Open Eugene Code for America Brigade

markdav-is commented 5 years ago

Project Lead: Michael McKinley

Mentor: @nohorse @emilyclyde

Welcome to OL2! This issue will be used to track your project and progress during the program. Please use this checklist over the next few weeks as you start Open Leadership Training :tada:.

Before Week 1 : Your first mentorship call

[x] Complete the OLF self-assessment (online, printable). If you're a group, each teammate should complete this assessment individually. This is here to help you set your own personal goals during the program. No need to share your results, but be ready to share your thoughts with your mentor.
[x] Make sure you know when and how you'll be meeting with your mentor.

Before Week 2 : First Cohort Call (Open by Design)

[ ] Complete Assignment 'Write Your Vision or Mission Statement'. Leave a comment on this issue with your draft vision statement & be ready to share this on the call.
[x] Watch 'Mozilla & Working Open'.
[ ] Check the Syllabus for notes and connection info for all the cohort calls.

Before Week 3 : Mentorship call

[ ] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their vision statement.
[ ] Complete your Open Canvas (instructions, canvas). Comment on this issue with a link to your canvas.
[ ] Start your Roadmap. Comment on this issue with your draft Roadmap.

Before Week 4 : Cohort Call (Build for Understanding)

[ ] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their open canvas.
[ ] Pick an open license for the work you're doing during the program.
[ ] Use your canvas to start writing a README, or landing page, for your project. Link to your README in a comment on this issue.

This issue is here to help you keep track of work during the first month of the program. Please refer to the OL2 Syllabus for more detailed weekly notes and assignments past week 4.

markdav-is commented 5 years ago

Welcome to week 1! @Michael-McKinley please take the self-assessment and find a good time to meet with @emilyclyde or @nohorse sometime this week.

Michael-McKinley commented 5 years ago

I know it is not required to share. But I have no need to hide it from my ego. I am (like everyone) a work in progress. ;-) The only caveat I would add to these results is that most projects I have done in the past were either for companies with a culture of not sharing things openly or very small teams where I did not see the need for being the type of open I saw in these questions because everyone (more or less) knew what everyone else was doing and why. That said: I noticed several places that I need to be mindful of my personal habit of taking charge and directing instead and to start leading, guiding, and empowering.

Thank you for completing the OLF self-assessment.

There might be specific areas of open leadership in which you'd like to
improve.

Strengths: Design for Participation and Inclusion, Empower for
Understanding, Design for Understanding

Opportunity for growth: Empower for Sharing, Build for Participation and
Inclusion

Developing your open leadership practice is a journey, and the most
important step you can take on that journey is to begin in an intentional
way. You should use your overall score as motivation to explore and learn
about the areas of open leadership that seem most interesting and important
to you.

What do you want to accomplish with your work? Where do you need to grow
the most to do that? What principles, practices, and skills do you need to
adopt to become more open, even if your core leadership practice is already
sound?

Use your score intentionally to set a course for learning and growth. Be
open-by-design in your leadership, rather than open-by-default. Make
specific choices about how to improve and help your community to avoid
overwhelming yourself or your contributors by trying to do everything open
all at once.

Point Breakdown:

Overall Total: 45/72

Total Design: 20/24 Total Build: 14/30 Total Empower: 11/18

Design for Understanding: 8/10 Design for Sharing: 6/8 Design for Participation and Inclusion: 6/6 Build for Understanding: 5/10 Build for Sharing: 5/10 Build for Participation and Inclusion: 4/10 Empower for Understanding: 6/6 Empower for Sharing: 2/6 Empower for Participation and Inclusion: 3/6

markdav-is commented 5 years ago

as you work on your Open Canvas share a link to your copy here!

MVPStudio / open-leaders-2

Open Eugene Code for America Brigade #2