32: 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?

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30: 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?

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27: 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?

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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

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22: The Coding Dojo, using Coding Dojo exercises and are constraints overrated

In this episode I talking with Technical Agile Coach Emily Bache about her Coding Dojo Handbook and bits of the Coding Dojo can we use in a Coderetreat:

• What is a Coding Dojo?
• What is Emily's Handbook about?
• How can we use smaller exercises in a Coderetreat?
• Are constraints overrated?

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Thank you Emily for sharing your knowledge about Coding Dojos. You can reach Emily on her Twitter for further discussion.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Coding Dojo Handbook by Emily Bache

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18: Corey Haines' Cleveland Coderetreat Introduction Part 2

In this episode Corey Haines will introduce you to

• Coderetreat Day Structure.
• Using different programming languages.
• Conway's Game of Life.

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Check out the full video here:

Material in this episode and related episodes:

• Corey Haines' Cleveland Code Retreat Introduction from Corey Haines on Vimeo
• Episode 16: Part 1
• Episode 05: Coderetreat Day Structure
• Episode 01: Learning a new language
• Episode 02: Explain the Game of Life
• Conway's Game of Life

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16: Corey Haines' Cleveland Coderetreat Introduction Part 1

In this episode Corey Haines will introduce you to:

• The goal of the Coderetreat
• The 4 Rules of Simple Design

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Check out the full video here:

Material in this episode:

• Corey Haines' Cleveland Code Retreat Introduction from Corey Haines on Vimeo
• On the goals of Coderetreat
• Kent Beck's four rules of simple design

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14: Alex Bolboaca's Message for Coderetreat Attendees

In this episode Alex Bolboaca will answer the following questions:

• What makes Coderetreats magical?
• How to get the most out of a Coderetreat?

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Check out the video here:

Material in this episode:

• Alex Bolboaca on Coderetreat from AgileWorks on Vimeo
• How to get the most out of a Code Retreat
• Episode 07: Deleting the code
• Episode 01: Seeing different languages

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11: A remote Coderetreat and overview of constraints

In this episode:

• How to run a remote Coderetreat?
• What are constraints?

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Material used for this episode:

• Retrospective on a Remote Global Day of Coderetreat
• 20/80 - A coding dojo constraint just for fun

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10: Coding Dojo Mindset and Game of Life is mandatory

In this episode I am answering

• What is the Coding Dojo Mindset? (What is the core mindset of a Coderetreat?)
• Is Game of Life mandatory?

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Alex Bolboaca: The Coderetreat Problem Is Not The Problem

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08: Why pair program, finish the Game of Life and how many facilitators do we need

In this episode:

• Why do we pair program the whole Coderetreat?
• Is it possible to finish the Game of Life assignment in a single session?
• How many facilitators do we need and when do we need more than one?

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07: Deleting the code, questions that people ask and single participant staying alone

In this episode I answer these questions:

• Why do we delete the code after each session?
• How many questions do people ask?
• What about a single participant staying alone?

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05: Day structure, facilitation styles and non developers showing up

In this episode I am talking about

• Coderetreat Day Structure,
• the best way to facilitate and
• non developers participating.

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Mentioned in this episode: Structure of a Coderetreat

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04: What is a Coderetreat, organisers participating in coding and answering questions

In this episode:

• What is a Coderetreat?
• Should organizers participate in coding?
• How much should a facilitator answer questions from participants?

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Thanks to David Tanzer and Markus Decke for feedback on this podcast.

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