Upcoming WAYK Events for Summer/Fall 2010
For August and September, we have three different WAYK events coming up. We are actively seeking experienced WAYK players to back us up at these events, as we spoke about… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Workshops and Events
WAYK Unangax (Aleut) Language Revival in Bellingham, WA
Save the Date! From August 24th through the 30th, in Bellingham, WA, Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen will be facilitating a week-long WAYK training and Unangax language revival event. If… Read more »
Using WAYK to Learn Norwegian at XP 2010
For a very good reason, which they understand better than I, XP (Extreme Programming) and Agile Software Development enthusiasts see a connection between the mentoring language and play of the… Read more »
“Save Your Language” Conference 2010
Here’s a short video of the SYL 2010 conference, held on June 5th and 6th in Vancouver, B.C, hosted by Squamish Nation language revitalization activist Dustin Rivers. Evan and I… Read more »
“Save Your Language Conference” and WAYK on People First Radio
This Thursday, May 27th, during the noon hour (12pm-1pm), the folks at People First Radio will be interviewing Dustin Rivers (Squamish Nation language activist) and Willem Larsen (partner in WAYK)… Read more »
One week to go till registration deadline: “Save Your Language” conference, June 5th/6th in Vancouver, B.C.
http://saveyourlanguage.wordpress.com VANCOUVER, BC – Native languages are dying, but there is still hope. A recent report from the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council (First Peoples’ Council) revealed that… Read more »
Squamish Activist Plans Language Conference in Vancouver, B.C.
The upcoming “Save Your Language” conference is finally getting in the news. Check it out: Squamish Nation activist plans conference to save First Nations languages in B.C. By Stephen Hui… Read more »
Help “Where Are Your Keys?” Help the World
Thank you to everyone playing WAYK, and for getting the word out about the Fluency Revolution. Please keep it up – we’re making progress, but aren’t quite there yet. We’re… Read more »
“Save Your Language” WAYK conference in Vancouver B.C., June 5th and 6th
Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen will be traveling to Vancouver, B.C., this June 5th and 6th, for a WAYK language revitalization training weekend amongst a diverse community of B.C. First… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 20: April’s San Francisco Workshop
1 hour, 15 minutes, and 51 seconds. [direct download] 1. Technique “Agile“ Why did we offer a WAYK workshop for IT professionals who belong to the Agile software development community?… Read more »
Training “Language Hunters” in San Francisco – Less than 2 weeks to go
Here’s another reminder concerning our San Francisco workshop coming up in just under two weeks. We still have spots available! We as yet have no other public workshops on the… Read more »
Experience WAYK in San Francisco, April 12th, 13th
Looks like a game of WAYK to me! I’m sending out a reminder concerning our San Francisco workshop coming up in just a few weeks. We still have spots available!… Read more »
Squamish Language and Holding a Regular Space for Conversation
As we’ve mentioned before, you take the first, most critical step in revitalizing a language (or achieving any goal) by holding a regular space for conversation. The first night of… Read more »
The WAYK/Squamish Language Team Project
Evan Gardner and I recently returned to Portland, OR after being hosted in Vancouver, B.C. for three nights by Dustin Rivers, a Squamish Nation member, traditional artist, and community organizer… Read more »
WAYK is looking for a Documentary Filmmaker to Record a Revolution
We are looking for a documentary filmmaker to help turn around the global crisis of endangered languages, by filming something truly incredible – a “Where Are Your Keys?’/Squamish Language Team… Read more »
Registration now open for San Francisco WAYK April 12,13
Last time we did a workshop in San Francisco (actually in Pleasanton, a nearby suburb) we had a fantastic time being hosted by Elisabeth Hendrickson’s Agilistry Studio team. So much… Read more »
Wrapping up our Portland WAYK Workshop
We set some (we thought…) reasonable but challenging goals for the weekend workshop and then proceeded to blast past them in the first day. Great, but dizzying! Please download the… Read more »
WAYK workshop in San Francisco, Jan 23rd and 24th, 2010
Agilistry Studio just sent us the following event announcement for us to share – hope to see all you budding WAYK revolutionaries there! Where Are Your Keys Saturday, January 23,… Read more »
Evan in Vancouver, B.C., for the Squamish WAYK Weekend
We had so much fun – big thanks to Ray, Vanessa, Dustin, and all our wonderful new Squamish friends for hosting us. We look forward to returning! Here’s an article… Read more »
Evan at the Chinuk Wawa Language Revitalization Weekend
We had a great time at a gathering of Wawa speakers in Manzanita, OR, playing the other WAYK core conversation, “the Walk” over and over. Thanks everyone for playing!