neuro diversity observations post RIPE 78
Hi, Just want to chime in that as an reasonbly introverted person with autistic treats (yes, it is true but I think I mask it pretty well) I saw two things that made me especially happy this event: * The piloting of slido for getting more questions than the speakers, than just besides the mic. I tried the mic once and I had eh, startup problems. No worries though * I also think the decorating the badge is a splendid idea, as it makes it definitely easier to break the ice amongst attendees for talking abouit subjects If you haven’t seen it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fD2BvS3Aqw (Nerd Wrangling 101 from SHA2017) is a good talk about the subject of neurodiversity. I also enjoyed being a mentor, I had doubt at first that my knowledge about the community was still current after being out for ±10 years. It seems my mentee also enjoyed it and gave him a good head start in the community. With regard to feedback from that area, he mentioned that during one of the main room sessions there was a strange sound that gave him the impression of having tinnitus, I also repeatedly got distracted by people’s phones and laptop sometimes making sound. Can happen of course, but sometimes it made you almost wonder to have a tech talk on “how to set my device on mute” ? Best Regards, Ruben
Hi,
Just want to chime in that as an reasonbly introverted person with autistic treats (yes, it is true but I think I mask it pretty well) I saw two things that made me especially happy this event:
* The piloting of slido for getting more questions than the speakers, than just besides the mic. I tried the mic once and I had eh, startup problems. No worries though Thank you for this feedback! I think it's important to acknowledge that we have a lot of different thinkers in our community, not all are confident queuing up at the mic but that doesn't mean their contribution is less worthy. I hope that the PC/WG Chair collective keep using it. * I also think the decorating the badge is a splendid idea, as it makes it definitely easier to break the ice amongst attendees for talking abouit subjects Also, thank you! We (the RIPE NCC) are also always looking for new sticker suggestions, so if anyone has any ideas, we'd love to hear them.
If you haven’t seen it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fD2BvS3Aqw (Nerd Wrangling 101 from SHA2017) is a good talk about the subject of neurodiversity.
I also enjoyed being a mentor, I had doubt at first that my knowledge about the community was still current after being out for ±10 years. It seems my mentee also enjoyed it and gave him a good head start in the community. And also, as the person organising the mentoring programme - thank you (!) for stepping forward despite your hesitation.
With regard to feedback from that area, he mentioned that during one of the main room sessions there was a strange sound that gave him the impression of having tinnitus, I also repeatedly got distracted by people’s phones and laptop sometimes making sound. Can happen of course, but sometimes it made you almost wonder to have a tech talk on “how to set my device on mute” ? I already have this in my debrief feedback for the team - that we should include a standard slide for each plenary/wg session to kindly remind
Hi Ruben, On 26/05/2019 13:16, Ruben van Staveren wrote: people to turn their devices to silent. I noticed it more than usual this meeting for some reason. Again, many thanks for your feedback and hope to see you at RIPE 79. Warm regards, Amanda
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Dear all, I was still thinking about this, as I did speak in public several times (TTM updates long time ago, chairing NLUUG sessions) and I think the thing that got me off balance was hearing myself through the PA system. I also have a bad time with bad phone connections in where I can hear myself talking. Maybe it could be a part of the mentoring program / newcomers introduction to live test the mic in a more relaxed environment, so one gets comfortable with the acoustics.
On 28 May 2019, at 10:12, Amanda Gowland <agowland@ripe.net> wrote:
* The piloting of slido for getting more questions than the speakers, than just besides the mic. I tried the mic once and I had eh, startup problems. No worries though Thank you for this feedback! I think it's important to acknowledge that we have a lot of different thinkers in our community, not all are confident queuing up at the mic but that doesn't mean their contribution is less worthy. I hope that the PC/WG Chair collective keep using it.
Best Regards, Ruben
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