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== Wednesday Breakout Session I == | == Wednesday Breakout Session I == | ||
| − | * [[Open Source Community Management]] - | + | * [[Open Source Community Management]] - Facilitator: Cooper, Note taker: Squiggy |
: Important to document the people who are documenting, doing the human wrangling as just as important as the code writers. Coalition of partners, education of people in the context of the software. | : Important to document the people who are documenting, doing the human wrangling as just as important as the code writers. Coalition of partners, education of people in the context of the software. | ||
| − | * [[Privacy Story Telling]] - | + | * [[Privacy Story Telling]] - Facilitator: Amanda, Note taker: Ben S. |
: Get further from the scary "and then they went to jail" stories into a more relatable. Things you do on the internet you don't want everyone to know about, shre that. Those discussions get people to think about privacy and how they can control information in person rather than on the internet. | : Get further from the scary "and then they went to jail" stories into a more relatable. Things you do on the internet you don't want everyone to know about, shre that. Those discussions get people to think about privacy and how they can control information in person rather than on the internet. | ||
| − | * [[Alternative Self-Controlled File Storage]] - | + | * [[Alternative Self-Controlled File Storage]] - Facilitator: Jessie, Note taker: Damien |
: Talked about OwnCloud and where it falls short (collab). Talked about "why" on "why transfer" which is bigger than Gdrive. | : Talked about OwnCloud and where it falls short (collab). Talked about "why" on "why transfer" which is bigger than Gdrive. | ||
| − | * [[Translation Management]] - | + | * [[Translation Management]] - Facilitator: Mark B., Note taker: Conor |
: Challenges and pain points. The technology and frameworks work with your CMS, if you're contracting with a third party. Managing a contributor base. How do you vet people, get them to come back for more. Do you source volunteers or pay translators? Then maintenance. who updates for all new languages? TransEffects has a free plan for FOSS. Mensource(?). | : Challenges and pain points. The technology and frameworks work with your CMS, if you're contracting with a third party. Managing a contributor base. How do you vet people, get them to come back for more. Do you source volunteers or pay translators? Then maintenance. who updates for all new languages? TransEffects has a free plan for FOSS. Mensource(?). | ||
| − | * [[Effective Tech Strategies]] - | + | * [[Effective Tech Strategies]] - Facilitator: Dirk, Note taker: Sasha |
: Talked about stages of strategies, what's included, what order they go in. Barriers to healthy living. | : Talked about stages of strategies, what's included, what order they go in. Barriers to healthy living. | ||
| − | * [[Drupal Introduction]] - | + | * [[Drupal Introduction]] - Facilitator: Jack, Note taker: Chino |
: History, comparison to wordpress. Building custom themes for drupal, basic modules. Also back(?) | : History, comparison to wordpress. Building custom themes for drupal, basic modules. Also back(?) | ||
| − | * [[Application and Cloud Testing]] - | + | * [[Application and Cloud Testing]] - Facilitator: Andy, Note taker: Nazario |
: Take young adults on autism spectrum for testing jobs in the software space. Offer free services. | : Take young adults on autism spectrum for testing jobs in the software space. Offer free services. | ||
| − | * [[Global Democracy]] - | + | * [[Global Democracy]] - Facilitator: Peter, Note taker: David L. |
: talked about challenges to creating that, some ways to make it happen. Why would we want to do it? | : talked about challenges to creating that, some ways to make it happen. Why would we want to do it? | ||
| − | * [[Cryptography Tools]] - | + | * [[Cryptography Tools]] - Facilitator: Garrett, Note taker: Dan |
: basic concepts in widely used crypto tools. Some people who had tried to get better at it, but had been frustrated. Don't use PGP. Do use Signal and OTR. Do use Tor. Careful about VPNs. Crypto Concepts relevant in post-Snowden era. | : basic concepts in widely used crypto tools. Some people who had tried to get better at it, but had been frustrated. Don't use PGP. Do use Signal and OTR. Do use Tor. Careful about VPNs. Crypto Concepts relevant in post-Snowden era. | ||
| − | * [[Constituent Relationship Management - CRM]] - | + | * [[Constituent Relationship Management - CRM]] - Facilitator: Roshani, Note taker: Christie |
: lots of CRM, we made a list! People really like talking about CiviCRM, still the only open source one. SalesForce is free for nonprofits, but "free" like in "drugs." Be careful where you put your data (meetup.com won't let you have your data back). Think about your data model, what you want to store and use it, etc before you chose your tool. Think about security because you're dealing with people's private information. Or something. | : lots of CRM, we made a list! People really like talking about CiviCRM, still the only open source one. SalesForce is free for nonprofits, but "free" like in "drugs." Be careful where you put your data (meetup.com won't let you have your data back). Think about your data model, what you want to store and use it, etc before you chose your tool. Think about security because you're dealing with people's private information. Or something. | ||
== Wednesday Breakout Session II == | == Wednesday Breakout Session II == | ||
| − | * [[How To Develop Websites With User Privacy]] - | + | * [[How To Develop Websites With User Privacy]] - Facilitator: Cooper, Note taker: Julia |
: Privacy is important, you don't know the identity of your visitors. Privacy compromised on web by third-party trackers. Keep everything on your own servers so you can control who has access. Also be sure your website loads well over Tor. HTTPS. Common misconceptions: decreases your SEO (not true) -- Google prioritizes HTTS sites. | : Privacy is important, you don't know the identity of your visitors. Privacy compromised on web by third-party trackers. Keep everything on your own servers so you can control who has access. Also be sure your website loads well over Tor. HTTPS. Common misconceptions: decreases your SEO (not true) -- Google prioritizes HTTS sites. | ||
| − | * [[Framework For Tech Organizational Change]] - | + | * [[Framework For Tech Organizational Change]] - Facilitator: Ben, Note taker: Lina |
: Talked about creating an environment for changing a large org. Internal campaigns. Ways to foster a culture that facilitates change. | : Talked about creating an environment for changing a large org. Internal campaigns. Ways to foster a culture that facilitates change. | ||
| − | * [[Introduction to Tech Coops]] - | + | * [[Introduction to Tech Coops]] - Facilitator: Lottie, Note taker: Laura |
: Folk from Palante and Open Flows shared their experiences. Good to have people in the co-op that can easily come to consensus. need to be sensitive to personal lives. Different models to setting up, profit sharing, cost. Lots of people around who might answer your questions. | : Folk from Palante and Open Flows shared their experiences. Good to have people in the co-op that can easily come to consensus. need to be sensitive to personal lives. Different models to setting up, profit sharing, cost. Lots of people around who might answer your questions. | ||
| − | * [[Organizing at Scale]] - | + | * [[Organizing at Scale]] - Facilitator: Matt, Note taker: Elliot |
: What life looks like on the other side for 43mil emails. Benefits -- own dev team, make own share button. But some things get harder (punctuated equilibrium) -- see yourself in a "sending email business". Some things are the same -- need a concrete Theory of Change. | : What life looks like on the other side for 43mil emails. Benefits -- own dev team, make own share button. But some things get harder (punctuated equilibrium) -- see yourself in a "sending email business". Some things are the same -- need a concrete Theory of Change. | ||
| − | * [[What Holistic Digital Security Looks Like]] - | + | * [[What Holistic Digital Security Looks Like]] - Facilitator: Ali, Note taker: Beatrice |
: Brainstorming about what comes to mind when we think about "security." It's an overlap of digital, physical, and mental. Interrelated and interdependent. Don't exploit or cannibalize other domains. Walk your talk. As a trainer, be aware of how your identity plays into your work. Also self-defense training and digital training, see the two come together in a program. Open Source means "more open, transparent, less private," and how we can combine these conversations. | : Brainstorming about what comes to mind when we think about "security." It's an overlap of digital, physical, and mental. Interrelated and interdependent. Don't exploit or cannibalize other domains. Walk your talk. As a trainer, be aware of how your identity plays into your work. Also self-defense training and digital training, see the two come together in a program. Open Source means "more open, transparent, less private," and how we can combine these conversations. | ||
| − | * [[Introduction to WordPress 2015]] - | + | * [[Introduction to WordPress 2015]] - Facilitator: Grant, Note taker: Sabina |
: Grant is awesome. Translated complicated ideas and concepts into easy for new folk. Sites need constant care and updating (esp for malware etc). Research plugins to be sure the developer is legitimate. Roots to find out more information. Different layers of themes and plugins, backend dev versus live site. Backups! Do them! | : Grant is awesome. Translated complicated ideas and concepts into easy for new folk. Sites need constant care and updating (esp for malware etc). Research plugins to be sure the developer is legitimate. Roots to find out more information. Different layers of themes and plugins, backend dev versus live site. Backups! Do them! | ||
| − | * [[Learning from Software Development Failures]] - | + | * [[Learning from Software Development Failures]] - Facilitator: Damien, Note taker: Mike |
: Defined failure as "not meeting expectations" internally or externally. Need time to reflect, tools to reflect and prevent similar failures. How to create healthier, more reasonable expectations for self and others. | : Defined failure as "not meeting expectations" internally or externally. Need time to reflect, tools to reflect and prevent similar failures. How to create healthier, more reasonable expectations for self and others. | ||
| − | * [[Common Practices for Server Privacy]] - | + | * [[Common Practices for Server Privacy]] - Facilitator: Conor, Note taker: Sarah |
: Treat your servers like cattle, not pets. Config management makes everything better for recovery, sharing collective wisdom as accidental admins. Don't trust your cloud hosting provider -- either have your own, or distribute across a bunch of servers so it's hard to access everything. Lots of anecdotes. | : Treat your servers like cattle, not pets. Config management makes everything better for recovery, sharing collective wisdom as accidental admins. Don't trust your cloud hosting provider -- either have your own, or distribute across a bunch of servers so it's hard to access everything. Lots of anecdotes. | ||
| − | * [[How To Build Successful Communities of Practice]] - | + | * [[How To Build Successful Communities of Practice]] - Facilitator: Dirk & Christie, Note taker: Mariel |
: Different communities of practice we participate in, then how those were formed, organizational structures, what worked well for each or wish were better about them. | : Different communities of practice we participate in, then how those were formed, organizational structures, what worked well for each or wish were better about them. | ||
== Thursday Breakout Session I == | == Thursday Breakout Session I == | ||
| − | * [[Digital Security For Humans]] - | + | * [[Digital Security For Humans]] - Facilitator: Jonas, Note taker: Kristie |
| − | * [[Process of Information Architecture]] - | + | * [[Process of Information Architecture]] - Facilitator: Poonam, Note taker: Jeremy |
| − | * [[Working With People Remotely Through Text]] - | + | * [[Working With People Remotely Through Text]] - Facilitator: Isa, Note taker: Thiago |
| − | * [[Working Collaboratively With Organizations As A Network]] - | + | * [[Working Collaboratively With Organizations As A Network]] - Facilitator: Ari, Note taker: Devin |
| − | * [[Past Social Movements And How They Can Apply Now]] - | + | * [[Past Social Movements And How They Can Apply Now]] - Facilitator: D. Dex, Note Taker: Ben |
| − | * [[Project Management Therapy]] - | + | * [[Project Management Therapy]] - Facilitator: Lisa, Note taker: Katie |
| − | * [[How To Be Part Of Diaster Resonse Without Being Sucked In]] - | + | * [[How To Be Part Of Diaster Resonse Without Being Sucked In]] - Facilitator: Willow, Note taker: Katheryn |
| − | * [[GIT Introduction]] - | + | * [[GIT Introduction]] - Facilitators: David and Nazario, Note takers: Hillary and Ella |
| − | * [[CiviCRM Introduction]] | + | * [[CiviCRM Introduction]] Facilitator: Dave, Note taker: Ian |
| − | * [[Email Best Practices For Activists]] | + | * [[Email Best Practices For Activists]] Facilitator: Matt, Note taker: Matt |
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| + | == Thursday Breakout Session II == | ||
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| + | * [[Advanced Word Press]] - Facilitator: Laura, Note taker: Courtney | ||
| + | * [[Traveling Full Time With No Headquarters]] - Facilitator: Margaret, Note taker: Nathalie | ||
| + | * [[Design and Prototyping]] - Facilitator: Thiago, Note taker: Malcolm | ||
| + | * [[Lessons Learned from Occupy Sandy Movement]] - Facilitator: Devin, Note taker: Gilda | ||
| + | * [[How to Make People Safe Online]] - Facilitator: Willow, Note taker: Jonathan | ||
| + | * [[Fundraising is More Than Asking for Money]] - Facilitator: Genevieve, Note taker: Jeremy | ||
| + | * [[Advanced Civi CRM]] - Facilitator: Tim, Note taker: Mark | ||
| + | * [[SalesForce and Nonprofits]] - Facilitator: Ryan, Note taker: Matt | ||
| + | * [[Git for Content]] - Facilitator: Amanda, Note taker: Chachi | ||
| + | * [[Advanced Drupal 8]] - Facilitator: Jack, Note taker: Pratap | ||
| + | * [[Security Metaphors]] - Facilitator: Ali, Note taker: Isabela | ||
| + | * [[How to Turn Users Into Superfans and Evangelists for You]] - Facilitator: Susan, Note taker: Ian | ||
Revision as of 20:29, 20 November 2015
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The #npdev session list is co-developed with participants, facilitators, and partners in the time leading up to and during the Festival. We strongly encourage you to join in the fun at this unique and interactive gathering!
The agenda is designed and facilitated using Aspiration's unique participatory model, in an environment where powerpoint slides are discouraged and dialog and collaboration drive the learning.
Our philosophy centers around getting participants into small-group discussions where they can discuss topics they are passionate about and get answers to their questions and curiosities. Sessions at Aspirations have particular traits; we de-emphasize presentations and lecture, and instead focus on "break-out" sessions that are self-organized whenever possible .
Wednesday November 18
Introduction
Spectrogram
Wednesday Breakout Session I
- Open Source Community Management - Facilitator: Cooper, Note taker: Squiggy
- Important to document the people who are documenting, doing the human wrangling as just as important as the code writers. Coalition of partners, education of people in the context of the software.
- Privacy Story Telling - Facilitator: Amanda, Note taker: Ben S.
- Get further from the scary "and then they went to jail" stories into a more relatable. Things you do on the internet you don't want everyone to know about, shre that. Those discussions get people to think about privacy and how they can control information in person rather than on the internet.
- Alternative Self-Controlled File Storage - Facilitator: Jessie, Note taker: Damien
- Talked about OwnCloud and where it falls short (collab). Talked about "why" on "why transfer" which is bigger than Gdrive.
- Translation Management - Facilitator: Mark B., Note taker: Conor
- Challenges and pain points. The technology and frameworks work with your CMS, if you're contracting with a third party. Managing a contributor base. How do you vet people, get them to come back for more. Do you source volunteers or pay translators? Then maintenance. who updates for all new languages? TransEffects has a free plan for FOSS. Mensource(?).
- Effective Tech Strategies - Facilitator: Dirk, Note taker: Sasha
- Talked about stages of strategies, what's included, what order they go in. Barriers to healthy living.
- Drupal Introduction - Facilitator: Jack, Note taker: Chino
- History, comparison to wordpress. Building custom themes for drupal, basic modules. Also back(?)
- Application and Cloud Testing - Facilitator: Andy, Note taker: Nazario
- Take young adults on autism spectrum for testing jobs in the software space. Offer free services.
- Global Democracy - Facilitator: Peter, Note taker: David L.
- talked about challenges to creating that, some ways to make it happen. Why would we want to do it?
- Cryptography Tools - Facilitator: Garrett, Note taker: Dan
- basic concepts in widely used crypto tools. Some people who had tried to get better at it, but had been frustrated. Don't use PGP. Do use Signal and OTR. Do use Tor. Careful about VPNs. Crypto Concepts relevant in post-Snowden era.
- Constituent Relationship Management - CRM - Facilitator: Roshani, Note taker: Christie
- lots of CRM, we made a list! People really like talking about CiviCRM, still the only open source one. SalesForce is free for nonprofits, but "free" like in "drugs." Be careful where you put your data (meetup.com won't let you have your data back). Think about your data model, what you want to store and use it, etc before you chose your tool. Think about security because you're dealing with people's private information. Or something.
Wednesday Breakout Session II
- How To Develop Websites With User Privacy - Facilitator: Cooper, Note taker: Julia
- Privacy is important, you don't know the identity of your visitors. Privacy compromised on web by third-party trackers. Keep everything on your own servers so you can control who has access. Also be sure your website loads well over Tor. HTTPS. Common misconceptions: decreases your SEO (not true) -- Google prioritizes HTTS sites.
- Framework For Tech Organizational Change - Facilitator: Ben, Note taker: Lina
- Talked about creating an environment for changing a large org. Internal campaigns. Ways to foster a culture that facilitates change.
- Introduction to Tech Coops - Facilitator: Lottie, Note taker: Laura
- Folk from Palante and Open Flows shared their experiences. Good to have people in the co-op that can easily come to consensus. need to be sensitive to personal lives. Different models to setting up, profit sharing, cost. Lots of people around who might answer your questions.
- Organizing at Scale - Facilitator: Matt, Note taker: Elliot
- What life looks like on the other side for 43mil emails. Benefits -- own dev team, make own share button. But some things get harder (punctuated equilibrium) -- see yourself in a "sending email business". Some things are the same -- need a concrete Theory of Change.
- What Holistic Digital Security Looks Like - Facilitator: Ali, Note taker: Beatrice
- Brainstorming about what comes to mind when we think about "security." It's an overlap of digital, physical, and mental. Interrelated and interdependent. Don't exploit or cannibalize other domains. Walk your talk. As a trainer, be aware of how your identity plays into your work. Also self-defense training and digital training, see the two come together in a program. Open Source means "more open, transparent, less private," and how we can combine these conversations.
- Introduction to WordPress 2015 - Facilitator: Grant, Note taker: Sabina
- Grant is awesome. Translated complicated ideas and concepts into easy for new folk. Sites need constant care and updating (esp for malware etc). Research plugins to be sure the developer is legitimate. Roots to find out more information. Different layers of themes and plugins, backend dev versus live site. Backups! Do them!
- Learning from Software Development Failures - Facilitator: Damien, Note taker: Mike
- Defined failure as "not meeting expectations" internally or externally. Need time to reflect, tools to reflect and prevent similar failures. How to create healthier, more reasonable expectations for self and others.
- Common Practices for Server Privacy - Facilitator: Conor, Note taker: Sarah
- Treat your servers like cattle, not pets. Config management makes everything better for recovery, sharing collective wisdom as accidental admins. Don't trust your cloud hosting provider -- either have your own, or distribute across a bunch of servers so it's hard to access everything. Lots of anecdotes.
- How To Build Successful Communities of Practice - Facilitator: Dirk & Christie, Note taker: Mariel
- Different communities of practice we participate in, then how those were formed, organizational structures, what worked well for each or wish were better about them.
Thursday Breakout Session I
- Digital Security For Humans - Facilitator: Jonas, Note taker: Kristie
- Process of Information Architecture - Facilitator: Poonam, Note taker: Jeremy
- Working With People Remotely Through Text - Facilitator: Isa, Note taker: Thiago
- Working Collaboratively With Organizations As A Network - Facilitator: Ari, Note taker: Devin
- Past Social Movements And How They Can Apply Now - Facilitator: D. Dex, Note Taker: Ben
- Project Management Therapy - Facilitator: Lisa, Note taker: Katie
- How To Be Part Of Diaster Resonse Without Being Sucked In - Facilitator: Willow, Note taker: Katheryn
- GIT Introduction - Facilitators: David and Nazario, Note takers: Hillary and Ella
- CiviCRM Introduction Facilitator: Dave, Note taker: Ian
- Email Best Practices For Activists Facilitator: Matt, Note taker: Matt
Thursday Breakout Session II
- Advanced Word Press - Facilitator: Laura, Note taker: Courtney
- Traveling Full Time With No Headquarters - Facilitator: Margaret, Note taker: Nathalie
- Design and Prototyping - Facilitator: Thiago, Note taker: Malcolm
- Lessons Learned from Occupy Sandy Movement - Facilitator: Devin, Note taker: Gilda
- How to Make People Safe Online - Facilitator: Willow, Note taker: Jonathan
- Fundraising is More Than Asking for Money - Facilitator: Genevieve, Note taker: Jeremy
- Advanced Civi CRM - Facilitator: Tim, Note taker: Mark
- SalesForce and Nonprofits - Facilitator: Ryan, Note taker: Matt
- Git for Content - Facilitator: Amanda, Note taker: Chachi
- Advanced Drupal 8 - Facilitator: Jack, Note taker: Pratap
- Security Metaphors - Facilitator: Ali, Note taker: Isabela
- How to Turn Users Into Superfans and Evangelists for You - Facilitator: Susan, Note taker: Ian