Creating a Great Workshop
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This document discusses recommendations for creating a successful workshop. It introduces four panelists and discusses ensuring every attendee is successful by considering the attendee spectrum. It recommends oversimplifying each step, including screenshots, avoiding jargon, leading the workshop step-by-step, and including a completed solution. Finally, it provides several resources for workshops.
Creating a Great Workshop
- 1. WHAT MAKES A GREAT WORKSHOP? A CLOUD ADVOCATE ROUND TABLE
- 2. OUR PANELISTS Jen Looper – Cloud Advocate Lead, Academic Team (@jenlooper and @FrontEndFoxes on Twitter) Nitya Narasimhan – Senior Cloud Advocate, Mobile & Fusion Dev Team (@nitya on Twitter) Brandon Minnick – Cloud Advocate, Xamarin, .NET (@TheCodeTraveler on Twitter) Brian Clark – Cloud Advocate, Academic Team (@_clarkio on Twitter)
- 3. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops ATTENDEE SPECTRUM
- 4. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops How do we ensure every attendee is successful?
- 5. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops Oversimplify Each Step
- 6. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops Include the location of the action “On the Azure Portal, on the left-hand menu, select Create New Resource” One action per step Bad 1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click MyBackend.Functions and select Publish Better 1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click MyBackend.Functions 2. On the right-click menu, select Publish OVERSIMPLIFY EACH STEP RECOMMENDATIONS
- 8. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops When Every time the user is navigating a GUI How Boxes & Arrows INCLUDE SCREENSHOTS
- 9. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops When Every time the user is navigating a GUI How Boxes & Arrows INCLUDE SCREENSHOTS
- 11. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops 1. In the AppDelegate, create an int property called ScreenWidth, then add this in the `FinishedLaunching` method: ScreenWidth = (int)UIScreen.MainScreen.Bounds.Width; AVOID JARGON EXAMPLE
- 12. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops Lead the Workshop
- 13. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops Walkthrough the workshop step-by-step Go slowly Explain each step Ensure each developer completes each step Pause periodically and offer assistance Allow experienced devs to work at a faster pace LEAD THE WORKSHOP RECOMMENDATIONS
- 14. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops Include a Completed Solution
- 15. @TheCodeTraveler https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops Allows devs to check their work Helps avoid blockers due to typos/grammatical errors INCLUDE A COMPLETED SOLUTION RECOMMENDATIONS
- 16. RESOURCES https://github.com/jlooper/league-workshop-template https://github.com/jlooper/green https://workshops.frontendfoxes.org https://howdoieven.dev https://github.com/microsoft/AcademicContent http://2020.makethetalkhappen.dev/ https://codetraveler.io/SuccessfulWorkshops