Re: [teampractices] Looking for a group activity for written communication

[Max Binder]

Thanks, both!

And I've got my bomb ready and my bomb manual already printed, Joel, for a
different exercise. ;)

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 4:07 PM Joel Aufrecht 
wrote:

> http://www.keeptalkinggame.com/
>
> This might be relevant/useful:
>
>> In Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, one player is trapped in a room with
>> a ticking time bomb they must defuse. The other players are the "Experts"
>> who must give the instructions to defuse the bomb by deciphering the
>> information found in the Bomb Defusal Manual. But there's a catch: the
>> Experts can't see the bomb, so everyone will need to talk it out - fast!
>>
>
>
> *-- Joel Aufrecht *(they/them)
> Program Manager (Technology)
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Max Binder  wrote:
>
>> I'd like to help a team gain awareness around the importance of written
>> communication, and some of the pitfalls one might encounter vs oral or
>> face-to-face communication. I can imagine this as a presentation of useful
>> approaches (plus a lifetime of practice), but I was wondering if anyone
>> knew of an activity that a small group of people could do (role-play,
>> worksheets, Madlibz, etc). Something that doesn't involve me droning on,
>> and gives participants a chance to engage with one another? :)
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Re: [teampractices] Looking for a group activity for written communication

[Joel Aufrecht]

http://www.keeptalkinggame.com/

This might be relevant/useful:

> In Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, one player is trapped in a room with
> a ticking time bomb they must defuse. The other players are the "Experts"
> who must give the instructions to defuse the bomb by deciphering the
> information found in the Bomb Defusal Manual. But there's a catch: the
> Experts can't see the bomb, so everyone will need to talk it out - fast!
>


*-- Joel Aufrecht *(they/them)
Program Manager (Technology)
Wikimedia Foundation

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Max Binder  wrote:

> I'd like to help a team gain awareness around the importance of written
> communication, and some of the pitfalls one might encounter vs oral or
> face-to-face communication. I can imagine this as a presentation of useful
> approaches (plus a lifetime of practice), but I was wondering if anyone
> knew of an activity that a small group of people could do (role-play,
> worksheets, Madlibz, etc). Something that doesn't involve me droning on,
> and gives participants a chance to engage with one another? :)
>
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Re: [teampractices] Looking for a group activity for written communication

[Maria Cruz]

Hi Max,
the up-goer five text editor  might be the
tool you are looking for. When they teach how to write a README at Mozilla
Open Leaders program (see slides
),
they use that to get people to write about their project in very simple
terms. It's a text editor that only lets you use the 100 most common words.
It is fun to try it in a workshop, and get participants to write for 5 - 10
minutes. This tool is inspired in the Up-Goer Five comic on kxcd
 (always on the spot). While it is geared towards
explaining processes, it might be true that simpler words and simpler
sentences also build towards more friendly comms.

Along the same lines is the Hemingway app ,
which is more complex, but inspired by the same principle: write simpler.
You can paste text there and it highlights the complex constructions, while
also indicating the educational level a person will need to understand
that. This can also be very good for an exercise of writing on the spot.

Finally, if you don't mind a suggestion, I would start the workshop the
Amir way: by stating that the majority of the world does not speak English,
and within those who do, the majority speak it as a second language (this
second part is my addition).

Hope that helps!

Best,

María



*María Cruz * \\  Communications and Outreach project manager, L&E
Team \\ Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc.
mc...@wikimedia.org  |  Twitter:  @marianarra_


On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Max Binder  wrote:

> I'd like to help a team gain awareness around the importance of written
> communication, and some of the pitfalls one might encounter vs oral or
> face-to-face communication. I can imagine this as a presentation of useful
> approaches (plus a lifetime of practice), but I was wondering if anyone
> knew of an activity that a small group of people could do (role-play,
> worksheets, Madlibz, etc). Something that doesn't involve me droning on,
> and gives participants a chance to engage with one another? :)
>
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[teampractices] Looking for a group activity for written communication

[Max Binder]

I'd like to help a team gain awareness around the importance of written
communication, and some of the pitfalls one might encounter vs oral or
face-to-face communication. I can imagine this as a presentation of useful
approaches (plus a lifetime of practice), but I was wondering if anyone
knew of an activity that a small group of people could do (role-play,
worksheets, Madlibz, etc). Something that doesn't involve me droning on,
and gives participants a chance to engage with one another? :)
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