Dear David and all
I am not sure whether a new, old or forming org is relevant as in any of these scenarios, there is often not shared values or the deeper understanding of what those values mean in practice, and particularly in the emerging context we reside in.
Holding dialog about values is fundamentally intimate and can be done at 2 levels of system: individual and then organizational, so as to be stepped? to build from ¡± I¡±? to ¡°we¡±.
In terms of time I have 2 x 2hour sessions with 70 people.
Creating the intimacy for a large group, online is what I hold as paramount, and am thinking of doing a series of listening circles.? The first being in plenary (aka fishbowl) and the following in break outs.? With clear guidelines for how to share and be present to listen/experiece with heart.
The story telling will be something around connecting what I value to my life story.
The listeners/observers simply (or not so easily) listen and observe.
And recorder takes notes in plenary. A volunteer recorder takes notes in b/out on shared google doc.
No synthesizing happens in the sessions, rather there is a plenary sharing about what has been experienced at the individual and group level and themes have arisen.? The notes can be used to identity the values, ultimately at the organization level.
Looking forward to us co-creating more on this.
Sian
Sian Madden MSc OD, CPF Organization Purpose, Experience & Development for an Emerging Future Phone: USA+443-871-5102
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 1:16 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: It is not a given that this meeting had be used for anything.? It is merely a possibility at this time. I agree with the need for conversation in smaller groups.? I have worked with this group in the past, and have used breakout rooms extensively.
I am currently trying to decide if I should take advantage of the opportunity, and if so, how to best make use of the time.
There is a very restrictive budget for this project and I want to make sure I optimize opportunities and resources!
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On Oct 8, 2020, at 10:09 AM, Sean Murphy < skmurphy@...> wrote:
I second John Sechrest's suggestions: - It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting
with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having
many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a
useful way for people to get to know each other and to express
thoughts.?
- If you want interaction, you have to
make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you
want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would
consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90
minutes.?
Also since it's newly amalgamated I would ask for the values statements of the constituent organizations so that you understand where everyone is coming from.
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I were limited to those tools, (and I don't know thoughtexchange). I would end up focusing on Google Docs as a shared "wiki like page" and use it to drive the conversation and the process.?
I would use the google doc to create a flow for the meeting.?
I would probably use one google doc, because getting people to switch around and write ends up being a mess.? People get lost.?
Zoom supports up to 50 break out rooms.
that would give you rooms of 6.?
Ideally, you would have the email addresses of everyone ahead of time, so that you could provide them we prepatory emails ahead of time, and so that you could bulk upload room assignments.?
Part of the goals would be to get people to meet other people. It would be great if you can to multiple sessions of going in to breakout rooms, work on a question for a bit, and then report out things. Part of the process would be to have people in the shared document editing the meeting notes. To get this to work, it can be very useful to have participants who have been engaged as note takers/facilitators etc in each room.?
Since I can't figure out how to get zoom to truely randomize the rooms, I have to change the size of the rooms to make different people end up in different rooms.?
But the ebb and flow from large group to small group and back with a standout is a pattern that has worked for me.
It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a useful way for people to get to know each other and to express thoughts.?
If you want interaction, you have to make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90 minutes.?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated.? Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
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David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
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