{"id":6958,"date":"2013-01-11T12:15:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/?p=6958"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:44:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:44:02","slug":"howto_mozfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/howto_mozfest\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make your own mini-MozFest"},"content":{"rendered":"

This new debrief and documentation<\/a> from the 2012 Mozilla Festival lays out the key ingredients, reviews and recommendations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Mozilla<\/a>
\nHow do you turn dull conferences into festival-style jams packed with more hack \/ less yak?<\/strong> Michelle Thorne’s full “Aftermath Report”<\/a> from the 2012 Mozilla Festival<\/a> is so thorough and open, it basically provides an introductory blueprint for others thinking about hosting their own #MozFest-style event. Recommended reading for anyone interested in creative community-powered event design.
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A MozFest Manifesto?<\/h2>\n

Excerpting from Michelle’s post:<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Make everything hands-on, hackable, and collaborative.<\/strong> Participants hack and learn in small, decentralized groups. Sessions focus on solving real problems and teaching applicable skills. The schedule is always evolving in response to participants\u2019 interests.<\/li>\n
  2. Learn who is building what, and how they can share and help each other.<\/strong> The opening Science Fair and closing demo party<\/a> help with this.<\/li>\n
  3. Fuel leaders who want to invent, teach and organize.<\/strong> For us, that meant planning sessions with community members to design next year\u2019s Summer Code Party and the growth of the global Hive network.<\/li>\n
  4. Design the things you want to build next. <\/strong>For us this year it was two important new verticals: mobile and games.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Use an open submission process. <\/strong>Hold a facilitator “boot camp” before the event. Designate community “space wranglers.” (Lots more detail on all the nuts and bolts in Michelle’s post<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Reviews from participants<\/h2>\n