Drumbeat/events/Festival/program/propose

You're invited to propose activities that take place in the various Drumbeat Festival spaces. This page explains how to do this.

What makes a good Festival activity?

• Start with a clear goal or problem statement,
• ...that excites both web and learning geeks
• ...and gets them to move an idea forward
• ...by critiquing, improving, testing, elaborating, coding, writing, refining, contrasting it
• ...in surprising and delightful ways.

What makes a bad Festival activity?

• Using slides.
• Only talking at the front of the room.
• Having no clear way for people to participate.
• It's only about learning. Or only about the web. It should touch both.

How to propose a activity

• Start by looking at the list existing list of spaces and activities
  • If you see an activity similar to yours, reach out to the tent organizer to propose joining forces
  • If you're activity feels new and fits with an existing space, propose it on the wiki
• You can make a proposal on the wiki by following these steps:
  • First: read 'what makes a good activity?' above. Does you idea still fit?
  • Fill in the activity template below in a concise and compelling way.
  • Post on the Mozilla Wiki by adding a page under the main program page. Eg. create a page at wiki.mozilla.org/Drumbeat/events/Festival/program/nameofyourpage
  • Add a short description and link to the festival activities list wiki page
  • Send an email to events@drumbeat.org
• Remember: the best ideas involve people from multiple orgs / disciplines / realities
• If your idea doesn't fit w/ any of the existing spaces, put it on the sandbox wiki page.

• PS. You need to create an account on the Mozilla wiki to add and edit content

Activity proposal template

Your proposed activity will only be considered once you've posted the following info to the wiki:

• What do you want to achieve? (goal)
• Who should come? How many? (audience)
• What will they do when they get there? (activities)
• What will you / they have at the end? (outputs)
• How long will it take? How will you use the time? (time)

Also:

• Your name / org / contact info
• Proposed 'space' or theme (see list)
• Short description (2-3 sentences) of tent [title + descriptive sentence + host + audience]