SETT2016 | Thanks and a bow

It’s Sunday today. The last day I’m working on our participation in SETT2016. Packaging, distributing and informing about the last episodes that were posted afterwards.

It has been crazy days. Really fun. But also really exhausting. Nothing new, in other words. It’s simply what it takes. And then you just have to get stuck in, roll up your sleeves and get the job done. Together with my colleagues at Årstaskolan, who have been with me throughout the process, and my temporary colleagues at Lärarförbundet, we’ve supported each other and made the best of it. Just as I expected. Just how collaboration should work. No whining. Just smiling faces and focus on the task.

My workspace during SETT

An unusual day during SETT

So what has a day looked like during the three days? Getting up much earlier than I usually do. No real breakfast apart from a cup of coffee, then the commuter train out to Helenelund and Kistamässan. Once there, about an hour before the broadcast we start setting up cameras and computers for the day. Most of it is already rigged, but the real valuables we either take home or lock up. The Lärarförbundet folks are already there, with smiles on their faces, and the others from Årstaskolan drop in, one by one. After a quick check of the schedule and inspection of equipment and the broadcast document in Wirecast (to make sure all the graphics and such are included) we go live about half an hour before. All to make sure everything works so there’s time to correct things well in advance. One example of that happened when one of the guests called in to say they were delayed. Quick reshuffle of the first three items in the schedule, open Photoshop and redo the rundown graphic, sync in Dropbox and into Wirecast. Everything ran according to schedule about 90–95% and all guests arrived on time and the broadcasts went smoothly. Unfortunately the network connection dropped during one of the programs, which also meant we lost the disk recording (we record to disk as well, precisely so there’s something available if the connection is lost) which I need to look into more closely. But overall everything went well. There’s not much time for lunch and breaks, but fortunately Lärarförbundet had provided us with candy and also brought food so we managed to eat. Extra thanks for that. :) After the end of the day we usually went in for a beer and talked through the day. Then home and start editing the episodes to publish them on the web, in our app, on SoundCloud and Vimeo. Then prepare for the next day. Repeat.

Tanktanken.se

As I wrote in the Facebook post on Tänktanken, one of the fantastic privileges of doing this thing is the opportunity to meet and be curious about all of you out there. To absorb all the knowledge we can from you. And then share it with everyone else. This year we got to meet editors-in-chief, preschool teachers, atelierists, theatre educators, social entrepreneurs, speakers, authors, education advisors, school counselors, systems theorists, psychotherapists, supervisors, after-school pedagogues, booksellers, First Vice Chair, reading ambassadors, web editors, lead teachers, special educators, passionate advocates, school librarians, chairpersons, teacher trainers, development leaders, program hosts, award winners, provocateurs, entrepreneurs, parents, spreaders of positivity, researchers, assistant principals, principals, PRIM-group mediators, IT strategists and process leaders and did 19 live broadcasts with these people during the three days. In addition I counted that we’ve had 72 guests plus a number of students on Tänktanken over the years. And everything is available, some as podcast-only and some as both podcast and video, on tanktanken.se or via our app.

A big thank you

Since Tänktanken is completely decentralized, there is no real management, instead it’s based on some people wanting something and then acting. In other words people who WANT. Not just CAN. In earlier posts I’ve described how we work and it places high demands on everyone involved and requires that you take responsibility for your slice of the cake being completed. I would like to thank everyone involved, both from Årstaskolan and Lärarförbundet. You at Årstaskolan; Martin Claesson, Martin Fernström, Lotta Bohlin, Josef Sahlin, Kalle Enström, Fredrik Carlsson, Jonas Johansson, Carolina Oscarsson, Robert Hegestedt, Olof Hedtjärn, Boris Guerrero, Magnus Frid and Martin Brav - amazing job everyone! You made it happen! All of you at Lärarförbundet, thanks for the great collaboration and for being so friendly and professional! Maybe we’ll see each other again sometime in the future? Finally and above all, a big thank you to our guests. It was actually you who provided the content!

The whole series - SETT2016

Part 1 | Here we go again

Part 2 | A long day and communication

Part 3 | Both digital and analog work

Part 4 | Until the very end

Part 5 | Chaos as usual Part 6 | Thanks and a bow