Coderetreat hosting training slides for future hosts of coderetreat. It covers the basic components of hosting a coderetreat. From finding a location, to getting sponsors and what can go wrong. For the video please go to https://youtu.be/QhDpq5hrRM8

1. Coderetreat
Host Training
with Amir Barylko

2. BEING A HOST

3. Sponsors

4. Location

5. Lunch

6. Snacks

7. Notifications

8. Activities during
GDCR

9. Volunteers

10. Cleanup

11. Facilitator

12. LOCATION

13. SUPER IMPORTANT!!!

14. Room for rows of
chairs and tables

15. Plugs on the walls

16. Nice

17. Visit Before

18. Power bars
+
extension cords

19. Room layout

20. Washrooms

21. LUNCH

22. Nice

23. Allergies

24. Cutlery

25. Napkins

26. Plates

27. Serving utensils

28. SNACKS

29. Breakfast

30. Coffee / Tea
All day

31. Healthy

32. CLEANUP

33. Garbage bags

34. Cleaning wipes

35. Ask for help

36. PROMOTION

37. Twitter

38. User Groups

39. Conferences

40. Setting up for
GDCR
events

41. WHAT CAN GO
WRONG?

42. No laptops

43. No lunch

44. No location

45. 2 DAYS
BEFORE GDCR DAY

46. Confirm

47. Coordinate
Facilitator

48. Reminder

49. Make a list of what
you need

50. THE GDCR DAY

51. Be there 1/2 hour
earlier

52. Ask help to setup

53. Remember sponsors

54. Use GDCR Google
docs materials

55. Don’t stress

56. Ask help to cleanup

57. Have fun!

58. THANK YOU!
GOOD LUCK!

59. amir@barylko.com
@abarylko
http://bit.ly/abarylkoslides

60. Resources

61. Photo Credit
• Under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/
• Jeremy Keith, Roast beef, http://flic.kr/p/TKUz
• Rob Campbell, Field of daisies, http://flic.kr/p/6QJjU4