Hi, I ran the dojo at Pycon. We run one monthly in London. I've been asked about what we do so many times that I wrote a nuts and bolts blog post here:
http://ntoll.org/article/how-to-run-an-awesome-code-dojo I hope you find it useful and I'm more than happy to answer any questions people may have! All the best, Nicholas. On 13/05/15 00:31, Maria McKinley wrote: > Wait, the Coding Dojo at PyCon happened? I couldn't find it, so thought it > was canceled. I'm bummed now. > > Thanks for posting about your coding dojo. I'm working on organizing one in > Seattle, and am happy to have more information on other events! Is there a > link you can post about the one at PyCon, or how did you go about forking > it? I haven't read your post yet, so forgive me if it is posted there. > > thanks, > Maria > > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Tathagata Dasgupta <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Great! I haven't heard the episode yet, hopefully sometime soon! >> >> Update on current program: >> Our mid term was a Coding dojo: >> http://blog.tathagata.me/2015/05/blog-post.html >> >> Thanks to Nick Tollervey for organizing Coding Dojo at PyCon so that we >> were able to effortlessly fork it for the Mentorship program. Next we are >> planning to have a hackathon as a final of the mentorship program - where >> developers outside the mentorship program can work together with the mentor >> and mentees. >> >> I'll have create page on chipy.org with details on running the mentorship >> program. Soon ;) >> >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 4:34 PM Brian Ray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Saw this mention (thanks Ned) at 22:30: >>> http://podcastinit.com/episode-5-ned-batchelder.html >>> >>> Any updates on how the second season of our mentorship is going T? Any >>> additional advice on those who want to implement their own? >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Tathagata Dasgupta < >> [email protected] >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> Brian is far too kind with his generous words ... We have been lucky to >>>> have an amazing bunch of people in our user group who are eager to learn >>>> and help others become better programmer. >>>> >>>> If you are on meetup.com - checkout: >>>> >>>> Our amazing mentors for this term: >>>> >>>> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48806595 >>>> >>>> What the mentor and mentee are up to: >>>> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48756823 >>>> >>>> Mentorship FAQ: >>>> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48812700 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 8:46 AM Brian Ray <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am going to brag a bit here for Tathagata (aka "T"), as he is >> probably >>>>> too humble to brag about himself, and the Mentorship program he has >> created. >>>>> >>>>> As a transition from being the BDFL of Chicago Python User Group for >>>>> over a decade and from pressure from the community, I started adding >> some >>>>> other organizers <http://www.chipy.org/pages/organizers/>to the mix >> and >>>>> letting them (or forcing them) to take ownership to a domain. One >> domain, >>>>> is our awesome Mentorship program. >>>>> >>>>> In it's second season, "T"'s mentorship has 19 pairs of >> mentors/mentees. >>>>> He writes about the experience on his blog: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - >>>>> >> http://blog.tathagata.me/2015/03/chipy-python-mentorship-dinner-march.html >>>>> - >>>>> >> http://blog.tathagata.me/2014/10/chicago-python-user-group-mentorship.html >>>>> >>>>> Just wanted to share this idea with you. Would be happy to help if you >>>>> want to start a similar program in your area. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, Brian >>>>> >>>>> ChiPy Organizer >>>>> >>>>> http://chipy.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Brian Ray >>>>> @brianray >>>>> (773) 669-7717 >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Brian Ray >>> @brianray >>> (773) 669-7717 >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/group-organizers/attachments/20150512/dc860118/attachment.html >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Group-Organizers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/group-organizers/attachments/20150516/f54ff8f4/attachment.sig> _______________________________________________ Group-Organizers mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers
