Showcase Schedule & Buddy System for Projects

On or after the day of the showcase, each project will receive two types of feedback on their deliverable:

1. Live, synchronous feedback from showcase attendees (on Zoom or in person), and 
2. Asynchronous feedback on Slack from participants in your "buddy project." (The asynchronous feedback may likely be posted after the conference is over.) The purpose of the "buddy system," which pairs a Feb. 28-Mar. 1 project with one or more Mar. 7-9 projects, is to encourage interactions between people who wouldn't otherwise meet one another at the conference.

• Facilitators: Before the showcase starts, please post your deliverable, and some notes about what type of feedback you'd like, in the appropriate Slack channel.
• All Attendees: Make sure to give written feedback in Slack on the deliverable of your "buddy project"! (You're welcome to respond to other projects' deliverables, too, if you are so moved.)

Showcase Schedule

Zoom-Only Week: Friday, March 1 @ 3:30-6:30 pm EST

3:30-3:50 pm EST: Whole group: Deliverable “pitches.” Each project team will give a 2-minute summary of their project and deliverable so that everyone can get a taste of the 6 projects.

3:50-4:50 pm EST: Mixed small groups: Feedback on three projects (“jigsaw” format). We’ll divide everyone so that people representing three projects are in each Zoom breakout room. Spend 20 minutes discussing each project. Please appoint a timekeeper!

[20-minute break]

5:10-5:40 pm EST: Your project team: Share the feedback everyone collected. Return to your project’s own Zoom room and discuss all of the feedback that you received. 

5:40-6:10 pm EST: Mixed small groups: Reflection on the conference. Return to the conference-wide Zoom room. In breakout rooms, we’ll debrief on how the conference went, what we implemented from Dr. Croom’s keynote workshop, what we learned about collaboration, and how we enacted (or struggled to enact) the 2024 Conference Commitments. 

6:10-6:30 pm EST: Whole group: Reflection, continued. We’ll share what we discussed in the breakout rooms.

In-Person/Hybrid Week: Saturday, March 9 @ 10:30 am-2 pm EST

10:30-11 am EST: Whole group: Deliverable “pitches.” Each project team will give a 2-minute summary of their project and deliverable to the whole room so that everyone can get a taste of the 8 projects. This will be livestreamed on Zoom.

11-12 noon EST: Mixed small groups: Feedback on three projects (“jigsaw” format). We’ll divide everyone so that people representing three projects are at each table or Zoom breakout room. Spend 20 minutes discussing each project. Please appoint a timekeeper!  

12-1 pm EST: Your project team: Share the feedback everyone collected. Grab a boxed lunch and convene in your meeting room (in the BAB or the Humanities Building) to discuss all of the feedback that you received. Or feel free to convene, then return to eat. 

1-1:30 pm EST: Mixed small groups: Reflection on the conference. At tables or in Zoom breakout rooms, we’ll debrief on how the conference went, what we implemented from Dr. Croom’s keynote workshop, what we learned about collaboration, and how we enacted (or struggled to enact) the 2024 Conference Commitments. 

1:30-2 pm EST: Whole group: Reflection, continued. We’ll share what we discussed in small groups. The winner of Pet-a-Palooza will also be announced! This will be all livestreamed. 

2:15 pm-3 pm EST: Buses leave from Miller IT Center to the Galt House Hotel

Buddy System: Project Pairings