Submissions/Building your team: a guide to working together

This is an accepted submission for Wikimania 2017.

Submission no. 2076 Subject - C5

Title of the submission: Building your team: A guide to working together

Type of submission (lecture, panel, tutorial/workshop, roundtable discussion, lightning talk, poster, birds of a feather discussion): tutorial/workshop

Author of the submission

Michael Jahn

Language of presentation

English

E-mail address

michael.jahn@wikimedia.de

Username: Michael Jahn WMDE

Country of origin: Germany

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.): Wikimedia Deutschland

Personal homepage or blog

Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)

A group of people is not necessarily a team. This is why there are thousands of books and tutorials on teams and how they work. Who does what? And why? Who gets to decide what to do? How to communicate? And, very importantly, how to reach the goals you set yourselves? This workshop will give answers to these questions – specifically looking at the context of the Wikimedia movement. Typically, team-building and management advice focuses on paid staff and corporate structures, but in our movement the term "team" may mean much more. The workshop offers different perspectives on different team challenges:

joining a team of volunteers
(co-)creating a team of volunteers
joining a mixed team of volunteers and paid staff
(co-)creating a mixed team of volunteers and paid staff
joining a staffed team
building a staffed team
hiring people

Any or all of the above subjects are available to be worked on. However, attendees may discuss their preferences and expectations on-wiki, before Wikimania, and the workshop agenda will be designed accordingly. In short, participants will decide about the thematic focus.

How it works: Many team tutorials rely on an either/or approach, e. g. specific roles versus the absence of roles, specific processes versus the absence of processes. By contrast, in this workshop we will focus on

how to establish a clear understanding of what to achieve,
how to lay the groundwork for a thriving team culture,
how avoid the most commons challenges of teamwork,
how to meet your deadlines, expectations and budgets

What will attendees take away from this session?

Attendees will take away a set of concise recommendations about working with/in teams. Apart from practical examples and the exchange with other participants, attendees will be provided with different tools for

assessing which expertise they need for their team(s)
keeping track of project developments
improving team culture
etc.

Theme of presentation: WikiCulture & Community

For workshops and discussions, what level is the intended audience?

Beginning, intermediate, advanced – participants may shape the focus of the workshop by commenting on-wiki.

Length of session (if other than 25 minutes, specify how long): 55 minutes

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?: yes

Slides or further information (optional)

Special requests

Is this Submission a Draft or Final?

final

This is a Completed submission for Wikimania 2017 ready to be reviewed by a member of the Programme Committee.

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