Skill sharing session by School of Data Fellow Happy Feraren

1. Best Practices:
Facilitating Data
Training Sessions
December 9, 2014

2. Know your participants.
Sharism Lab - http://sharismlab.com/blog/2012/05/25/data-for-non-tech-people-new-course-at-school-of-
data/

3. Prep the space.
Wikimedia Commons -
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ClassroomMoveableFurnitureITESMCCM_02.JPG

4. Set expectations.
Flickr (PhilWolff) -
https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1426/987778987_c0bbc401af_z.jpg?zz=1

5. Brand your presentation.

6. Frame it within a bigger movement.

7. Have other channels for people to
speak up.
Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/11/mozfestscience.jpg

8. Use “open elements” in your
presentation.
Use open
licensed fonts
Use open
licensed images
and cite your
sources.

9. Make it interactive.

10. Mind your jargon.
Cloud Tweaks - http://cloudtweaks.com/wp-
content/uploads/2012/05/cloud_98.jpg

11. You’re not the only expert.
XKCD - http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_general_problem.png

12. Get physical.
Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School,_Katni,_MP,_India.jpg

13. Package your message to your
audience.
Cloud Tweaks - http://cloudtweaks.com/2014/01/the-lighter-side-of-the-cloud-
misunderstanding/

14. Share your resources.
Pixabay - http://pixabay.com/p-158039/?no_redirect

15. Debrief with your co-facilitator.
SPOTTED!!!
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