Host a Barnraising
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| Title | Author | Updated | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What are some good kid friendly activities people can run at events? | @stevie | almost 7 years ago | 0 | 3 |
| What are best practices for hosting family friendly events? | @stevie | almost 7 years ago | 0 | 2 |
| What are good activities people can do in downtime at multiday events? | @stevie | almost 7 years ago | 0 | 0 |
| What are good ways to capture outputs and notes at events? | @stevie | almost 7 years ago | 2 | 3 |
| How to best write a debrief of a session at Barnraising? | @pdhixenbaugh | about 7 years ago | 1 | 7 |
Activities for the day before a barnraising
| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make nametags for in-person events like the Barnraising | - | - | @liz | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| Create a run sheet + facilitator script | - | - | @liz | - | - | 1 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
Activities for the night before a barnraising
| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set up a schedule grid for an Open Space event | - | - | @liz | - | - | 1 replications: Try it » |
| Make Open Space signs for an event like the Barnraising | - | - | @liz | - | - | 2 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
Activities during a barnraising
| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collaboratively document an event with a mini newspaper | - | - | @warren | - | - | 2 replications: Try it » |
| Take a group photo at lunch of the main day | - | - | @liz | - | - | 1 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
Documentation Resources
There are a lot of really creative ways people can captured notes, photos, resources, questions, and even write event publications. Do you have activities to help people do this? Best practices or creative ideas on how to do documentation at events?
Edit this page and add your resources here, or post an activity on how to do this with the link below.
Resources:
- The Barnraiser: "The Barnraiser" is a 1-page daily "newspaper." In many Barnraising it has become a useful way to summarize and share in a succinct, low-burden, but regular way. The nature of "The Barnraiser" is lighthearted, but helps capture some outputs and take aways from the event.
| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collaboratively document an event with a mini newspaper | - | - | @warren | - | - | 2 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
KidCom resources
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| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building miniature kites at a family science night | build | - | @SuziT9 | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| Reverse Engineering (a hands-on STEM activity) | - | - | @SuziT9 | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
FunCom resources and activities
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| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to Get Excited About Climate Change Prep #climatechange #science #citizenscience | - | - | @zengirl2 | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
Best practices for hosting family friendly events
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Resources for organizing supplies and materials people are planning to bring to events
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What else will be on this page:
Why host a Barnraising?
What makes a Public Lab Barnraising?
Resources:
- Logistics and planning resources: location and space requirements, materials needed,
- Hosting the event: Setting up the meeting space, making the schedule, intro to the Marketplace - open space technology
the image below shows what a great Welcome/Registration table looks like: alphabetized namebadges, stickers for customizing name badges, waivers to sign, pens to sign with, copies of the Code of Conduct, and free Public Lab stuff that people can take if they like:
