# AHM 2021 internal notes

###### tags: `NeIC`

## Internal notes (will be moved/removed)

- What to focus on from CarpentryCon talk
- 1 slide about CR
- highlight that it's teamwork to make a successful workshop
- skip relation to Carpentries
- vision
- for QA, hackmd better than linear chat
- side-channel nice for questions without interrupting flow, some people are less "vocal"

- What we do that others typicall don't?
- don't complain about being online, adapt!
- asynchronous QA, hackmd
- agressive use of BO rooms
- persistent BO rooms, register as teams
- always ask for feedback about the session
- "how to participate": helper training, clear about how to attend
- using redundant channels: announcing breaks both in voice, chat, document

- Things that often go wrong in online workshops (bad experiences)
- passive workshops
- no room/time for questions
- no breakpoints to check status
- no feedback
- doing this alone
- no or not enough breaks