Coderetreat Facilitation

By Peter Kofler

A podcast answering questions about Coderetreat hosting, facilitation and participation. It will help you run Coderetreats, Coding Dojos, hands on meetups and classic training.... more

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How many episodes does Coderetreat Facilitation have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.

Coderetreat Facilitation episodes:

November 30, 202135: Four sessions instead of six and making the event more fun
In this episode Dagmar Labes is sharing some of her facilitation secrets:
When to reduce to four sessions instead of standard six?
How to make the event more motivating and more fun for participants?
Download the MP3 (11 minutes - 8 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
Thank you Dagmar.
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)
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11min
September 29, 202134: Skills needed for facilitation and alternatives to Game of Life
In this episode:
Which skills does a facilitator need?
Alternative code katas to the Game of Life?
Download the MP3 (9 minutes - 13 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
Mentioned in this episode:
JS CodeRetreat: facilitator's skills
Mars Rover Kata
Kata Theater
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)
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9min
August 20, 202133: How to help others and mixing in Open Space
This is the second part of my chat with Amélie Cornélis about:
As an attendee, how can I help others and myself to learn?
How about combining Coderetreat with the Open Space format?
Download the MP3 (10 minutes - 8 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
Amélie, thank you for another discussion. You can reach Amélie at her Twitter @AmelieCornelis.
Mentioned in this episode:
Open Space
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)
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10min
July 07, 202132: First time facilitation and helping participants
In this episode I will answer five quick questions:
What kind of people will be at the Coderetreat?
How to prepare for first time facilitation?
How much should we help people during the session?
How to deal with a pair of juniors who do not get anywhere?
What's more important, participants changing partners or freedom?
Download the MP3 (9 minutes - 14 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)
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9min
June 18, 202131: Helping attendees into the day and then winding down and reflect
In this episode I am discussing with Amélie Cornélis about:
How to help attendees get into the day - at the beginning of the event?
How to help attendees wind down and reflect?
Download the MP3 (9 minutes - 7 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
Amélie, thank you for the discussion. You can chat with Amélie at @AmelieCornelis.
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)
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9min
April 19, 202130: Facilitation, typical constraints and advertising
The 30th episode with the following questions:
During the day itself what kind of facilitation do you do?
Which constraints to use on a typical Coderetreat?
How to advertise your Coderetreat?
Download the MP3 (11 minutes - 16 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)
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11min
February 25, 202129: Setup and facilitation of a remote MobRetreat
This is the second episode with Harald Reingruber about Mob Programming:
What is your setup for remote mob- or ensemble programming?
How to facilitate several remote mobs at once?
Are you changing people from the mobs during the MobRetreat?
Download the MP3 (10 minutes - 7 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
Harald is available at his Twitter for further discussion. Thank you Harald.
Mentioned in this episode:
Cloud Desktop Setup Instructions, see similar approaches by Clare Macrae, Jay Bazuzi and Llewellyn Falco.
Remote Access Tools: AnyDesk or TeamViewer. VNC is too slow.
Mob-Programming on Open Source Software Meetup, Vienna
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)
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10min
January 27, 202128: How to keep schedule, including junior facilitators and TDD
In this episode I will answer the following questions:
A Coderetreat is very busy. How do you keep the schedule?
How to include a supporting or junior facilitator, e.g. from the hosting company?
What is Test Driven Development? (Not really answering that ;-)
Download the MP3 (8 minutes - 12 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
Mentioned in this episode:
Kent Beck's book "Test-Driven Development: By Example"
Emily Bache "TDD is a Superior Way of Working"
Dave Farley "Test Driven Development"
Jason Gorman "Test-Driven Development (TDD) in Java"
Jason Gorman "7 Myths About Test-Driven Development Debunked"
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)
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8min
January 03, 202127: What is a MobRetreat
Happy new year! In this episode Harald Reingruber explains the new format of MobRetreat:
What is a MobRetreat?
What is the difference to a regular Coderetreat?
Download the MP3 (9 minutes - 7 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
Thank you Harald. You can reach Harald at his Twitter for further discussion.
Mentioned in this episode:
MobRetreat home (Check out the MobRetreat presentation on the Resources page.)
Mob-Programming on Open Source Software Meetup, Vienna
Note: New RSS Feed! If you subscribed to this podcast before August 27th 2020, you need to unsubscribe and subscribe again to the new feed https://www.code-cop.org/podcast/rss_feed.php.
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw.)
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9min
November 28, 202026: Coderetreat with progressive sessions without deleting the code
In this episode I am describing an experimental Coderetreat format I used in one of my last retreats. The goal was to have progressive sessions without deleting the code, a bit like product development. I am talking about:
Options to work on progressive sessions during the day in general.
Validation of the Coderetreat principles for the taken option.
Actual kata used and its requirement changes.
Sessions run during the day and what to focus on as facilitator.
Conclusion including feedback from participants.
Download the MP3 (12 minutes - 18 Mb) or subscribe to the Feed.
Mentioned in this episode:
Lean Poker or Extreme Startup
The Bowling Game Kata
The OCP kata
(Music from Synth Loop 1 by allpurposedw and Gong 001 by tec_studio.)
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12min

FAQs about Coderetreat Facilitation:

How many episodes does Coderetreat Facilitation have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.