Thanks, Kevin! On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Kevin Smith <ksm...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Thanks for those ideas. I added them to the page. Anyone is free to add > their ideas, and I can always edit them or move them around if necessary. > > > Kevin Smith > Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Geeta Kavathekar < > geetakavathe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I just wanted to share my experience from also organizing and >> facilitating global team meetings generally held in Asia. For the >> generation of ideas we used the "World Cafe" method. It was good especially >> to give team members that may not feel so comfortable speaking due fluency >> and/or personality a chance to voice their ideas. >> >> http://www.theworldcafe.com/key-concepts-resources/world-cafe-method/ >> >> For the "getting agreement" when we were in a smaller group trying >> consolidate and prioritize we used a rubber ball to different team members >> and when they had the ball it was their chance to speak. It was the >> person's (who had the ball) decision on who to throw the ball to next and >> again allowed people to speak and no one person to monopolize the >> conversation. It also made it fun and lively! >> >> We also used the Covey Important and Urgent Matrix to prioritize and then >> finally I had 2-3 buckets and people voted by placing a paper with the >> items they thought were the priorities. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Kevin Smith <ksm...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> >>> My understanding is that the main other initiative is coming from >>> Finance, and is focused on spending donor money wisely for group travel >>> (including but not limited to offsites). It includes travel, admin, and >>> c-levels. They seem to be in kind of a planning and fact-finding phase >>> right now. >>> >>> >>> >>> Kevin Smith >>> Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Joel Aufrecht <jaufre...@wikimedia.org >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Is there documentation or tracking tasks or home pages for the other >>>> initiatives? What are they focusing on? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *-- Joel Aufrecht* >>>> Team Practices Group >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Kevin Smith <ksm...@wikimedia.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have posted a draft page[1] which will evolve into a checklist and >>>>> linky portal, to help guide how to plan and run an offsite. It is a very >>>>> early work in progress, but I hope to flesh it out substantially over the >>>>> next week or two. At that point, I'll declare the related phab task[2] >>>>> done. If you feel motivated to contribute, feel free to add to the >>>>> checklist, or comment on the talk page. >>>>> >>>>> As a side note, there are other initiatives in the foundation also >>>>> aimed at documenting or improving the processes for offsites. This (TPG) >>>>> part will focus mostly on the content and outcomes. >>>>> >>>>> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Team_Practices_Group/Planning >>>>> _offsites >>>>> [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138777 >>>>> >>>>> Kevin Smith >>>>> Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> teampractices mailing list >>>>> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> teampractices mailing list >>>> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> teampractices mailing list >>> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> teampractices mailing list >> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > >
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