Materials for hosting barnraisings!

[Stevie Lewis]

Hi all  - seasons greetings :) 

We're starting to gather and post materials to help support groups who are interested in hosting Barnraisings and could use some help! Below are some questions that would be great to build out.

Title	Author	Updated	Likes
What are some good kid friendly activities people can run at events?	@stevie	3 minutes ago	0
What are best practices for hosting family friendly events?	@stevie	4 minutes ago	0
What are good activities people can do in downtime at multiday events?	@stevie	6 minutes ago	0
What are good ways to capture outputs and notes at events?	@stevie	9 minutes ago	0

We're gathering all the resources on this page, check it out and feel free to edit!  Also, if you know of materials already posted, tag them to the page! 

Best! 

-Stevie

[Stevie Lewis]

Hi again! 

Following up on this post. I'm thinking a lot about the "capturing outputs" question. I've pasted in the link to the wiki on the Barnraiser, and some info from Patrick's question on debriefing sessions, but I think it could use a little more. Looking for some input and ideas! 

I liked the system of creating note pads for the sessions, and then copying the links for them into the Barnraising wiki (like this example with the "see notes" links after the sessions). What do others think of this? We could create note pads for each sessions that people can work together at the event. Benefits I see for this are that:

- many people can be editing on the same notepad, 

- it can help reduce the note taking burden by allowing more than one person to work on it,

- it would help to capture outputs and allow space for each session to work on follow ups,

- it would allow virtual space for people who aren't in the room to see some notes live if people are on the pads taking them.

Drawbacks:

- Note pads aren't as upfront and visible on Public Lab as other things (wiki pages, questions, research notes). 

- Setting up notepads for each session would take some time. We don't tend to update the wiki with the sessions that happen until after the event, but we could just do this at the event,

- If a bunch of people are editing on a notepad at the event, it could draw away from the in person space we're sharing at the Barnraising. 

What do you think? Other ideas for capturing event outputs and followups? 

-Stevie

[Jeffrey Warren]

I liked how this year we were able to formulate questions we wanted to answer as part of the session brainstorming. I'm interested in how we can better compile the questions and post them to the site either during or after the event, and maybe notepads (online or paper) can help this transition. 

Would it be helpful to have a kind of template for each session, with areas for, say, who was there, topics, questions, follow-ups? 

J

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[Kris Petterson]

A template with comments, questions, or how to follow-up would be awesome for those going back through and navigating later on! 

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