Re: A challenge/opportunity
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.
Sean Murphy 408-252-9676
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 . . .
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.¡±
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
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Re: A challenge/opportunity
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 . . .
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.¡±
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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Re: A challenge/opportunity
A fascinating challenge indeed!
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I¡¯ll offer an exercise I¡¯ve done for unpacking leadership behaviors that could work equally well for values clarification. It could also work well in a large group.
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- Invite a volunteer to
tell a story about someone truly embodying what it means to be a member of the organization. Works best if they¡¯re talking about someone they admire and/or someone closer to the work/front line than they are.
- As folks are listening, ask them to record the values, traits, or behaviors they recognize in the story on a notepad in front of them.
- Spend some time in the group capturing, clustering, and distilling the values emerging from that one story.
- As you¡¯ve recognized, your capture with 300 people is gonna be the biggest tech challenge ¨C perhaps invite folks to add to google slides, zoom whiteboard and set a ground rule that
you¡¯ll ¡°press pause¡± and ask for a moment to cluster if the board gets to chaotic.
- ¸é±ð±è±ð²¹³Ù¡
- Share back the distilled values from each story and do some further theming.
- Vote based on specific criteria. Voting could be done on a quickly-assembled Zoom poll, or stars on a zoom whiteboard, or ThoughtExchange.
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I¡¯ve found by extracting the values from stories, it helps them feel more real and grounded¡ªyou start with what the value looks and feels like, and then name it after.
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Given the high stakes, you might reach out in advance to folks who you know are good storytellers, who are well-connected and well-respected, and who won¡¯t ramble.
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Good luck, and please do report back!
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Warm regards,
Dan
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Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Manager
(he/him/his)
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David, I'm wondering how you make this values session something that feels truly personal, interactive, and collective? Especially since it's a newly amalgamated organization. Not just a listing exercise, and not just a listening exercise
because there are 300 people...
I've been playing with the idea of spontaneous and silent collaboration on a Google Doc - easy to understand the tech, challenging to do well.? What does it look like to try to draft their values together, without talking or communicating
strategy explicitly through text, simultaneously on a Google Doc? Maybe they're drafting a collective story about their values, or writing their Top 10 collective values, or even writing a rhyming ballad of their collective values - if they're that type of
silly group.? Then what does it look like to debrief this as a group (what strategies worked to draft? what values were you seeing appear, merge, disappear? did any values play out during the drafting activity itself?, etc.) and try again? The final
result can spark further?
Maybe they can use cameras, maybe not. Maybe it's a group of 5 people, or maybe that group grows every time until they're massive and beautifully chaotic.? Remember that
, so you could even add some self-organizing or more informed grouping layer to this.
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 2:28 AM Lotte Krisper-UIlyett <lotte@...> wrote:
Hi David,
if you start by checking in on the values, you can use this beautiful slide:
At the beginning, as a check-in, let people pick five values which most inspire their work, give them orientation/identity...
If you can't use mentimeter (which I would recommend and everybody has got a smartphone), you can sure use google slides, which is a great tool for harvesting.?
google slides, to me, is the "lego" of harvesting..
Cheers
Lotte
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Re: A challenge/opportunity
Other tools I have been using are Conceptboard and Funretro and really enjoy them.?
On Thu., 8 Oct. 2020, 10:36 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 . . .
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.¡±
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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Re: A challenge/opportunity
David, I'm wondering how you make this values session something that feels truly personal, interactive, and collective? Especially since it's a newly amalgamated organization. Not just a listing exercise, and not just a listening exercise because there are 300 people...
I've been playing with the idea of spontaneous and silent collaboration on a Google Doc - easy to understand the tech, challenging to do well.? What does it look like to try to draft their values together, without talking or communicating strategy explicitly through text, simultaneously on a Google Doc? Maybe they're drafting a collective story about their values, or writing their Top 10 collective values, or even writing a rhyming ballad of their collective values - if they're that type of silly group.? Then what does it look like to debrief this as a group ( what strategies worked to draft? what values were you seeing appear, merge, disappear? did any values play out during the drafting activity itself?, etc.) and try again? The final result can spark further?
Maybe they can use cameras, maybe not. Maybe it's a group of 5 people, or maybe that group grows every time until they're massive and beautifully chaotic.? Remember that , so you could even add some self-organizing or more informed grouping layer to this.
Cheers, Sarah Facilitator, Trainer, Coach, Learner? |? Virtual & In-Person Support?? | ??
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 2:28 AM Lotte Krisper-UIlyett < lotte@...> wrote: Hi David,
if you start by checking in on the values, you can use this beautiful slide:
At the beginning, as a check-in, let people pick five values which most inspire their work, give them orientation/identity...
If you can't use mentimeter (which I would recommend and everybody has got a smartphone), you can sure use google slides, which is a great tool for harvesting.?
google slides, to me, is the "lego" of harvesting..
Cheers
Lotte
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Re: A challenge/opportunity
Hi David,
if you start by checking in on the values, you can use this beautiful slide:
At the beginning, as a check-in, let people pick five values which most inspire their work, give them orientation/identity...
If you can't use mentimeter (which I would recommend and everybody has got a smartphone), you can sure use google slides, which is a great tool for harvesting.?
google slides, to me, is the "lego" of harvesting..
Cheers
Lotte
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Re: A challenge/opportunity
Hi David
To engage with a large crowd, I used Mentimeter which is pretty good to hook participants throughout the
virtually
event by using its features effectively.?
At times technology will not be in favor?of us which might end up in a challenging situation in the middle of the event. So keeping a plan B is always a good practice for such a big event. Regards Cipson T Agile and Kanban Trainer, Coach
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 6:25 AM Alice MacGillivray < alice@...> wrote: Hello David. I¡¯m writing from across the Strait on Gabriola.
You say ¡°amalgamated.¡± Was this something like a merger? People are just starting to work together?
I¡¯m not going to play with detail, but I¡¯m wondering if it could be productive to work with both difference and common futures?? Before the call they might anonymously write their hopes for an ideal future a year out and drop those into a Google Doc? They might spontaneously generate words about the values or identities of each segment? (We¡¯re proud to be¡¡±) Perhaps people hold up the words on card stock colour-coded by unit? ? Tools to constructively explore differences and value diversity? Tools to find or make constructive paths to the future? Draft principles for working together? Accountability buddies?
Alice MacGillivray
On 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
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.¡±
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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Hello David. I¡¯m writing from across the Strait on Gabriola.
You say ¡°amalgamated.¡± Was this something like a merger? People are just starting to work together?
I¡¯m not going to play with detail, but I¡¯m wondering if it could be productive to work with both difference and common futures?? Before the call they might anonymously write their hopes for an ideal future a year out and drop those into a Google Doc? They might spontaneously generate words about the values or identities of each segment? (We¡¯re proud to be¡¡±) Perhaps people hold up the words on card stock colour-coded by unit? ? Tools to constructively explore differences and value diversity? Tools to find or make constructive paths to the future? Draft principles for working together? Accountability buddies?
Alice MacGillivray
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On 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
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.¡±
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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Re: A challenge/opportunity
Hi David! What a great opportunity to use the power of technology into Facilitation!
If you can be more specific about the purpose of the first meeting, and deliverables, will be awesome to design something interesting with you.
ThoughtExchange (TE) works great with large groups. I have played with TE Roundtable feature, which combined with Zoom Breakouts can become an incredibly productive Open Space. Google Docs or slides to capture the work is fine as well.
Let me know if you want some help in the design/lead.
My best wishes,
Fernando Murray Loureiro Check our next Events here:?
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On 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 . . .
<Gouthro-Photo copy.jpg>
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.¡±
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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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 . . .
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.¡±
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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Re: Combining Miro and Zoom for Open Space Process
Thank you very much Lucas. This is very helpful! R
On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 22:24, Lucas Cioffi < lucas@...> wrote: Hello Rowan,
Here's a quick of open space facilitator April Jefferson using Qiqo for a 24-hour open space last week, and here are a few more since your original post in May.
One update related to your original question about Miro + Zoom... you can now embed?Miro?into QiqoChat; Qiqo connects each room that you create to a separate Zoom meeting.? Here are the?.? You can test it out in this .? If your team wants to learn more about Qiqo for live events, here is a .
Please feel free to send any additional questions.
Lucas Cioffi Lead Software Engineer,? Scarsdale, NY 917-528-1831
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:50 PM Lucas Cioffi < lucas@...> wrote: Hello Rowan,
Here's a with 250 participants as it was happening.? It consisted of a few dozen breakout spaces, each with their own Zoom meeting?+ one or more Google Docs.? For the OS marketplace, they used two linked Google Sheets, one for viewing and one for editing (to get around the limitation of 75 simultaneous editors).
Miro is a great tool, but it doesn't permit embedding, so for people running open space events on Qiqo, I recommend pairing Zoom?+ Google Docs/Drawings.? The Google suite of tools is powerful and most importantly, it is simple enough for people who are meeting each other for the first time in an online open space via Zoom.
On May 22nd the facilitator of the above event (Heidi Nobantu Saul) will share what she learned.? You are invited to?.
Lucas Cioffi Lead Software Engineer,? Scarsdale, NY 917-528-1831
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:20 PM Fernando Murray Loureiro via <fernandomurray= [email protected]> wrote: Rowan, I had a good experience in??(instead of Zoom) and Mural (or Miro, goes well too). The structure for OST in Remo is superior than Zoom.
Happy to help,
Fernando Murray Loureiro ?"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." ??Wayne Gretzky, hockey legend
Does anyone have experience with combining Miro and Zoom for setting up an open space process or something similar. I am very curious to try this and would love to see any examples or hear you thoughts and recommendations. - Especially how do you create different zoom room and link to them?
- What is the visual design like in the Miro board? Market place, topics, breakout areas...?
Warm regards,
Rowan
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Re: Combining Miro and Zoom for Open Space Process
Hello Rowan,
Here's a quick of open space facilitator April Jefferson using Qiqo for a 24-hour open space last week, and here are a few more since your original post in May.
One update related to your original question about Miro + Zoom... you can now embed?Miro?into QiqoChat; Qiqo connects each room that you create to a separate Zoom meeting.? Here are the?.? You can test it out in this .? If your team wants to learn more about Qiqo for live events, here is a .
Please feel free to send any additional questions.
Lucas Cioffi Lead Software Engineer,? Scarsdale, NY 917-528-1831
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:50 PM Lucas Cioffi < lucas@...> wrote: Hello Rowan,
Here's a with 250 participants as it was happening.? It consisted of a few dozen breakout spaces, each with their own Zoom meeting?+ one or more Google Docs.? For the OS marketplace, they used two linked Google Sheets, one for viewing and one for editing (to get around the limitation of 75 simultaneous editors).
Miro is a great tool, but it doesn't permit embedding, so for people running open space events on Qiqo, I recommend pairing Zoom?+ Google Docs/Drawings.? The Google suite of tools is powerful and most importantly, it is simple enough for people who are meeting each other for the first time in an online open space via Zoom.
On May 22nd the facilitator of the above event (Heidi Nobantu Saul) will share what she learned.? You are invited to?.
Lucas Cioffi Lead Software Engineer,? Scarsdale, NY 917-528-1831
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:20 PM Fernando Murray Loureiro via <fernandomurray= [email protected]> wrote: Rowan, I had a good experience in??(instead of Zoom) and Mural (or Miro, goes well too). The structure for OST in Remo is superior than Zoom.
Happy to help,
Fernando Murray Loureiro ?"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." ??Wayne Gretzky, hockey legend
Does anyone have experience with combining Miro and Zoom for setting up an open space process or something similar. I am very curious to try this and would love to see any examples or hear you thoughts and recommendations. - Especially how do you create different zoom room and link to them?
- What is the visual design like in the Miro board? Market place, topics, breakout areas...?
Warm regards,
Rowan
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Tel. +57 311 4790 656
E-mail:?rowan@... Web:?
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Thank you. We have found a solution. Here is the event - if you are interested:?
Best,
Liz
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Hi Elizabeth, I have just finished up a virtual training-of-facilitators in Japan last week and there were a number of experienced facilitators in the training. If you are still looking for someone I could share your message with my Japanese counterpart at Change Agent Inc. with whom I run the training each year. They could potentially pass the request on to their network. Do you need bilingual facilitators or just in Japanese for a Japanese audience? cheers, Gillian
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Pros and cons of WebinarJam?
I'm looking for advice from facilitators who have used WebinarJam, as we prepare to test and transition with a large group.
I'd love to hear anything you think might be useful to know, based on your experience, but below are some particular questions I'd eventually like to understand: - What do you like? What do you dislike?
- How user-friendly is the platform for those less comfortable with new technology? (Think: avid WhatsApp users, relatively new Zoom users.)
- How low-bandwidth-friendly is the platform? (Think: slow West African internet connections.)
- If you're not a big fan of WebinarJam: Are there similar platforms that have the breakout rooms and integrated apps for a similar price point? (Think: annual unlimited?license for less than $1000usd)
Thank you in advance for sharing your wealth of knowledge!
Cheers, Sarah Facilitator, Trainer, Coach, Learner? |? Virtual & In-Person Support?? | ??
Ed.M.,?Learning?&?Teaching?Program |?Harvard Graduate School of Education Learning Travel Blogger ? | ??
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Hi,
I'm looking for a number of different international facilitators. Currently, we are looking for a Japanese facilitator.?
Thank you,
Liz
witi.com
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Hi Everyone:
I'm post on behalf of an organization that is working with nonprofit partners in Latin America.? They have shifted their online sessions to Zoom Webinar and Meeting. The Webinar will have 3,000 participants and the meeting will about several hundred.? ?They have the interaction design and experience with facilitation, but they lack technical expertise/confidence with zoom webinar/meeting with that size of group.?
They are seeking a consultant who speakers Spanish and can help with:
Technical Set Up
Run of Show
Provide support during live event
Is there anyone on this list that can help or do you have a referral?
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Re: A taxonomy of virtual events
Apologies if I missed this in an earlier email, as I'm new to the group (thanks for inviting me, Helen!). As part of the taxonomy, I'm wondering about people's favorite platforms for online meetings, conferences, collaboration and such? On a practical level, what are the best alternatives in each category?
Kate
Greetings everyone,?
What an amazing thread I was missing here! I do not believe?in coincidences and just as I am preparing my next Health Regions Summit, your contributions?were?inspiring and useful, thank you all for bringing so much wisdom.?
Amazing to see that there is now a sufficiently robust set of principles, structures, guidelines, taxonomies that can be all forming part of an emergent field (tentatively) the science of meetings??
@John love your 'taxonomic' comments they totally?resonate with my experience also.?
@Tom and Helen "I do predict that this kind of categorisation will become increasingly difficult though as platforms seem to be increasingly merging lots of features" so true and that's why I selected in my last book (co-authored by Elise and 4 other scientists) I deliberately?select the 4 digital platforms I consider can worth knowing in more detail if you are serious about the way you meet (virtually or face to face). In fact, we came up and explore concepts?such as 'collaboration architect' and 'digital facilitator' (talking about meeting taxonomy we might start thinking about a 'people taxonomy' related to meetings). --> more here:?
Finally, to spice?up your thoughts (as I know you are all 'meeting scientists') it may be worth trying a couple of questions if you allow me, connected with?Meeting Taxonomies.
1) If we consider that a spectrum or a continuum may exist between two points, one being a 'casual conversation' and the other a 'structured meeting', what is that decisive point that transforms one into the other? Does such a degree of decisiveness can exist in this case??
This next one might help the former
2) If we consider that an asynchronous?meeting can occur via the exchange of email messages, when can we consider?that we are "in a meeting' and not just chatting or having a conversation by email???
Best wishes and stay?safe!
Paul Nunesdea | Paulo Nunes de Abreu?
+34 667 643 688 Twitter: @nunesdea
On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 18:08, John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: Hello Helen,?
Just as location of the chairs in a room changes the conversation in the room, and you have to match the layout of a room to the purpose of the conversations you want to have in that room, the choices of the video platform frame the conversations and they create or dismantle?the conversation you are trying to have.?
Part of your taxonomy is going to need to deal with what the point of the event is, and what the collection (many) of conversations you intend to have as a result of that event. Including the event being part of a series of events that create a larger conversation.?
Zoom webinar is horrible for having the audience learn about each other.? Zoom breakout rooms are horrible for the law of two feet (mingling) Teams login /authentication structures get in the way of multi-organizational conversations.? Remo events make it hard to get groups to have a structured 1:1 speed dating so that everyone gets to "shake hands" with everyone else.?
Perhaps you could see this taxonomic conversation with the taxonomy of the conversations that you want to craft?
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 7:07 AM BEVAN, Helen (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24) via <helen.bevan2= [email protected]> wrote:
Hello everyone. My team and I need some help!
?
In large organisations, when decisions are made about purchasing virtual platforms, they are often driven by the ¡°back end¡± (the technical specification) more than the ¡°front end¡± (what facilitators and leaders of events want/need to get
the outcomes they seek).
?
My team does a lot of virtual facilitation and hosting within a large system. Through the pandemic our session have got bigger, more complex and daring in their approach and with increasing level of interaction. We have started to make
the case in our organisation for access to a wider set of platforms to work with. I have been trying to find a ¡°taxonomy¡± which sets out different kinds of virtual events. This is to enable us to match the kinds of virtual events that my team is being asked
to provide with the tech platforms that we have available. This is where I need your help.
?
I haven¡¯t been able to find such a taxonomy. I can find plenty that are written from the ¡°back end¡± that contrast the tech specifications of different platforms but nothing that is written from the ¡°front end¡± perspective of facilitators
and leaders of meetings.
?
The nearest I have been able to find is the ¡°four bases¡± that Phil Hadridge of Idenk wrote from his research on learning from virtual meetings. So I used Phil¡¯s framework as my starting point and created a draft taxonomy. Here is Phil¡¯s
paper:
?
Here is my draft taxonomy:
?
?
So can you:
- Let me know if such a taxonomy already exists and give me the link?
- Help me to improve this. I know that many of you are very experienced virtual facilitators and I would appreciate it if you were as challenging
as you want to be.
?
Here is a link to the taxonomy as a Googledoc:
Please feel free to change it. It doesn¡¯t need to look beautiful, I can do that afterwards.
?
I will share the finished version with the group.
?
Thanks so much in advance.
Helen
?
PS: if you want to see the kinds of things that my team and I do, find us on Twitter at @HelenBevan and @HorizonsNHS
?
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Free Online Engagement Showcase offered on Sept 29th
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Re: A taxonomy of virtual events
Greetings everyone,?
What an amazing thread I was missing here! I do not believe?in coincidences and just as I am preparing my next Health Regions Summit, your contributions?were?inspiring and useful, thank you all for bringing so much wisdom.?
Amazing to see that there is now a sufficiently robust set of principles, structures, guidelines, taxonomies that can be all forming part of an emergent field (tentatively) the science of meetings??
@John love your 'taxonomic' comments they totally?resonate with my experience also.?
@Tom and Helen "I do predict that this kind of categorisation will become increasingly difficult though as platforms seem to be increasingly merging lots of features" so true and that's why I selected in my last book (co-authored by Elise and 4 other scientists) I deliberately?select the 4 digital platforms I consider can worth knowing in more detail if you are serious about the way you meet (virtually or face to face). In fact, we came up and explore concepts?such as 'collaboration architect' and 'digital facilitator' (talking about meeting taxonomy we might start thinking about a 'people taxonomy' related to meetings). --> more here:?
Finally, to spice?up your thoughts (as I know you are all 'meeting scientists') it may be worth trying a couple of questions if you allow me, connected with?Meeting Taxonomies.
1) If we consider that a spectrum or a continuum may exist between two points, one being a 'casual conversation' and the other a 'structured meeting', what is that decisive point that transforms one into the other? Does such a degree of decisiveness can exist in this case??
This next one might help the former
2) If we consider that an asynchronous?meeting can occur via the exchange of email messages, when can we consider?that we are "in a meeting' and not just chatting or having a conversation by email???
Best wishes and stay?safe!
Paul Nunesdea | Paulo Nunes de Abreu?
+34 667 643 688 Twitter: @nunesdea
On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 18:08, John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: Hello Helen,?
Just as location of the chairs in a room changes the conversation in the room, and you have to match the layout of a room to the purpose of the conversations you want to have in that room, the choices of the video platform frame the conversations and they create or dismantle?the conversation you are trying to have.?
Part of your taxonomy is going to need to deal with what the point of the event is, and what the collection (many) of conversations you intend to have as a result of that event. Including the event being part of a series of events that create a larger conversation.?
Zoom webinar is horrible for having the audience learn about each other.? Zoom breakout rooms are horrible for the law of two feet (mingling) Teams login /authentication structures get in the way of multi-organizational conversations.? Remo events make it hard to get groups to have a structured 1:1 speed dating so that everyone gets to "shake hands" with everyone else.?
Perhaps you could see this taxonomic conversation with the taxonomy of the conversations that you want to craft?
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 7:07 AM BEVAN, Helen (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24) via <helen.bevan2= [email protected]> wrote:
Hello everyone. My team and I need some help!
?
In large organisations, when decisions are made about purchasing virtual platforms, they are often driven by the ¡°back end¡± (the technical specification) more than the ¡°front end¡± (what facilitators and leaders of events want/need to get
the outcomes they seek).
?
My team does a lot of virtual facilitation and hosting within a large system. Through the pandemic our session have got bigger, more complex and daring in their approach and with increasing level of interaction. We have started to make
the case in our organisation for access to a wider set of platforms to work with. I have been trying to find a ¡°taxonomy¡± which sets out different kinds of virtual events. This is to enable us to match the kinds of virtual events that my team is being asked
to provide with the tech platforms that we have available. This is where I need your help.
?
I haven¡¯t been able to find such a taxonomy. I can find plenty that are written from the ¡°back end¡± that contrast the tech specifications of different platforms but nothing that is written from the ¡°front end¡± perspective of facilitators
and leaders of meetings.
?
The nearest I have been able to find is the ¡°four bases¡± that Phil Hadridge of Idenk wrote from his research on learning from virtual meetings. So I used Phil¡¯s framework as my starting point and created a draft taxonomy. Here is Phil¡¯s
paper:
?
Here is my draft taxonomy:
?
?
So can you:
- Let me know if such a taxonomy already exists and give me the link?
- Help me to improve this. I know that many of you are very experienced virtual facilitators and I would appreciate it if you were as challenging
as you want to be.
?
Here is a link to the taxonomy as a Googledoc:
Please feel free to change it. It doesn¡¯t need to look beautiful, I can do that afterwards.
?
I will share the finished version with the group.
?
Thanks so much in advance.
Helen
?
PS: if you want to see the kinds of things that my team and I do, find us on Twitter at @HelenBevan and @HorizonsNHS
?
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