18: Corey Haines' Cleveland Coderetreat Introduction Part 2

In this episode Dagmar Labes is sharing some of her facilitation secrets:

• When to reduce to four sessions instead of standard six?
• How to make the event more motivating and more fun for participants?

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Thank you Dagmar.

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In this episode:

• Which skills does a facilitator need?
• Alternative code katas to the Game of Life?

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Mentioned in this episode:

• JS CodeRetreat: facilitator's skills
• Mars Rover Kata
• Kata Theater

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This is the second part of my chat with Amélie Cornélis about:

• As an attendee, how can I help others and myself to learn?
• How about combining Coderetreat with the Open Space format?

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Amélie, thank you for another discussion. You can reach Amélie at her Twitter @AmelieCornelis.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Open Space

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In this episode I will answer five quick questions:

• What kind of people will be at the Coderetreat?
• How to prepare for first time facilitation?
• How much should we help people during the session?
• How to deal with a pair of juniors who do not get anywhere?
• What's more important, participants changing partners or freedom?

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In this episode I am discussing with Amélie Cornélis about:

• How to help attendees get into the day - at the beginning of the event?
• How to help attendees wind down and reflect?

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Amélie, thank you for the discussion. You can chat with Amélie at @AmelieCornelis.

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The 30th episode with the following questions:

• During the day itself what kind of facilitation do you do?
• Which constraints to use on a typical Coderetreat?
• How to advertise your Coderetreat?

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This is the second episode with Harald Reingruber about Mob Programming:

• What is your setup for remote mob- or ensemble programming?
• How to facilitate several remote mobs at once?
• Are you changing people from the mobs during the MobRetreat?

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Harald is available at his Twitter for further discussion. Thank you Harald.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Cloud Desktop Setup Instructions, see similar approaches by Clare Macrae, Jay Bazuzi and Llewellyn Falco.
• Remote Access Tools: AnyDesk or TeamViewer. VNC is too slow.
• Mob-Programming on Open Source Software Meetup, Vienna

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In this episode I will answer the following questions:

• A Coderetreat is very busy. How do you keep the schedule?
• How to include a supporting or junior facilitator, e.g. from the hosting company?
• What is Test Driven Development? (Not really answering that ;-)

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Kent Beck's book "Test-Driven Development: By Example"
• Emily Bache "TDD is a Superior Way of Working"
• Dave Farley "Test Driven Development"
• Jason Gorman "Test-Driven Development (TDD) in Java"
• Jason Gorman "7 Myths About Test-Driven Development Debunked"

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Happy new year! In this episode Harald Reingruber explains the new format of MobRetreat:

• What is a MobRetreat?
• What is the difference to a regular Coderetreat?

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Thank you Harald. You can reach Harald at his Twitter for further discussion.

Mentioned in this episode:

• MobRetreat home (Check out the MobRetreat presentation on the Resources page.)
• Mob-Programming on Open Source Software Meetup, Vienna

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In this episode I am describing an experimental Coderetreat format I used in one of my last retreats. The goal was to have progressive sessions without deleting the code, a bit like product development. I am talking about:

• Options to work on progressive sessions during the day in general.
• Validation of the Coderetreat principles for the taken option.
• Actual kata used and its requirement changes.
• Sessions run during the day and what to focus on as facilitator.
• Conclusion including feedback from participants.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Lean Poker or Extreme Startup
• The Bowling Game Kata
• The OCP kata

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