{"id":2184,"date":"2015-06-20T15:15:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T15:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2015-06-20T15:29:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T15:29:15","slug":"bringing-participation-to-whistler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/2015\/06\/20\/bringing-participation-to-whistler\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Participation to Whistler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2185\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2185\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2185\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/files\/2015\/06\/mozillacommunitysmaller-600x306.png\" alt=\"Mozilla at Whistler 2010\" width=\"600\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/files\/2015\/06\/mozillacommunitysmaller-600x306.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/files\/2015\/06\/mozillacommunitysmaller-252x129.png 252w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/files\/2015\/06\/mozillacommunitysmaller.png 1562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mozilla at Whistler 2010<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Participation Team is heading to Whistler this week where we\u2019ll be running an innovative series of discussions, presentations, and workshops all centered around creating an approach to participation that is massive and diverse, local and global, strategic and impactful.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you will be joining us in person or following along online. Here\u2019s an overview of what we\u2019ll be up to this week and how you can get involved:<\/p>\n<p><b>Skills Building: Human Centered Design <\/b><br \/>\n<i>Tuesday July 23rd 3:30pm-5pm <\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Participation Team will be participation in an open session about design thinking and problem solving both generally and as they relate to specific projects. Please arrive promptly at 3:30pm if you&#8217;d like to participate!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Join in person:<\/span> 3:30pm in the Participation Room in the Delta Whistler Village Suites hotel.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Join remotely:<\/span> Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.mozilla-community.org\/t\/remote-participation-at-whistler\/2383\">discourse<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mozparticipation\">Twitter<\/a> using the hashtag #MozParticipation to find out what we\u2019re learning during this session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TED Style Talks: Exploring Radical Participation at Whistler<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Wednesday June 24th at 4:30pm<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A series of invited experts on participation will challenge us in short TED-style talks, bringing thought-provoking ideas on Radical Participation. Then join over one hundred Mozillians who care about participation as we come up with some rough designs for what radical participation could look like at Mozilla in the years ahead. Confirmed speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nataliefoster\"><b>Natalie Foster<\/b> <\/a>&#8211; Co-founder and Executive Director of Peers, the world\u2019s largest independent sharing economy community, and former digital director for President Obama\u2019s Organizing for America (OFA) and the Democratic National Committee.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonobacon\"><b>Jono Bacon<\/b><\/a> &#8211; Senior Director of Community at XPrize where he leads community development and growth <a href=\"http:\/\/xprize.org\/\">XPRIZE Foundation<\/a>. He is the author of The Art of Community and the former Ubuntu Community Manager.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremybird\"><b>Jeremy Bird<\/b> <\/a>&#8211; is a founding Partner at 270 Strategies and a longtime strategist. He also was the National Field Director for the 2012 re-election camapgin of President Barack Obama where he was \u00a0dubbed the campaign\u2019s \u00a0\u201cField General\u201d by Rolling Stone Magazine.<\/li>\n<li>See the full list of speakers \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ey5Y_kyKvIOrxVFTplF_ICMnIr6vRM-rmqbveHTQKpg\/edit#\">here<\/a>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Join in person:<\/span> Wednesday June 24th at 4:30pm in Sea to Sky Ballroom C at the Whistler Conference Center<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Join remotely:<\/span> Watch live on <a href=\"https:\/\/air.mozilla.org\/\">AirMozilla<\/a> at 11:30pm UTC on June 24th, join the discussion on <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.mozilla-community.org\/t\/remote-participation-at-whistler\/2383\">discourse<\/a> and read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/\"> blog<\/a> afterwards for a synthesis of the most poignant ideas.<\/p>\n<p><b>Personalized Design: 26 Participation Lab Sessions <\/b><br \/>\n<i>Wednesday June 24th &#8211; Thursday June 25 9:30am &#8211; 9:00pm <\/i><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re hosting customized sessions throughout the work week to help teams solve problems and capture opportunities related to contributor or volunteer engagement, user\/supporter\/contributor participation, and many other topics related to participation. With over 26 projects registered we\u2019ll be meeting with teams throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p>View the full schedule and the description of each project <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1c7f-G8oMDiOjyfNc3ES6oUR2ZcjUuCAI4eA3X1lb42E\/pubhtml\" target=\"_blank\">below<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1c7f-G8oMDiOjyfNc3ES6oUR2ZcjUuCAI4eA3X1lb42E\/pubhtml?widget=true&amp;headers=false\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Join us in person:<\/span> Registration is now closed for customized Lab sessions, however the Participation Room (Raven A + B at Delta Whistler Village Suites hotel) will be open to all throughout the week.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Join remotely:<\/span> What do you think of the sessions? Send us your thoughts and questions on <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.mozilla-community.org\/t\/remote-participation-at-whistler\/2383\">discourse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Participation Moving Forward &#8211; Strategy Session<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Friday July 26th 8:30am-10am <\/i><\/p>\n<p>On the last day of Whistler the Participation Team will be gathering with volunteers, staff, and experts to think about what participation might look like at Mozilla 10, 15, 20 years in the future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Join in person:<\/span> Participation Room (Raven A + B) at Delta Whistler Village Suites. Please arrive promptly at 8:30am if you&#8217;d like to participate.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Join remotely:<\/span> Share your thoughts\/visions for the future of participation at Mozilla on discourse <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.mozilla-community.org\/t\/remote-participation-at-whistler\/2383\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the Lab and what we&#8217;ve been up to in Emma Irwin&#8217;s post <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/2015\/06\/19\/participation-lab-what-were-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Participation Lab, What We\u2019re Learning&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Participation Team is heading to Whistler this week where we\u2019ll be running an innovative series of discussions, presentations, and workshops all centered around creating an approach to participation that &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/2015\/06\/20\/bringing-participation-to-whistler\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65226],"tags":[176593,176608,176592],"coauthors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2184"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}