the Stockholm region and we approached NeIC to bring this project to a Nordic level, both to have .emph[more impact], but also to .emph[connect instructors across Nordic borders].

  • The first CodeRefinery workshop was given late 2016 and since then the lesson material has evolved a lot and we have delivered many more workshops, both in-person and online.

  • In 2018 the project has received follow-up funding from NeIC for 3 more years, until 2021. In 2021 .emph[the project successfully applied to the NeIC open call 2021 for another 3 years, starting 2022].

Achievements

Missed opportunities

  • On-boarding
  • Retention of volunteers
  • Marketing
  • Funding
  • Visibility of events
  • Retention of contact points
  • Outreach

But it's not too late!

My role

  • Project management (but I want more than for this to be a spreadsheet filling project)
  • Report about our work
  • Administrative shield
  • Remove distractions and blockers
  • Provide a motivating environment
  • Find out what motivates you
  • Defend the team
  • Provide career growth opportunities
  • Try to influence without authority

What I expect from the team

  • Find something you are excited about
  • Take ownership of something
  • Expect support and ask for tasks and feedback

class: center, middle, inverse

Why don't we have/provide ${something}?

The problem with ${something} is that you need somebody responsible for it [E.N.J.]

Plans

  • How many have read the project plan?
  • Planning is more useful than the plan
  • Adjust plan as we go
  • .emph[What we measure, we improve]

What are our clear, focused, measurable goals?

What does success look like?

The long way from idea to change

  • .emph[Idea]
  • Note it down to not forget it
  • Find it again
  • Find out who is interested
  • Schedule an event/meeting
  • Prepare the meeting
  • Lead the meeting
  • Explain the idea again and again
  • Make sure we take notes
  • Get any form of commitment before people disconnect for another meeting
  • Find the notes later in the document pile
  • Make the notes understandable to those who were not there
  • Schedule more follow-ups
  • Eventually: blog post or pull request or something

Most ideas never materialize

How to give a concert

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  • Assemble band
  • On-board new band members
  • Organize venue
  • Tour bus and hotel
  • Announce
  • Print posters
  • Advertise
  • Set playlist
  • Deal with tickets and cancellations
  • Provide rehearsal space
  • Rehearse and update the set
  • Provide security and manage audience
  • Sound check
  • Tune the instruments
  • .emph[Play the show]
  • Broadcast, light, and record
  • Clean up
  • Give interviews
  • Edit recording
  • Publish recording
  • Publish memoirs
  • Get money for the next tour ] .right-column40[

blues brothers

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Where I would like to go

  • Make myself more redundant
  • Put the project on the map
  • Non-profit organization
  • .emph[Better communicate expectations, needs, and goals]
  • More micro-content creation
  • Empower and facilitate efforts
  • Make this a fun project/place to work and contribute to
  • Make this something that people put on their CVs
  • Make this something that organizations put on their homepages
  • Better on-board those who want to help

Where would you like to go?