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

[Chioma Agwuegbo]

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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