[Coffee-organizers] HOW DID IT GO!! My Updatte

[Sandy Ordonez]

Genius!! :) Thanks Chioma!! I LOVE THIS IDEA!

sandy

On 9/30/19 5:58 AM, Chioma Agwuegbo wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> Sandy to answer your question, we're excited about the rotational hosting
> cos people get to 'own' the event, and we all don't have to bear the costs
> ourselves! We already have hosts for November and December, and we threw in
> the sweetener that if you host you can nominate a speaker.
> 
> How we publicised the event: We created posters and an Eventbrite and then
> shared the link across our social media. Interestingly we had 70 people
> register but only 20 showed up, thankfully we had an equal number of men
> and women. We will shoot for higher registration for October.
> 
> How we talked digisec: A lot of people came out of curiosity and for us
> that was great because we had a lot of questions for the panellists and the
> core techies. As this was our first, we focused a lot on just introducing
> the various aspects of digital security but also focused on how it affects
> our everyday lives. The plan is to always simplify the conversation so that
> people take away practical steps they can act on.
> 
> Chioma.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 5:41 PM Sandy Ordonez <
> Sandy at internetfreedomfestival.org> wrote:
> 
>> Chioma: I really like this format!!!! Rotating hosts and spaces is
>> exactly right. it brings in more folks!! And it sounds like folks were
>> really engaged. Any tips on how you talked about digisec to new audiences?
>>
>> Gus: where there any excersises you did that you can share to help map
>> out the topics/needs people have? Nathaly (NYC) Recommended that we
>> create a list of resources on the wiki, and i think thats a really good
>> idea!! Some of those resources could be facilitation exercisies.
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>> On 9/27/19 6:07 AM, Chioma Agwuegbo wrote:
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> So below is a brief report of our event in Abuja, Nigeria.
>>>
>>> Date of event: Thursday, 19th September 2019
>>>
>>> Event Manager: TechHer NG
>>>
>>> The first edition of Coffee & Circumvention which was held at the Aiivon
>>> Hub, Wuse 2, Abuja, had 20 people in attendance.
>>>
>>> The event commenced at 5:15 pm and was hosted by Techher’s Myima Agu and
>>> Soniya Dawarga. After welcoming guests, brief introductions and stating
>> of
>>> the objectives of the meet up by the TechHer team, the lead speaker for
>> the
>>> event, Mr Boye Adegoke from Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, gave a few
>>> insights and answered quite a few questions on the theme of the meeting -
>>> Basics of Digital Security. Mr Adegoke spoke on a number of critical
>> issues
>>> around digital security including ways we unwittingly endanger ourselves
>>> online, how we can protect ourselves and what steps the government and
>>> citizens need to take to ensure the protection of our online rights,
>>> privacy and data.
>>>
>>> Mr Adegoke’s session was followed by a lively, enlightening discussion
>> on a
>>> range of issues from the balance between convenience, security and
>>> regulation when making payments online to the ways negligence and
>>> carelessness are the major reasons why people fall victim to online fraud
>>> and scams and how to prevent those. We also briefly touched on the role
>> of
>>> the government in securing the data of citizens, making reference to the
>>> Data and Privacy Bill which Mr President declined assent to last year.
>>>
>>> Lara Raji of ClueNG briefly discussed with the participants on the need
>> for
>>> safety regulations and settings for minors using the internet.
>>>
>>> Chioma Agwuegbo rounded up the meet up with a thank you to attendees and
>>> extend an invitation for collaborations on themes, hosting and speakers
>> for
>>> subsequent eC&C meetings.  The idea is to rotate hosting for the event
>> and
>>> tap into wider networks as we go along.
>>>
>>> The meet-up ended at 6:20 pm after snacks, drinks and presents for the
>>> early comers were passed around.
>>> Here is a link to the photographs from our event
>>> <
>> https://www.facebook.com/pg/techherng/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2508727252521915
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Chioma.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 11:30 PM Gus Narea <gus at relaycorp.tech> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everybody,
>>>>
>>>> I'm glad to hear that the NY and Amsterdam teams did so well at the
>> first
>>>> event, and that the events have led to further work offline.
>>>>
>>>> Here's our update from the London team:
>>>>
>>>> We used a format similar to the one used by the Amsterdam team, in that
>> we
>>>> wanted to use the first event to shape C&C London and get to know the
>>>> community in London and their interests. We used a meeting room kindly
>>>> provided by GreenNet.
>>>>
>>>> We got 27 RSVPs, including 4 last-minute RSVPs hours before the event,
>> but
>>>> unfortunately there were only 6 of us there (half of us were
>> organisers).
>>>> We think this happened because we didn't have an agenda with specific
>>>> topics to cover.
>>>>
>>>> Apart from getting to know each other and the projects we work on, we
>> also
>>>> did a brainstorming activity to understand the topics that people in the
>>>> room would like to see covered in the future, and we got leads on some
>>>> really interesting speakers that we could get in the future. We'll soon
>> be
>>>> circulating a very short survey amongst people in the C&C London mailing
>>>> list to gather their feedback on those topics.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Gus.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 20:16, Sandy Ordonez <
>>>> Sandy at internetfreedomfestival.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> How did your Coffee & Circumvention meeting go? We want to know!!!
>> Share
>>>>> with us, so we can learn from each other!
>>>>>
>>>>> For NYC, we had a few snafus, but overall it went super well. We had a
>>>>> really good turnout. Just to give you an idea of how diverse it was, we
>>>>> had reps from a grassroot group that does alot of work around
>>>>> homelessness, wikipedians, digital security trainers, activists from
>>>>> Asia and Latin America, aclu folks, lawyers working on freedom of
>>>>> speech, and so much more.
>>>>>
>>>>> One Lesson Learned:
>>>>> We forgot to leave time for networking/socializing, which by far has
>>>>> been super powerful in the past. Future formats will probably look more
>>>>> like this: 20 minutes presentations, leave 20 minutes for Q&A, and then
>>>>> the rest of the time to connect people together!
>>>>>
>>>>> ONE WIN:
>>>>> We also had three bilingual IT people approach us about learning how to
>>>>> give basic digital security workshops so they can volunteer to help
>>>>> folks locally. (Spanish, Arabic) In addition, two old school community
>>>>> folks have agreed to have them as aides for a workshop, to help onboard
>>>>> them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let us know one lesson learned and one win from your city, so we can
>> all
>>>>> learn from each other!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Sandy :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
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