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title: AHM 2021 internal notes
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# 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