Wikimedia Apps/Team/Philadelphia 2017 offsite

Basic Info
Philadelphia, October 17-19

Location info

Hotel info

Admin contact info

Goals

 * Introduce and get to know each other, especially for new team members


 * Engage together in discussions and activities across functions and across apps


 * Make some medium term plans and commitments for the apps

Proposed Agenda
The first two days will taka place in the shared event space. The last day will be out and about in Philadelphia

Tuesday, October 17
9:30 - Grace: Welcome generate working agreement

10:15 - Josh: General agenda

10:30 - Grace: Get to know each other: Break
 * 1) Journey lines
 * 2) Working styles and giving good information

11:15 - Josh: App strategy overview and team product self-evaluation

Lunch

1:00 - Cynefin team building activity

1:30 - Rita+Carolyn: Apps design vision

Break (around 3)

3:15 - Josh: Growing the app audience, a marketing/growth hack brainstorm

4:00 - Create-a-thon Kickoff (see below for more) Team Dinner
 * 1) Grace: Create-a-thon intro and ground rules
 * 2) Long break and brainstorming mixer
 * 3) Grace: Commitment ceremony

Evening/Night - Hacking and creating!

Wednesday, October 18
Note that "divergent group work" is a fancy way to say brainstorming and ideation, "Convergent group work" is a fancy term for "planning and decision making" :P

9:30 - Create-a-thon continues/hacking wraps up/finishing touches, work time for those who need to "catch up" with the outside world.

10:30 - Grace: Create-a-thon share out and lightning talks

11:00 - Josh/Chris K: Divergent group work on Editing and Community in apps

Lunch

1:00 - Josh/Rita: Divergent group work on Explore and recommendations in apps

Break

2:00 - Josh: Convergent group work to define feature goals for next 3 - 4 Quarters

Break

3:00 - Corey: Convergent group work on technical roadmap

4:00 - Josh: Next steps and roadmap wrap-up

4:30 - Grace: Closing ceremony/retro

Night - Very optional Karaoke (we're looking at getting a private room)

Thursday, October 19
Morning - Free time - Historical tours, museum visits or just work time

Lunch - Reading Terminal Market

2:00 - Mutter Museum guided tour

3:30 - Free time. Axe throwing for some...

Create-a-thon
A create-a-thon is like a hack-a-thon, but open to any creative activity, rather than focusing on technical creativity only. Our hope is that anyone can participate and

Notes and Archive
Open etherpad for