Pair-A-Palooza is an experience created by Kara Carrell, as a way to scope a block of time to pair with as many colleagues as possible during their apprenticeship.
Using Get-Zine-To-Know-You with Pair-A-Palooza, Kara created a zine to accompany the event, and a process for introducing it with a work group.
- Develop some self awareness
- Foster communications in teams
- Excerise your creative side
- Curate an environment for positive pairing experiences
| Event | Zine |
|---|---|
| 1: Set a time for event | 1: Distribute Zine Template(s) |
| 2: Scope purpose & topics for pairing | 2: Get Folks to fill zine out |
| 3: Set appointment slots | 3: Make space for zines to live |
| 4: Announce pair-a-palooza | 4: Set expectations for reading zines |
| 5: Pair-and-appreciate | 5: Learn from feedback & observations |
This is a Lunch & Learn presentation on Zines I ran at TableXI that inspired the pair-a-palooza zine
This is the pre-PAIR-ation Checklist, that takes you through all the steps you should take for your pairing experience!
Get-Zine to Know You is a workshop developed by Kal Keckler, for the purpose of team building and self reflection. It was born out of the alumnx project at Write/Speak/Code 2017 as a cross between Amy Wibowo's (@sailorhg) "Writing a Technical Zine" workshop and Allison McMillian's (@allie_p) "You Better Work...Shop" workshop.
- Kal Keckler, creator of Get-Zine-To-Know-You (@kamxhmartin)
- Amy Wibowo, Head of BubbleSortZines, and Author of a Zine for Writing Technical Zines (@sailorhg)