Hi all,

In case you missed it, we're capping our ongoing open discussion about hybrid facilitation tomorrow morning.?

Date & time:

Friday, Sep 16

10 am - 11:30 am PDT

Details (not many)

Zoom link:?

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 6:26 PM Michelle Laurie <michelle.k.laurie@...> wrote:

Hi facilitators,?

For those hoping?to join the second conversation on hybrid meetings, we are meeting tomorrow and the info is below.?

Date and time:
Wed, Jul 27 2022
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT

Zoom LInk:?

Resources to help conversation:?

Mural board from conversation #1 has new section toward the bottom half. We will use this!?

If you are able to join with?a small group, that?will help us to mimic?the idea of a?few satellite locations.?

Looking forward to seeing everyone online!?

Best,

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Hi facilitators,?

For those hoping?to join the second conversation on hybrid meetings, we are meeting tomorrow and the info is below.?

Date and time:
Wed, Jul 27 2022
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT

Zoom LInk:?

Resources to help conversation:?

Mural board from conversation #1 has new section toward the bottom half. We will use this!?

If you are able to join with?a small group, that?will help us to mimic?the idea of a?few satellite locations.?

Looking forward to seeing everyone online!?

Best,

1.250.231.0635?|??

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Lucas your concept sounds fun; it's like a lexicological escape room.?

I think it could scale towards buy in, IE you have five people who sign up to play and get an eight word sentence. 50 people sign up to play and you get an 80 word paragraph.

I think an attractive piece to escape rooms is modular problem solving. There are some puzzles that are more useful to have two or three people working, and other parts where it's most efficient to just have one person working.

On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 12:06 PM Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

Brilliant to bring sound into it, Chris.? Thank you very much!!

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On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 2:59 PM Chris Collison <chris.collison@...> wrote:

Hi Lucas,

I used an improvised version of ‘Heardle’ with a group recently. Ask them each to contribute a song choice which relates to the focus/practice of the group and create a shared playlist (Spotify works well for this). Then, when together you play 1 second of a random choice and see if anyone (except the contributor) guesses it. Increase by 1 second each time until it’s guessed. You can allocate people so small groups to guess.?

My group was a KM community, so the tracks included “I’ll get by with a little help from my friends” and “Sometimes you can’t make it on your own”.

Having a co-created playlist builds a sense of community and is a great asset for virtual or face to face meetings - you can use it as an icebreaker, asking people which track they chose and why - and for background music during events - e.g. during Mural/Miro work.?

Cheers,

Chris?

On 3 Sep 2022, at 16:57, Carol Gorelick <carol@...> wrote:

? Lucas,

This is timely. Yes yes the issue of competition:collaboration and I/We is so central to successful projects now.

Ironically I am working on an article about a positive class experience where teams work to design an event for a non/profit organization. Everyone is present for client presentations to the client. The client chooses one team to go forward with.

The class is collaborative change within an Orgsnizational Devellopment and Change masters and doctoral pgm. I’ve interviewed people who continued the work with the client after “winning” the assignment. Two of three people I interviewed (the doc students who are in a cohort pgm designed as a learning community) said the experience was detrimental to the relationships among the students who resented being put i. A competitive situation. The instructor deeply believes that the competition is an important element of motivation and learning.

Enjoy the weekend,

Carol

On Sep 3, 2022, at 8:24 AM, Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

?

Hi Everyone,

I'm wondering if there is (or could be invented) a game which is?both fun to play AND collaborative.? This would be a game that could help build a sense of community inside an online community (just like the F4C-Response community we all belong to?here on this email list).

Many people have probably?heard about the online word game called Wordle (recently bought by the NY Times) where a player will try to figure out a 5-letter word with six or fewer?guesses.? Here's an ?which?explains some?of the?game dynamics that make it?popular.? I've copied some of the key quotes at the far bottom of this email.? Here's one key quote from the article:

"Wordle isn't just a word game, it's a conversation starter and a chance to show off on social media. That's why it's going viral."?

With Wordle, all players are figuring out a solution to a challenge individually and then they can share their results.? It's definitely fun and lets people brag on social media "Look how fast I solved this one."? I think that there is a significant amount of "look at me" / competitiveness when sharing the results, and although some of that is healthy, it's not (in my opinion) the best dynamic to promote within an online community that is intended to be collaborative.? So I am wondering if there is or could be something more collaborative, for example everyone in an online community contributing only part of the solution of a shared challenge.

I'll offer one example of a collaborative game that seems to meet these criteria.? It is based on Wordle, but if you suggest a game, it definitely does not have to be based on Wordle.

My suggestion would be to have a full, regular sentence with about 10 words, each of which is its own Wordle puzzle.? Any one community member would be allowed to solve a maximum of one of these words each day.? When all words are solved, then the sentence is solved.? A new sentence would be released once per day if the previous sentence was already solved.? I think this changes the dynamic from "look at me" to "look how I solved this word for the community".??

Does anyone have feedback on this idea or other game suggestions?

Thank you!

Lucas Cioffi

--------------------

Quotes from the?

It's just a word game. But it's super popular: Over 300,000 people play it daily,?according to The New York Times. That popularity may sound perplexing, but there are a few tiny details that have resulted in everyone going absolutely bonkers for it.

?

There's only one puzzle per day:?This creates a certain level of stakes. You only get one shot at the Wordle. If you mess up, you have to wait until tomorrow to get a brand new puzzle.?

?

Everyone is playing the exact same puzzle:?This is crucial, as it makes it easier to ping your buddy and chat about the day's puzzle. "Today's was tough!" "How did you get on?" "Did you get it?"? Which takes us to the next point...

?

It's easy to share your results:?Once you've successfully or unsuccessfully done the puzzle for the day, you're invited to share your Wordle journey for the day. If you tweet the image, it looks like this...

Note that the word and letters you chose are obscured. All that's shown is your journey toward the word in a series of yellow, green and gray boxes.It's very compelling. If you get it easily, maybe in the second or third try, there's a gloating element whereby you?must?show your followers how smart you are and share.If you get it by the skin of your teeth in the sixth go, that's also a cool story. But most importantly, the puzzle itself isn't spoiled.?

Brilliant to bring sound into it, Chris.? Thank you very much!!

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

lucas@...

+1.917.528.1831

?

Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration

Drop in for?

On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 2:59 PM Chris Collison <chris.collison@...> wrote:

Hi Lucas,

I used an improvised version of ‘Heardle’ with a group recently. Ask them each to contribute a song choice which relates to the focus/practice of the group and create a shared playlist (Spotify works well for this). Then, when together you play 1 second of a random choice and see if anyone (except the contributor) guesses it. Increase by 1 second each time until it’s guessed. You can allocate people so small groups to guess.?

My group was a KM community, so the tracks included “I’ll get by with a little help from my friends” and “Sometimes you can’t make it on your own”.

Having a co-created playlist builds a sense of community and is a great asset for virtual or face to face meetings - you can use it as an icebreaker, asking people which track they chose and why - and for background music during events - e.g. during Mural/Miro work.?

Cheers,

Chris?

On 3 Sep 2022, at 16:57, Carol Gorelick <carol@...> wrote:

? Lucas,

This is timely. Yes yes the issue of competition:collaboration and I/We is so central to successful projects now.

Ironically I am working on an article about a positive class experience where teams work to design an event for a non/profit organization. Everyone is present for client presentations to the client. The client chooses one team to go forward with.

The class is collaborative change within an Orgsnizational Devellopment and Change masters and doctoral pgm. I’ve interviewed people who continued the work with the client after “winning” the assignment. Two of three people I interviewed (the doc students who are in a cohort pgm designed as a learning community) said the experience was detrimental to the relationships among the students who resented being put i. A competitive situation. The instructor deeply believes that the competition is an important element of motivation and learning.

Enjoy the weekend,

Carol

On Sep 3, 2022, at 8:24 AM, Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

?

Hi Everyone,

I'm wondering if there is (or could be invented) a game which is?both fun to play AND collaborative.? This would be a game that could help build a sense of community inside an online community (just like the F4C-Response community we all belong to?here on this email list).

Many people have probably?heard about the online word game called Wordle (recently bought by the NY Times) where a player will try to figure out a 5-letter word with six or fewer?guesses.? Here's an ?which?explains some?of the?game dynamics that make it?popular.? I've copied some of the key quotes at the far bottom of this email.? Here's one key quote from the article:

"Wordle isn't just a word game, it's a conversation starter and a chance to show off on social media. That's why it's going viral."?

With Wordle, all players are figuring out a solution to a challenge individually and then they can share their results.? It's definitely fun and lets people brag on social media "Look how fast I solved this one."? I think that there is a significant amount of "look at me" / competitiveness when sharing the results, and although some of that is healthy, it's not (in my opinion) the best dynamic to promote within an online community that is intended to be collaborative.? So I am wondering if there is or could be something more collaborative, for example everyone in an online community contributing only part of the solution of a shared challenge.

I'll offer one example of a collaborative game that seems to meet these criteria.? It is based on Wordle, but if you suggest a game, it definitely does not have to be based on Wordle.

My suggestion would be to have a full, regular sentence with about 10 words, each of which is its own Wordle puzzle.? Any one community member would be allowed to solve a maximum of one of these words each day.? When all words are solved, then the sentence is solved.? A new sentence would be released once per day if the previous sentence was already solved.? I think this changes the dynamic from "look at me" to "look how I solved this word for the community".??

Does anyone have feedback on this idea or other game suggestions?

Thank you!

Lucas Cioffi

--------------------

Quotes from the?

It's just a word game. But it's super popular: Over 300,000 people play it daily,?according to The New York Times. That popularity may sound perplexing, but there are a few tiny details that have resulted in everyone going absolutely bonkers for it.

?

There's only one puzzle per day:?This creates a certain level of stakes. You only get one shot at the Wordle. If you mess up, you have to wait until tomorrow to get a brand new puzzle.?

?

Everyone is playing the exact same puzzle:?This is crucial, as it makes it easier to ping your buddy and chat about the day's puzzle. "Today's was tough!" "How did you get on?" "Did you get it?"? Which takes us to the next point...

?

It's easy to share your results:?Once you've successfully or unsuccessfully done the puzzle for the day, you're invited to share your Wordle journey for the day. If you tweet the image, it looks like this...

Note that the word and letters you chose are obscured. All that's shown is your journey toward the word in a series of yellow, green and gray boxes.It's very compelling. If you get it easily, maybe in the second or third try, there's a gloating element whereby you?must?show your followers how smart you are and share.If you get it by the skin of your teeth in the sixth go, that's also a cool story. But most importantly, the puzzle itself isn't spoiled.?

Hi Lucas,

I used an improvised version of ‘Heardle’ with a group recently. Ask them each to contribute a song choice which relates to the focus/practice of the group and create a shared playlist (Spotify works well for this). Then, when together you play 1 second of a random choice and see if anyone (except the contributor) guesses it. Increase by 1 second each time until it’s guessed. You can allocate people so small groups to guess.?

My group was a KM community, so the tracks included “I’ll get by with a little help from my friends” and “Sometimes you can’t make it on your own”.

Having a co-created playlist builds a sense of community and is a great asset for virtual or face to face meetings - you can use it as an icebreaker, asking people which track they chose and why - and for background music during events - e.g. during Mural/Miro work.?

Cheers,

Chris?

On 3 Sep 2022, at 16:57, Carol Gorelick <carol@...> wrote:

? Lucas,

This is timely. Yes yes the issue of competition:collaboration and I/We is so central to successful projects now.

Ironically I am working on an article about a positive class experience where teams work to design an event for a non/profit organization. Everyone is present for client presentations to the client. The client chooses one team to go forward with.

The class is collaborative change within an Orgsnizational Devellopment and Change masters and doctoral pgm. I’ve interviewed people who continued the work with the client after “winning” the assignment. Two of three people I interviewed (the doc students who are in a cohort pgm designed as a learning community) said the experience was detrimental to the relationships among the students who resented being put i. A competitive situation. The instructor deeply believes that the competition is an important element of motivation and learning.

Enjoy the weekend,

Carol

On Sep 3, 2022, at 8:24 AM, Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

?

Hi Everyone,

I'm wondering if there is (or could be invented) a game which is?both fun to play AND collaborative.? This would be a game that could help build a sense of community inside an online community (just like the F4C-Response community we all belong to?here on this email list).

Many people have probably?heard about the online word game called Wordle (recently bought by the NY Times) where a player will try to figure out a 5-letter word with six or fewer?guesses.? Here's an ?which?explains some?of the?game dynamics that make it?popular.? I've copied some of the key quotes at the far bottom of this email.? Here's one key quote from the article:

"Wordle isn't just a word game, it's a conversation starter and a chance to show off on social media. That's why it's going viral."?

With Wordle, all players are figuring out a solution to a challenge individually and then they can share their results.? It's definitely fun and lets people brag on social media "Look how fast I solved this one."? I think that there is a significant amount of "look at me" / competitiveness when sharing the results, and although some of that is healthy, it's not (in my opinion) the best dynamic to promote within an online community that is intended to be collaborative.? So I am wondering if there is or could be something more collaborative, for example everyone in an online community contributing only part of the solution of a shared challenge.

I'll offer one example of a collaborative game that seems to meet these criteria.? It is based on Wordle, but if you suggest a game, it definitely does not have to be based on Wordle.

My suggestion would be to have a full, regular sentence with about 10 words, each of which is its own Wordle puzzle.? Any one community member would be allowed to solve a maximum of one of these words each day.? When all words are solved, then the sentence is solved.? A new sentence would be released once per day if the previous sentence was already solved.? I think this changes the dynamic from "look at me" to "look how I solved this word for the community".??

Does anyone have feedback on this idea or other game suggestions?

Thank you!

Lucas Cioffi

--------------------

Quotes from the?

It's just a word game. But it's super popular: Over 300,000 people play it daily,?according to The New York Times. That popularity may sound perplexing, but there are a few tiny details that have resulted in everyone going absolutely bonkers for it.

?

There's only one puzzle per day:?This creates a certain level of stakes. You only get one shot at the Wordle. If you mess up, you have to wait until tomorrow to get a brand new puzzle.?

?

Everyone is playing the exact same puzzle:?This is crucial, as it makes it easier to ping your buddy and chat about the day's puzzle. "Today's was tough!" "How did you get on?" "Did you get it?"? Which takes us to the next point...

?

It's easy to share your results:?Once you've successfully or unsuccessfully done the puzzle for the day, you're invited to share your Wordle journey for the day. If you tweet the image, it looks like this...

Note that the word and letters you chose are obscured. All that's shown is your journey toward the word in a series of yellow, green and gray boxes.It's very compelling. If you get it easily, maybe in the second or third try, there's a gloating element whereby you?must?show your followers how smart you are and share.If you get it by the skin of your teeth in the sixth go, that's also a cool story. But most importantly, the puzzle itself isn't spoiled.?

Hi Lucas,

I used an improvised version of ‘Heardle’ with a group recently. Ask them each to contribute a song choice which relates to the focus/practice of the group and create a shared playlist (Spotify works well for this). Then, when together you play 1 second of a random choice and see if anyone (except the contributor) guesses it. Increase by 1 second each time until it’s guessed. You can allocate people so small groups to guess.?

My group was a KM community, so the tracks included “I’ll get by with a little help from my friends” and “Sometimes you can’t make it on your own”.

Having a co-created playlist builds a sense of community and is a great asset for virtual or face to face meetings - you can use it as an icebreaker, asking people which track they chose and why - and for background music during events - e.g. during Mural/Miro work.?

Cheers,

Chris?

On 3 Sep 2022, at 16:57, Carol Gorelick <carol@...> wrote:

? Lucas,

This is timely. Yes yes the issue of competition:collaboration and I/We is so central to successful projects now.

Ironically I am working on an article about a positive class experience where teams work to design an event for a non/profit organization. Everyone is present for client presentations to the client. The client chooses one team to go forward with.

The class is collaborative change within an Orgsnizational Devellopment and Change masters and doctoral pgm. I’ve interviewed people who continued the work with the client after “winning” the assignment. Two of three people I interviewed (the doc students who are in a cohort pgm designed as a learning community) said the experience was detrimental to the relationships among the students who resented being put i. A competitive situation. The instructor deeply believes that the competition is an important element of motivation and learning.

Enjoy the weekend,

Carol

On Sep 3, 2022, at 8:24 AM, Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

?

Hi Everyone,

I'm wondering if there is (or could be invented) a game which is?both fun to play AND collaborative.? This would be a game that could help build a sense of community inside an online community (just like the F4C-Response community we all belong to?here on this email list).

Many people have probably?heard about the online word game called Wordle (recently bought by the NY Times) where a player will try to figure out a 5-letter word with six or fewer?guesses.? Here's an ?which?explains some?of the?game dynamics that make it?popular.? I've copied some of the key quotes at the far bottom of this email.? Here's one key quote from the article:

"Wordle isn't just a word game, it's a conversation starter and a chance to show off on social media. That's why it's going viral."?

With Wordle, all players are figuring out a solution to a challenge individually and then they can share their results.? It's definitely fun and lets people brag on social media "Look how fast I solved this one."? I think that there is a significant amount of "look at me" / competitiveness when sharing the results, and although some of that is healthy, it's not (in my opinion) the best dynamic to promote within an online community that is intended to be collaborative.? So I am wondering if there is or could be something more collaborative, for example everyone in an online community contributing only part of the solution of a shared challenge.

I'll offer one example of a collaborative game that seems to meet these criteria.? It is based on Wordle, but if you suggest a game, it definitely does not have to be based on Wordle.

My suggestion would be to have a full, regular sentence with about 10 words, each of which is its own Wordle puzzle.? Any one community member would be allowed to solve a maximum of one of these words each day.? When all words are solved, then the sentence is solved.? A new sentence would be released once per day if the previous sentence was already solved.? I think this changes the dynamic from "look at me" to "look how I solved this word for the community".??

Does anyone have feedback on this idea or other game suggestions?

Thank you!

Lucas Cioffi

--------------------

Quotes from the?

It's just a word game. But it's super popular: Over 300,000 people play it daily,?according to The New York Times. That popularity may sound perplexing, but there are a few tiny details that have resulted in everyone going absolutely bonkers for it.

?

There's only one puzzle per day:?This creates a certain level of stakes. You only get one shot at the Wordle. If you mess up, you have to wait until tomorrow to get a brand new puzzle.?

?

Everyone is playing the exact same puzzle:?This is crucial, as it makes it easier to ping your buddy and chat about the day's puzzle. "Today's was tough!" "How did you get on?" "Did you get it?"? Which takes us to the next point...

?

It's easy to share your results:?Once you've successfully or unsuccessfully done the puzzle for the day, you're invited to share your Wordle journey for the day. If you tweet the image, it looks like this...

Note that the word and letters you chose are obscured. All that's shown is your journey toward the word in a series of yellow, green and gray boxes.It's very compelling. If you get it easily, maybe in the second or third try, there's a gloating element whereby you?must?show your followers how smart you are and share.If you get it by the skin of your teeth in the sixth go, that's also a cool story. But most importantly, the puzzle itself isn't spoiled.?

Hi?Amalia,

Thank you for the very kind words.

You are right?in that Qiqo Pro lets you create one meeting space and Qiqo Pro+ lets you create unlimited meeting spaces.? Each meeting space has their own custom link/URL.? Participants can visit the link before the meeting begins (for pre-work) and after the meeting is over (to get the notes or if you post the recording).

You can send out the link to your one Qiqo Pro space to multiple clients and they can all join on different dates/times and they won't interrupt each other, however if you are embedding client-specific documents in your meeting space, then you probably would want separate meeting spaces (Qiqo Pro+).

Qiqo Pro+ has a 50% discount running from now until September 15th, bringing it down to $11/month forever.

If anyone would have trouble paying that due to health or financial reasons, please send me a private email and we can set you up for a free account until your situation changes.

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

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On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 11:47 AM amalia deloney <amalia@...> wrote:

Lucas, this is amazing.? Can I ask one clarifying question between the Pro and Pro?+, with the caveat that I am asking as an Independent Consultant, team of 1.?

Am I correct in understanding that with Pro you have one link you can share at a time for a given meeting.? Meaning, if I had 3 meetings/workshops over the same weekend (for example), and wanted to share a link with each set of workshop participants, I would need the Pro+ version.

I am basing this on the understanding that each group might need access to a link that lasts a few days, and with Pro, I would only have one link to share, so I would therefore not be able to share with multiple overlapping groups.

Thanks!

-amalia

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On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 3:53 PM Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone, thank you very much for the tremendously helpful feedback in the email?thread below.

Based on that feedback, and over the past 100 days I built a tool to help facilitators manage all the links that they share in a Zoom meeting.

Here is a 4-minute video overview:?

What is Qiqo Pro?
It is a tool for facilitators to create custom pages for their Zoom meetings like this?example:?
Bring your own Zoom meeting. Easily display links to all the relevant Google docs, notes pages, websites, videos, etc.

Early bird discount?is good until 15 September:??(save 50% forever)

What are the key features?

• When participants arrive:?add a beautiful background photo to make your meeting feel like it's not just another Zoom meeting
• Before the meeting begins:?let people do "prework" such as browsing the agenda, adding to the agenda, brainstorming on a Miro board, etc
• During the meeting:?display links for all the docs for each breakout room so they don't get lost in Zoom chat, especially for people that come late
• After the meeting is over:?post the permanent record of the meeting, such as the final notes and the Zoom recording, easily found at any time through the original calendar invitation

How is it different from QiqoChat?

• QiqoChat is for large events where you need multiple Zoom meetings running in parallel, such as conferences
• Qiqo Pro is great for meetings/workshops that run entirely within a single Zoom meeting

This is a new product release, and we would absolutely love to hear your feedback and suggestions for making it even better!

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:31 PM Gigi Johnson <gigi@...> wrote:

Lucas, a great idea.

Short answer - template in a tool folks are already using to find again for follow up after the meeting.? And ask the teens to rotate who adds links and manages it.

TL:DR -- a long response

KISS.? Keep it Simple Sir.? (I know, adjusted.)

The average Zoom user seems to still not know the 3 dots below the chat are how to save the chat and have no idea where it saves the file on their computer!? Wisembly, out of France, used to have this function and I used it for years...but they could not figure how to many money.? Ahead of its time!

I would suggest a Google Doc with a template vs anything that is more of a "tool."? "Meeting minutes/follow up docs as a tool" is getting to be a crowded space already.? I'm probably being pitched a tool like this at least once a week right now -- creating meeting follow up tools and documents.

• Evernote has launched the ability to connect your calendar and take Event Notes with follow ups and links right in the app.? They are shareable with the team.? Lots of good templates already.? You also can assign different students to take notes over time and share them online.?
  

• Notion.so -- I know folks who have created templates in Notion.so for this.? (I so enjoy the look, graphic images, and feel of Notion.)? Again, a template here would rock.? It can reshuffle the resulting document to be in a grid, template, calendar, board, etc.? You can connect its API now as well.
  

• Otter Assistant - My favorite upgraded tool to match calendar, events, and followup -- Otter.ai, with automatic transcription tied to the Zoom call, calendar, and follow up in Otter Assistant.? (Massively cool).

• Clickup, Monday.com, and others have systems where you take minutes, connect calendars with APIs/integrations, and assign follow up.? Then the items can be "discovered" within search in the app plus assigned. However, those tools are hard to remind people to return to.
  

On the collaborative whiteboard side, that space is growing too.? Zoom is just launching its own Whiteboard tool that looks amazingly like Google Jamboard-- I just got it pushed to me yesterday in the tool.? (URL: )? However, it doesn't seem to easily link into your actual Zoom call.? Love Jamboard for meetings!? However, Jamboard has a number-of-person limit that isn't high.? So if the group gets large, it is a problem.?

My biggest suggestion, though, is to focus on where you put the follow up document so it can be found and so its "to do" items don't just get lost.? For high schoolers, I suggest instead putting the follow up elements in Slack or Discord so that they are re-discoverable later and "speaking" in their existing languages.? (And ask them to run it.)? For older adults, I like to edit the Calendar Meeting Invitation afterwards with all of the links both before and after, so they just go back to their calendar to find it and all the meeting links.? That doesn't help with planning and follow up items, but again is where people will look for the meeting.?

I spend a lot of time with high school and college age students. My crews are most comfortable in my communities with working in Google Docs, as that is where they collaborate for school. I suggest that you mission them to create the solution that would work with both their demographic and nonprofits? . . . then it is a great action learning assignment and they can learn from the creation / discovery / iteration process.? :)

Longer than you asked, but I've been living with this question for a while.

Gigi Johnson
Maremel Institute Center for Creative Futures

On 4/20/2022 11:36 AM, Lucas Cioffi wrote:

Hi All,

I was mentoring some high school students who put together a collaborative 1.25-hour sustainability forum yesterday evening for local governments and non-profits.? Our minimalist design was a Zoom meeting plus three Google drawings boards (one for opportunities, one for challenges, and one for initiatives).? A friend mentioned that if we used Jamboard we could combine?all three into one link, so that's a better way to do it next time.

But it got me thinking about whether there's a general need among facilitators for a better way to share links during Zoom meetings.? Some problems that?I think are happening in many Zoom meetings:

• If there's more than one link, a lot of participants have trouble keeping track of multiple tabs plus the Zoom app.
• After a meeting is over, participants can't find the links that were shared in the Zoom chat
• People who missed the meeting don't know where to find the recording.

So I am wondering if others on this list feel a similar need.? I'm thinking of making a simple webpage/tool that does this:

A facilitator can...

• add a name for an event/meeting and add the date and time
• add their own Zoom link
• add a button for each of the links that they expect to share during the meeting (agenda, Miro board, a notes template for each breakout room, etc)
• customize the background, colors, and logo to match their client
• create a custom link to the page such as
• display a link to the recording after the event is over
• upload the chat after the meeting if they want

Participants can...

• launch zoom without having to sign in
• view the dial-in information if they have to join by phone
• convert the date/time to multiple time zones
• display the instructions in multiple languages
• jump between the tools easily during the Zoom meeting (agenda, Miro board, etc)
• start adding to the notes or meeting agenda before the event begins (if the facilitator wants that to happen)
• return to the event page to see the notes after the event is over

What would be some other functionality that you would want on a tool like this?

Thanks for any advice!

Lucas Cioffi

-- 
Dr. Gigi Louisa Johnson

Hi Bhav, yes each Qiqo Pro+ link can stay alive forever, and you can change them at any time if you like.

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

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On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 12:04 PM Bhavesh Patel <bhav@...> wrote:

Hey Lucas,

With the +, does it also mean that each unique URL can stay alive forever?

Smiles Bhav...

On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 at 18:58, Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

Hi?Amalia,

Thank you for the very kind words.

You are right?in that Qiqo Pro lets you create one meeting space and Qiqo Pro+ lets you create unlimited meeting spaces.? Each meeting space has their own custom link/URL.? Participants can visit the link before the meeting begins (for pre-work) and after the meeting is over (to get the notes or if you post the recording).

You can send out the link to your one Qiqo Pro space to multiple clients and they can all join on different dates/times and they won't interrupt each other, however if you are embedding client-specific documents in your meeting space, then you probably would want separate meeting spaces (Qiqo Pro+).

Qiqo Pro+ has a 50% discount running from now until September 15th, bringing it down to $11/month forever.

If anyone would have trouble paying that due to health or financial reasons, please send me a private email and we can set you up for a free account until your situation changes.

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

lucas@...

+1.917.528.1831

?

Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration

Drop in for?

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 11:47 AM amalia deloney <amalia@...> wrote:

Lucas, this is amazing.? Can I ask one clarifying question between the Pro and Pro?+, with the caveat that I am asking as an Independent Consultant, team of 1.?

Am I correct in understanding that with Pro you have one link you can share at a time for a given meeting.? Meaning, if I had 3 meetings/workshops over the same weekend (for example), and wanted to share a link with each set of workshop participants, I would need the Pro+ version.

I am basing this on the understanding that each group might need access to a link that lasts a few days, and with Pro, I would only have one link to share, so I would therefore not be able to share with multiple overlapping groups.

Thanks!

-amalia

amalia deloney?

amalia@...?

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 3:53 PM Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone, thank you very much for the tremendously helpful feedback in the email?thread below.

Based on that feedback, and over the past 100 days I built a tool to help facilitators manage all the links that they share in a Zoom meeting.

Here is a 4-minute video overview:?

What is Qiqo Pro?
It is a tool for facilitators to create custom pages for their Zoom meetings like this?example:?
Bring your own Zoom meeting. Easily display links to all the relevant Google docs, notes pages, websites, videos, etc.

Early bird discount?is good until 15 September:??(save 50% forever)

What are the key features?

• When participants arrive:?add a beautiful background photo to make your meeting feel like it's not just another Zoom meeting
• Before the meeting begins:?let people do "prework" such as browsing the agenda, adding to the agenda, brainstorming on a Miro board, etc
• During the meeting:?display links for all the docs for each breakout room so they don't get lost in Zoom chat, especially for people that come late
• After the meeting is over:?post the permanent record of the meeting, such as the final notes and the Zoom recording, easily found at any time through the original calendar invitation

How is it different from QiqoChat?

• QiqoChat is for large events where you need multiple Zoom meetings running in parallel, such as conferences
• Qiqo Pro is great for meetings/workshops that run entirely within a single Zoom meeting

This is a new product release, and we would absolutely love to hear your feedback and suggestions for making it even better!

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

lucas@...

+1.917.528.1831

?

Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration

Drop in for?

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:31 PM Gigi Johnson <gigi@...> wrote:

Lucas, a great idea.

Short answer - template in a tool folks are already using to find again for follow up after the meeting.? And ask the teens to rotate who adds links and manages it.

TL:DR -- a long response

KISS.? Keep it Simple Sir.? (I know, adjusted.)

The average Zoom user seems to still not know the 3 dots below the chat are how to save the chat and have no idea where it saves the file on their computer!? Wisembly, out of France, used to have this function and I used it for years...but they could not figure how to many money.? Ahead of its time!

I would suggest a Google Doc with a template vs anything that is more of a "tool."? "Meeting minutes/follow up docs as a tool" is getting to be a crowded space already.? I'm probably being pitched a tool like this at least once a week right now -- creating meeting follow up tools and documents.

• Evernote has launched the ability to connect your calendar and take Event Notes with follow ups and links right in the app.? They are shareable with the team.? Lots of good templates already.? You also can assign different students to take notes over time and share them online.?
  

• Notion.so -- I know folks who have created templates in Notion.so for this.? (I so enjoy the look, graphic images, and feel of Notion.)? Again, a template here would rock.? It can reshuffle the resulting document to be in a grid, template, calendar, board, etc.? You can connect its API now as well.
  

• Otter Assistant - My favorite upgraded tool to match calendar, events, and followup -- Otter.ai, with automatic transcription tied to the Zoom call, calendar, and follow up in Otter Assistant.? (Massively cool).

• Clickup, Monday.com, and others have systems where you take minutes, connect calendars with APIs/integrations, and assign follow up.? Then the items can be "discovered" within search in the app plus assigned. However, those tools are hard to remind people to return to.
  

On the collaborative whiteboard side, that space is growing too.? Zoom is just launching its own Whiteboard tool that looks amazingly like Google Jamboard-- I just got it pushed to me yesterday in the tool.? (URL: )? However, it doesn't seem to easily link into your actual Zoom call.? Love Jamboard for meetings!? However, Jamboard has a number-of-person limit that isn't high.? So if the group gets large, it is a problem.?

My biggest suggestion, though, is to focus on where you put the follow up document so it can be found and so its "to do" items don't just get lost.? For high schoolers, I suggest instead putting the follow up elements in Slack or Discord so that they are re-discoverable later and "speaking" in their existing languages.? (And ask them to run it.)? For older adults, I like to edit the Calendar Meeting Invitation afterwards with all of the links both before and after, so they just go back to their calendar to find it and all the meeting links.? That doesn't help with planning and follow up items, but again is where people will look for the meeting.?

I spend a lot of time with high school and college age students. My crews are most comfortable in my communities with working in Google Docs, as that is where they collaborate for school. I suggest that you mission them to create the solution that would work with both their demographic and nonprofits? . . . then it is a great action learning assignment and they can learn from the creation / discovery / iteration process.? :)

Longer than you asked, but I've been living with this question for a while.

Gigi Johnson
Maremel Institute Center for Creative Futures

On 4/20/2022 11:36 AM, Lucas Cioffi wrote:

Hi All,

I was mentoring some high school students who put together a collaborative 1.25-hour sustainability forum yesterday evening for local governments and non-profits.? Our minimalist design was a Zoom meeting plus three Google drawings boards (one for opportunities, one for challenges, and one for initiatives).? A friend mentioned that if we used Jamboard we could combine?all three into one link, so that's a better way to do it next time.

But it got me thinking about whether there's a general need among facilitators for a better way to share links during Zoom meetings.? Some problems that?I think are happening in many Zoom meetings:

• If there's more than one link, a lot of participants have trouble keeping track of multiple tabs plus the Zoom app.
• After a meeting is over, participants can't find the links that were shared in the Zoom chat
• People who missed the meeting don't know where to find the recording.

So I am wondering if others on this list feel a similar need.? I'm thinking of making a simple webpage/tool that does this:

A facilitator can...

• add a name for an event/meeting and add the date and time
• add their own Zoom link
• add a button for each of the links that they expect to share during the meeting (agenda, Miro board, a notes template for each breakout room, etc)
• customize the background, colors, and logo to match their client
• create a custom link to the page such as
• display a link to the recording after the event is over
• upload the chat after the meeting if they want

Participants can...

• launch zoom without having to sign in
• view the dial-in information if they have to join by phone
• convert the date/time to multiple time zones
• display the instructions in multiple languages
• jump between the tools easily during the Zoom meeting (agenda, Miro board, etc)
• start adding to the notes or meeting agenda before the event begins (if the facilitator wants that to happen)
• return to the event page to see the notes after the event is over

What would be some other functionality that you would want on a tool like this?

Thanks for any advice!

Lucas Cioffi

-- 
Dr. Gigi Louisa Johnson

Hey Lucas,

With the +, does it also mean that each unique URL can stay alive forever?

Smiles Bhav...

On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 at 18:58, Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

Hi?Amalia,

Thank you for the very kind words.

You are right?in that Qiqo Pro lets you create one meeting space and Qiqo Pro+ lets you create unlimited meeting spaces.? Each meeting space has their own custom link/URL.? Participants can visit the link before the meeting begins (for pre-work) and after the meeting is over (to get the notes or if you post the recording).

You can send out the link to your one Qiqo Pro space to multiple clients and they can all join on different dates/times and they won't interrupt each other, however if you are embedding client-specific documents in your meeting space, then you probably would want separate meeting spaces (Qiqo Pro+).

Qiqo Pro+ has a 50% discount running from now until September 15th, bringing it down to $11/month forever.

If anyone would have trouble paying that due to health or financial reasons, please send me a private email and we can set you up for a free account until your situation changes.

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

lucas@...

+1.917.528.1831

?

Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration

Drop in for?

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 11:47 AM amalia deloney <amalia@...> wrote:

Lucas, this is amazing.? Can I ask one clarifying question between the Pro and Pro?+, with the caveat that I am asking as an Independent Consultant, team of 1.?

Am I correct in understanding that with Pro you have one link you can share at a time for a given meeting.? Meaning, if I had 3 meetings/workshops over the same weekend (for example), and wanted to share a link with each set of workshop participants, I would need the Pro+ version.

I am basing this on the understanding that each group might need access to a link that lasts a few days, and with Pro, I would only have one link to share, so I would therefore not be able to share with multiple overlapping groups.

Thanks!

-amalia

amalia deloney?

amalia@...?

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 3:53 PM Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone, thank you very much for the tremendously helpful feedback in the email?thread below.

Based on that feedback, and over the past 100 days I built a tool to help facilitators manage all the links that they share in a Zoom meeting.

Here is a 4-minute video overview:?

What is Qiqo Pro?
It is a tool for facilitators to create custom pages for their Zoom meetings like this?example:?
Bring your own Zoom meeting. Easily display links to all the relevant Google docs, notes pages, websites, videos, etc.

Early bird discount?is good until 15 September:??(save 50% forever)

What are the key features?

• When participants arrive:?add a beautiful background photo to make your meeting feel like it's not just another Zoom meeting
• Before the meeting begins:?let people do "prework" such as browsing the agenda, adding to the agenda, brainstorming on a Miro board, etc
• During the meeting:?display links for all the docs for each breakout room so they don't get lost in Zoom chat, especially for people that come late
• After the meeting is over:?post the permanent record of the meeting, such as the final notes and the Zoom recording, easily found at any time through the original calendar invitation

How is it different from QiqoChat?

• QiqoChat is for large events where you need multiple Zoom meetings running in parallel, such as conferences
• Qiqo Pro is great for meetings/workshops that run entirely within a single Zoom meeting

This is a new product release, and we would absolutely love to hear your feedback and suggestions for making it even better!

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

lucas@...

+1.917.528.1831

?

Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration

Drop in for?

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:31 PM Gigi Johnson <gigi@...> wrote:

Lucas, a great idea.

Short answer - template in a tool folks are already using to find again for follow up after the meeting.? And ask the teens to rotate who adds links and manages it.

TL:DR -- a long response

KISS.? Keep it Simple Sir.? (I know, adjusted.)

The average Zoom user seems to still not know the 3 dots below the chat are how to save the chat and have no idea where it saves the file on their computer!? Wisembly, out of France, used to have this function and I used it for years...but they could not figure how to many money.? Ahead of its time!

I would suggest a Google Doc with a template vs anything that is more of a "tool."? "Meeting minutes/follow up docs as a tool" is getting to be a crowded space already.? I'm probably being pitched a tool like this at least once a week right now -- creating meeting follow up tools and documents.

• Evernote has launched the ability to connect your calendar and take Event Notes with follow ups and links right in the app.? They are shareable with the team.? Lots of good templates already.? You also can assign different students to take notes over time and share them online.?
  

• Notion.so -- I know folks who have created templates in Notion.so for this.? (I so enjoy the look, graphic images, and feel of Notion.)? Again, a template here would rock.? It can reshuffle the resulting document to be in a grid, template, calendar, board, etc.? You can connect its API now as well.
  

• Otter Assistant - My favorite upgraded tool to match calendar, events, and followup -- Otter.ai, with automatic transcription tied to the Zoom call, calendar, and follow up in Otter Assistant.? (Massively cool).

• Clickup, Monday.com, and others have systems where you take minutes, connect calendars with APIs/integrations, and assign follow up.? Then the items can be "discovered" within search in the app plus assigned. However, those tools are hard to remind people to return to.
  

On the collaborative whiteboard side, that space is growing too.? Zoom is just launching its own Whiteboard tool that looks amazingly like Google Jamboard-- I just got it pushed to me yesterday in the tool.? (URL: )? However, it doesn't seem to easily link into your actual Zoom call.? Love Jamboard for meetings!? However, Jamboard has a number-of-person limit that isn't high.? So if the group gets large, it is a problem.?

My biggest suggestion, though, is to focus on where you put the follow up document so it can be found and so its "to do" items don't just get lost.? For high schoolers, I suggest instead putting the follow up elements in Slack or Discord so that they are re-discoverable later and "speaking" in their existing languages.? (And ask them to run it.)? For older adults, I like to edit the Calendar Meeting Invitation afterwards with all of the links both before and after, so they just go back to their calendar to find it and all the meeting links.? That doesn't help with planning and follow up items, but again is where people will look for the meeting.?

I spend a lot of time with high school and college age students. My crews are most comfortable in my communities with working in Google Docs, as that is where they collaborate for school. I suggest that you mission them to create the solution that would work with both their demographic and nonprofits? . . . then it is a great action learning assignment and they can learn from the creation / discovery / iteration process.? :)

Longer than you asked, but I've been living with this question for a while.

Gigi Johnson
Maremel Institute Center for Creative Futures

On 4/20/2022 11:36 AM, Lucas Cioffi wrote:

Hi All,

I was mentoring some high school students who put together a collaborative 1.25-hour sustainability forum yesterday evening for local governments and non-profits.? Our minimalist design was a Zoom meeting plus three Google drawings boards (one for opportunities, one for challenges, and one for initiatives).? A friend mentioned that if we used Jamboard we could combine?all three into one link, so that's a better way to do it next time.

But it got me thinking about whether there's a general need among facilitators for a better way to share links during Zoom meetings.? Some problems that?I think are happening in many Zoom meetings:

• If there's more than one link, a lot of participants have trouble keeping track of multiple tabs plus the Zoom app.
• After a meeting is over, participants can't find the links that were shared in the Zoom chat
• People who missed the meeting don't know where to find the recording.

So I am wondering if others on this list feel a similar need.? I'm thinking of making a simple webpage/tool that does this:

A facilitator can...

• add a name for an event/meeting and add the date and time
• add their own Zoom link
• add a button for each of the links that they expect to share during the meeting (agenda, Miro board, a notes template for each breakout room, etc)
• customize the background, colors, and logo to match their client
• create a custom link to the page such as
• display a link to the recording after the event is over
• upload the chat after the meeting if they want

Participants can...

• launch zoom without having to sign in
• view the dial-in information if they have to join by phone
• convert the date/time to multiple time zones
• display the instructions in multiple languages
• jump between the tools easily during the Zoom meeting (agenda, Miro board, etc)
• start adding to the notes or meeting agenda before the event begins (if the facilitator wants that to happen)
• return to the event page to see the notes after the event is over

What would be some other functionality that you would want on a tool like this?

Thanks for any advice!

Lucas Cioffi

-- 
Dr. Gigi Louisa Johnson

Hi?Amalia,

Thank you for the very kind words.

You are right?in that Qiqo Pro lets you create one meeting space and Qiqo Pro+ lets you create unlimited meeting spaces.? Each meeting space has their own custom link/URL.? Participants can visit the link before the meeting begins (for pre-work) and after the meeting is over (to get the notes or if you post the recording).

You can send out the link to your one Qiqo Pro space to multiple clients and they can all join on different dates/times and they won't interrupt each other, however if you are embedding client-specific documents in your meeting space, then you probably would want separate meeting spaces (Qiqo Pro+).

Qiqo Pro+ has a 50% discount running from now until September 15th, bringing it down to $11/month forever.

If anyone would have trouble paying that due to health or financial reasons, please send me a private email and we can set you up for a free account until your situation changes.

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

lucas@...

+1.917.528.1831

?

Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration

Drop in for?

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 11:47 AM amalia deloney <amalia@...> wrote:

Lucas, this is amazing.? Can I ask one clarifying question between the Pro and Pro?+, with the caveat that I am asking as an Independent Consultant, team of 1.?

Am I correct in understanding that with Pro you have one link you can share at a time for a given meeting.? Meaning, if I had 3 meetings/workshops over the same weekend (for example), and wanted to share a link with each set of workshop participants, I would need the Pro+ version.

I am basing this on the understanding that each group might need access to a link that lasts a few days, and with Pro, I would only have one link to share, so I would therefore not be able to share with multiple overlapping groups.

Thanks!

-amalia

amalia deloney?

amalia@...?

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 3:53 PM Lucas Cioffi <lucas@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone, thank you very much for the tremendously helpful feedback in the email?thread below.

Based on that feedback, and over the past 100 days I built a tool to help facilitators manage all the links that they share in a Zoom meeting.

Here is a 4-minute video overview:?

What is Qiqo Pro?
It is a tool for facilitators to create custom pages for their Zoom meetings like this?example:?
Bring your own Zoom meeting. Easily display links to all the relevant Google docs, notes pages, websites, videos, etc.

Early bird discount?is good until 15 September:??(save 50% forever)

What are the key features?

• When participants arrive:?add a beautiful background photo to make your meeting feel like it's not just another Zoom meeting
• Before the meeting begins:?let people do "prework" such as browsing the agenda, adding to the agenda, brainstorming on a Miro board, etc
• During the meeting:?display links for all the docs for each breakout room so they don't get lost in Zoom chat, especially for people that come late
• After the meeting is over:?post the permanent record of the meeting, such as the final notes and the Zoom recording, easily found at any time through the original calendar invitation

How is it different from QiqoChat?

• QiqoChat is for large events where you need multiple Zoom meetings running in parallel, such as conferences
• Qiqo Pro is great for meetings/workshops that run entirely within a single Zoom meeting

This is a new product release, and we would absolutely love to hear your feedback and suggestions for making it even better!

Lucas Cioffi

QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer

lucas@...

+1.917.528.1831

?

Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration

Drop in for?

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:31 PM Gigi Johnson <gigi@...> wrote:

Lucas, a great idea.

Short answer - template in a tool folks are already using to find again for follow up after the meeting.? And ask the teens to rotate who adds links and manages it.

TL:DR -- a long response

KISS.? Keep it Simple Sir.? (I know, adjusted.)

The average Zoom user seems to still not know the 3 dots below the chat are how to save the chat and have no idea where it saves the file on their computer!? Wisembly, out of France, used to have this function and I used it for years...but they could not figure how to many money.? Ahead of its time!

I would suggest a Google Doc with a template vs anything that is more of a "tool."? "Meeting minutes/follow up docs as a tool" is getting to be a crowded space already.? I'm probably being pitched a tool like this at least once a week right now -- creating meeting follow up tools and documents.

• Evernote has launched the ability to connect your calendar and take Event Notes with follow ups and links right in the app.? They are shareable with the team.? Lots of good templates already.? You also can assign different students to take notes over time and share them online.?
  

• Notion.so -- I know folks who have created templates in Notion.so for this.? (I so enjoy the look, graphic images, and feel of Notion.)? Again, a template here would rock.? It can reshuffle the resulting document to be in a grid, template, calendar, board, etc.? You can connect its API now as well.
  

• Otter Assistant - My favorite upgraded tool to match calendar, events, and followup -- Otter.ai, with automatic transcription tied to the Zoom call, calendar, and follow up in Otter Assistant.? (Massively cool).

• Clickup, Monday.com, and others have systems where you take minutes, connect calendars with APIs/integrations, and assign follow up.? Then the items can be "discovered" within search in the app plus assigned. However, those tools are hard to remind people to return to.
  

On the collaborative whiteboard side, that space is growing too.? Zoom is just launching its own Whiteboard tool that looks amazingly like Google Jamboard-- I just got it pushed to me yesterday in the tool.? (URL: )? However, it doesn't seem to easily link into your actual Zoom call.? Love Jamboard for meetings!? However, Jamboard has a number-of-person limit that isn't high.? So if the group gets large, it is a problem.?

My biggest suggestion, though, is to focus on where you put the follow up document so it can be found and so its "to do" items don't just get lost.? For high schoolers, I suggest instead putting the follow up elements in Slack or Discord so that they are re-discoverable later and "speaking" in their existing languages.? (And ask them to run it.)? For older adults, I like to edit the Calendar Meeting Invitation afterwards with all of the links both before and after, so they just go back to their calendar to find it and all the meeting links.? That doesn't help with planning and follow up items, but again is where people will look for the meeting.?

I spend a lot of time with high school and college age students. My crews are most comfortable in my communities with working in Google Docs, as that is where they collaborate for school. I suggest that you mission them to create the solution that would work with both their demographic and nonprofits? . . . then it is a great action learning assignment and they can learn from the creation / discovery / iteration process.? :)

Longer than you asked, but I've been living with this question for a while.

Gigi Johnson
Maremel Institute Center for Creative Futures

On 4/20/2022 11:36 AM, Lucas Cioffi wrote:

Hi All,

I was mentoring some high school students who put together a collaborative 1.25-hour sustainability forum yesterday evening for local governments and non-profits.? Our minimalist design was a Zoom meeting plus three Google drawings boards (one for opportunities, one for challenges, and one for initiatives).? A friend mentioned that if we used Jamboard we could combine?all three into one link, so that's a better way to do it next time.

But it got me thinking about whether there's a general need among facilitators for a better way to share links during Zoom meetings.? Some problems that?I think are happening in many Zoom meetings:

• If there's more than one link, a lot of participants have trouble keeping track of multiple tabs plus the Zoom app.
• After a meeting is over, participants can't find the links that were shared in the Zoom chat
• People who missed the meeting don't know where to find the recording.

So I am wondering if others on this list feel a similar need.? I'm thinking of making a simple webpage/tool that does this:

A facilitator can...

• add a name for an event/meeting and add the date and time
• add their own Zoom link
• add a button for each of the links that they expect to share during the meeting (agenda, Miro board, a notes template for each breakout room, etc)
• customize the background, colors, and logo to match their client
• create a custom link to the page such as
• display a link to the recording after the event is over
• upload the chat after the meeting if they want

Participants can...

• launch zoom without having to sign in
• view the dial-in information if they have to join by phone
• convert the date/time to multiple time zones
• display the instructions in multiple languages
• jump between the tools easily during the Zoom meeting (agenda, Miro board, etc)
• start adding to the notes or meeting agenda before the event begins (if the facilitator wants that to happen)
• return to the event page to see the notes after the event is over

What would be some other functionality that you would want on a tool like this?

Thanks for any advice!

Lucas Cioffi

-- 
Dr. Gigi Louisa Johnson