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Title:

Build a Better Team Through Web App Development

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Organizer:
Keir Whitaker, Carsonified
Description:
Building a small web app just for fun is a great team building idea. Helping your team break out of their normal work environment and challenging them to learn new skills will improve morale, empower your team and result in unexpected benefits.
Questions
Answered:
  1. Are team building exercises always necessary?
  2. How do you get your team onboard?
  3. How much planning should take place beforehand?
  4. What happens to your real work?
  5. What goals and timescales should be set?
  6. Is it important to challenge your team with "uncomfortable" tasks?
  7. Should you tell the world about your web app?
  8. Is external feedback always welcome?
  9. Where's the "return on investment"?
  10. How does the team evaluate after the event?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Business / Entrepreneurial
Type:
Dual
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Ryan Carson
on 8/8/08
I'd love to see this panel, but then I'm probably biased.
Keir Whitaker
on 17/8/08
Here's some more info on the panel...

In July 2008 Carsonified (http://www.carsonified.com) spent four days building a Twitter mash up web app called "The Mattinator" (http://www.themattinator.com) using a web framework we had never used before (Django).

We conducted the challenge publicly and blogged about each days progress daily. At the beginning of the week we weren't sure if we would achieve our goals. Ultimately the app did launch and we managed to get a post on TechCrunch (http://moourl.com/mattinator) talking about our experiences. We learnt a lot of things, both positive and negative. The aim of this panel is to talk about our experiences openly and explain why we feel building a web app in a short space of time will benefit your company.

Ket themes will include:

Are team building exercises always necessary?
How do you get your team on board?
How much planning should take place beforehand?
What happens to your real work?
What goals and timescales should be set?
Is it important to challenge your team with "uncomfortable" tasks?
Should you tell the world about your web app?
Is external feedback always welcome?
Where's the "return on investment"?
How does the team evaluate after the event?

Thanks for your interest.
Keir Whitaker
on 17/8/08
Ahhh no parsing - more readable version available at http://www.carsonified.com/asides/sxsq-panel-picker
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