Apps to turn chat into a Wordle/word wall
Hello!
This may be an unrealistic request, but I am looking for an app that will allow us to convert responses in zoom in the chat box to a word wall or wordle - so in other words have the chat responses appear in larger type, in color etc. on the screen. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you!!
Catherine?
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Re: Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas?
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Throwing some fun into the mix.? If they have a high self-perceived geek factor, and Topia is along the right lines for interaction, you may want to explore Spatial.chat or Gather.town to play with the meeting visual and interaction metaphors. ? Do think about Accessibility when looking at various platforms.? Some of these are actually great for introverts but may not be great for those with visual challenges or different abilities.? We had a major event in Hopin in the spring and it wasn¡¯t ready in terms of accessibility issues. ? Recording is another challenge¡make sure you do a demo recording early in your decision process so you can see what archival recordings look like and where they get stored etc.? ? Gigi Johnson Maremel Center for Creative Futures Rethink Next / AmplifyMusic.org ? P.S. If you want to tinker with others on new platforms, or are part of platforms that want to get piloted, check out .? We just played with new virtual event game platform this week and previously descended en masse in Spatial.chat ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Lucas Cioffi Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 9:10 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [f4c-response] Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas? #events ? Thanks for posting the questions, Leilani. I often hear people say they "do not want this event to be just another Zoom meeting."? If someone says that or "I hate Zoom" I recommend asking them to share more about the specific aspects of Zoom that they do not like to make sure that your ultimate choice of platform achieves what they are looking for. The reasons I hear most often for why people?want something?other than a standard Zoom meeting is that they want to give participants a bit more freedom to move around and they want to make the event look more special to show participants that it was worth paying for. In 2021, one of Zoom's greatest strengths is that people who will join an online event probably already know how to use it.? Topia is great, because it lets you move your avatar around a 2D virtual space (similar to a gameboard) and then go on video with people that are nearby.? There is a small learning curve, but a 5-minute video like the one on ?is sufficient.? What I don't know about Topia is how long it takes new users to figure it out if they don't come prepared or watch a video and what happens if you'd like to have more than 25-50 people in one conversation. If the client didn't like Zoom for the reasons mentioned in the 2nd paragraph above, you might be able to solve that by wrapping Zoom with Google Docs.? You would get several Zoom meetings (one for each presenter), putting the links to each meeting in a Google Doc, and adding some colors or logos to the Google doc to "give it a sense of place".? Consider making it an editable document so that participants can add notes. Or if you wanted to go farther with that "Zoom wrapper" idea, you could use QiqoChat to enable user profiles, directory of participants, 1-1 messaging, site-wide announcements, multiple embedded documents in each "space", etc. Whatever you decide, I recommend also trying to set participants' expectations of how social/interactive the event will be.? For example, if the expectation is that people will share their video, let the participants know ahead of time so that they can come prepared to do so (for example, being in a place that they don't mind sharing in the background).
Lucas Cioffi QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer lucas@... +1.917.528.1831 ? 
Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration Drop in for? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 6:08 PM Leilani Henry <lrh@...> wrote: Thanks again John, Elana and David! I can relax now and look forward to the conversation with them. Leilani? On 2021-09-03 15:54, John Sechrest wrote: One of the tools that can be useful for the one-on-one chatting?with a different feel is Icebreaker... Ooops. Looks like they rebranded to GatherAround -? It is along the lines that Elana is talking about.? ? On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:31 PM elana <elana@...> wrote: For introverts it's a great idea to start the meeting but putting them in a breakout fir three min bring them back to the main room scramble them and gave them answer a second question with the new group.? Scramble again and have them answer a third question. I usually ask questions relevant to the topic. This relaxes everyone and energizers them.? I also avoid PowerPoint and instead put content in chat? I also ask people to use gallery viewand insist on camera on Encourage them to select hide self view. That way everyone else can see them but they don't have to oook at themselves it definitely relaxes people.? Finally use google jamboards for brainstorming and interactivity.?
On Sep 3, 2021, at 4:10 PM, David Gouthro <david@...> wrote:
You could use the Periodic Table or the Evolution of Man as backgrounds . . . you never know! <Screen Shot 2021-09-03 at 2.09.47 PM.png> <Screen Shot 2021-09-03 at 2.05.53 PM.png> ? ?
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The Consulting Edge
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West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
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On Sep 3, 2021, at 1:49 PM, Leilani Henry <lrh@...> wrote: ? Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person.? They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help.? Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance.? I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
? ?
-- JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? -- Warmly,
Leilani
Leilani Raashida Henry
"The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World's Coldest Climate"-- Book launch now October 5, 2021? For pre-orders and much more--Check out
"Creatively Optimizing Purpose and Performance"
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Re: Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas?
#events
Thanks for posting the questions, Leilani.
I often hear people say they "do not want this event to be just another Zoom meeting."? If someone says that or "I hate Zoom" I recommend asking them to share more about the specific aspects of Zoom that they do not like to make sure that your ultimate choice of platform achieves what they are looking for.
The reasons I hear most often for why people?want something?other than a standard Zoom meeting is that they want to give participants a bit more freedom to move around and they want to make the event look more special to show participants that it was worth paying for.
In 2021, one of Zoom's greatest strengths is that people who will join an online event probably already know how to use it.? Topia is great, because it lets you move your avatar around a 2D virtual space (similar to a gameboard) and then go on video with people that are nearby.? There is a small learning curve, but a 5-minute video like the one on ?is sufficient.? What I don't know about Topia is how long it takes new users to figure it out if they don't come prepared or watch a video and what happens if you'd like to have more than 25-50 people in one conversation.
If the client didn't like Zoom for the reasons mentioned in the 2nd paragraph above, you might be able to solve that by wrapping Zoom with Google Docs.? You would get several Zoom meetings (one for each presenter), putting the links to each meeting in a Google Doc, and adding some colors or logos to the Google doc to "give it a sense of place".? Consider making it an editable document so that participants can add notes.
Or if you wanted to go farther with that "Zoom wrapper" idea, you could use QiqoChat to enable user profiles, directory of participants, 1-1 messaging, site-wide announcements, multiple embedded documents in each "space", etc.
Whatever you decide, I recommend also trying to set participants' expectations of how social/interactive the event will be.? For example, if the expectation is that people will share their video, let the participants know ahead of time so that they can come prepared to do so (for example, being in a place that they don't mind sharing in the background). Lucas Cioffi QiqoChat | Lead Software Engineer lucas@... +1.917.528.1831 ?
Live Online Events | Engaging Communities | Real Collaboration Drop in for?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 6:08 PM Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
Thanks again John, Elana and David! I can relax now and look forward to the conversation with them.
Leilani?
On 2021-09-03 15:54, John Sechrest wrote:
One of the tools that can be useful for the one-on-one chatting?with a different feel is Icebreaker... Ooops. Looks like they rebranded to GatherAround -?
?
It is along the lines that Elana is talking about.?
?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:31 PM elana < elana@...> wrote:
For introverts it's a great idea to start the meeting but putting them in a breakout fir three min bring them back to the main room scramble them and gave them answer a second question with the new group.? Scramble again and have them answer a third question. I usually ask questions relevant to the topic. This relaxes everyone and energizers them.?
?
I also avoid PowerPoint and instead put content in chat?
?
I also ask people to use gallery viewand insist on camera on Encourage them to select hide self view. That way everyone else can see them but they don't have to oook at themselves it definitely relaxes people.?
?
Finally use google jamboards for brainstorming and interactivity.?
?
On Sep 3, 2021, at 4:10 PM, David Gouthro <david@...> wrote:
You could use the Periodic Table or the Evolution of Man as backgrounds . . . you never know!
<Screen Shot 2021-09-03 at 2.09.47 PM.png>
<Screen Shot 2021-09-03 at 2.05.53 PM.png>
<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"
URL:?
LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
?
On Sep 3, 2021, at 1:49 PM, Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person.? They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help.? Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance.? I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
?
--
?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
?
?
@sechrest
--
Warmly,
Leilani
Leilani Raashida Henry
"The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World's Coldest Climate"-- Book launch now October 5, 2021?
For pre-orders and much more--Check out
?
"Creatively Optimizing Purpose and Performance"
. wearable art?
?
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#events
Thanks again John, Elana and David! I can relax now and look forward to the conversation with them.
Leilani?
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On 2021-09-03 15:54, John Sechrest wrote:
One of the tools that can be useful for the one-on-one chatting?with a different feel is Icebreaker... Ooops. Looks like they rebranded to GatherAround -?
?
It is along the lines that Elana is talking about.?
?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:31 PM elana < elana@...> wrote:
For introverts it's a great idea to start the meeting but putting them in a breakout fir three min bring them back to the main room scramble them and gave them answer a second question with the new group.? Scramble again and have them answer a third question. I usually ask questions relevant to the topic. This relaxes everyone and energizers them.?
?
I also avoid PowerPoint and instead put content in chat?
?
I also ask people to use gallery viewand insist on camera on Encourage them to select hide self view. That way everyone else can see them but they don't have to oook at themselves it definitely relaxes people.?
?
Finally use google jamboards for brainstorming and interactivity.?
?
On Sep 3, 2021, at 4:10 PM, David Gouthro <david@...> wrote:
You could use the Periodic Table or the Evolution of Man as backgrounds . . . you never know!
<Screen Shot 2021-09-03 at 2.09.47 PM.png>
<Screen Shot 2021-09-03 at 2.05.53 PM.png>
<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"
URL:?
LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
?
On Sep 3, 2021, at 1:49 PM, Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person.? They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help.? Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance.? I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
?
--
?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
?
?
@sechrest
--
Warmly,
Leilani
Leilani Raashida Henry
"The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World's Coldest Climate"-- Book launch now October 5, 2021?
For pre-orders and much more--Check out
?
"Creatively Optimizing Purpose and Performance"
. wearable art?
?
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#events
Over the last year, I have done more than 150 virtual meetings. I am clear that some meetings can be horrible.?
However, I have been able to get some of my groups to be more productive virtually than they are in person.?
Usually facilitation makes a positive difference.?
Additionally, usually practice/familiarization ahead of time makes? a positive difference.?
It is very clear that mixing up the tools also can make a difference.?
Good luck with your engagement with this.?
If they are all posters, with no mingling... There seems like very little reason to make it synchronous. Just make a private Youtube channel with all the posters and let them go at it when they like.? Set up side match-making one on one opportunities for the people who want to mingle.?
It is not clear that the structure has been thought out around how the social engagement?will be amplified.?
I hope the conversation goes well.?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:47 PM Leilani Raashida Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
John,
I think I can push back with some of your ideas. They have no patience for virtual meetings because they are usually awful. It's about 100 people two hours per day, over four days. Sounds like they can flex to 2.5 hours now.?
There are 10 posters in one day, otherwise four presentations per the 2.5 hours in one day.
They aren't in groups, so we can mix things up. They saved no time for mingling and I'm trying to put some it back in.
I'm responding to the whole group because someone else might want to see my responses.
Thanks! Leilani
On 2021-09-03 15:25, John Sechrest wrote:
Why is it 2 hours??
?
What if you never had them all in the same place/time and you spread it out over a week. And you provided the science asynchronously as videos and then you engaged in discussion on different channels, like a wiki site or a forum, and you then used a match making tool to do either 1:1 connections, or? small group connections (4-5 people) over the week??
?
How many people are in the group??
?
100?? If everyone were to meet and talk to everyone else for 15 minutes, you would have 25 hours of conversation.?
?
If you drop that to groups of 5, then you would have 5 hours of conversation.??
?
Stuffing those connections into 2 hours seems a bit tricky.?
?
And then there are the dynamics of who gets to speak when....?
?
If you lighten up on some constraints (time, duration, synchronous), you give yourself options for other serendipity to happen.??
?
I have had great experiences going to conferences where I skipped the presentations and just used the match making tool (in this case Brella) to meet with folks who had questions for the whole time.?
?
I bet that there is an opportunity to do "better" with a reconfigured semi-asynchronous process spread out over some period of time ( perhaps a bit more than a week), which would create a much higher sense of connection.?
?
None the less, there are plenty of tools to play with if you want to try different synchronous things.?
?
We use Remo as a way to drive things, because it gives us the opportunity to let people mingle in small groups on their own, and yet bring people back to focus on talks.?
?
How many people?
How many talks?
what percentage of the time is doing mingling vs presentations?
?
If you are going to JAM? 80% of the time into presentations, then you should just make the talks be videos that you send to people ahead of time. Just so you have time for mingling.?
?
So, I hope that I am highlighting some alternative ways to think about the task beyond the technology question.?
?
?
?
?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:14 PM Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
Thanks John! This is thought provoking.
I'll look at your suggestions and ask some hard questions on Tuesday morning.
?For the most part, everyone needs to hear everything and it's only two hours. I'm trying to extend it a bit to include social interaction that would keep them talking about their work and getting to know each other better. There is no facilitator, keynotes or master of ceremony either. Just science presentations.?
4) What is the outcome of the meeting that you want---The science is the focus. They love to talk about it in real time, share ideas and get up to speed on their latest projects/findings.?
?
5) who needs to meet whom? --- early career folks want to network with seasoned professionals. "Diverse" people (BIPOC and women especially) need to feel included
Best, Leilani?
On 2021-09-03 14:59, John Sechrest wrote:
There are hundreds of Video app solutions out there. Literally. More than a hundred on my list.?
?
Most are brady-bunch-grids. Some are small group brady-bunch-grids.
?
Toucan.events is like a cocktail party
?
Remo.co and Airmeet are like a conference table room.?
?
None of them do a fish bowl process well.?
?
I know that the folks at Hubb.me have been doing a bit more gamification of their platform, but I don't have experience with it.
?
I have a company?in some of my projects now called New Game, which is working on a VR version of things:?
?
Perhaps a VR/Serious Games approach would be different enough...? But perhaps more complicated?than you want in terms of set up.?
?
I think the key issues are:
1) what things need to be personal (small group)?
2) what things need to be synchronous (Pre-load much of the work if you can)?
3) what things need to be interactive (IE, watching a synchronous broadcast is not helpful if you cant?interact)?
4) What is the outcome of the meeting that you want.
5) who needs to meet whom??
?
?
It is possible to do a 100% asynchronous version of this.?
?
?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 1:49 PM Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote: Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person.? They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help.? Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance.? I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
?
--
?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
?
?
@sechrest
--
Warmly,
Leilani
Leilani Raashida Henry
"The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World's Coldest Climate"-- Book launch now October 5, 2021?
For pre-orders and much more--Check out
?
"Creatively Optimizing Purpose and Performance"
. wearable art?
?
?
--
?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
?
?
@sechrest
--
Warmly,
Leilani
Leilani Raashida Henry
"The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World's Coldest Climate"-- Book launch now October 5, 2021?
For pre-orders and much more--Check out
?
"Creatively Optimizing Purpose and Performance"
. wearable art?
?
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
|
Re: Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas?
#events
One of the tools that can be useful for the one-on-one chatting?with a different feel is Icebreaker... Ooops. Looks like they rebranded to GatherAround -?
It is along the lines that Elana is talking about.?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:31 PM elana < elana@...> wrote:
For introverts it¡¯s a great idea to start the meeting but putting them in a breakout fir three min bring them back to the main room scramble them and gave them answer a second question with the new group.? Scramble again and have them answer a third question.
I usually ask questions relevant to the topic. This relaxes everyone and energizers them.?
I also avoid PowerPoint and instead put content in chat?
I also ask people to use gallery viewand insist on camera on Encourage them to select hide self view. That way everyone else can see them but they don¡¯t have to oook at themselves it definitely relaxes people.?
Finally use google jamboards for brainstorming and interactivity.?
On Sep 3, 2021, at 4:10 PM, David Gouthro <david@...> wrote:
? You could use the Periodic Table or the Evolution of Man as backgrounds . . . you never know!
<Screen Shot 2021-09-03 at 2.09.47 PM.png>
<Screen Shot 2021-09-03 at 2.05.53 PM.png>
<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¡±
URL:?
LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
On Sep 3, 2021, at 1:49 PM, Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person.? They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help.? Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate
an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance.? I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
|
Re: Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas?
#events
John,
I think I can push back with some of your ideas. They have no patience for virtual meetings because they are usually awful. It's about 100 people two hours per day, over four days. Sounds like they can flex to 2.5 hours now.?
There are 10 posters in one day, otherwise four presentations per the 2.5 hours in one day.
They aren't in groups, so we can mix things up. They saved no time for mingling and I'm trying to put some it back in.
I'm responding to the whole group because someone else might want to see my responses.
Thanks! Leilani
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On 2021-09-03 15:25, John Sechrest wrote:
Why is it 2 hours??
?
What if you never had them all in the same place/time and you spread it out over a week. And you provided the science asynchronously as videos and then you engaged in discussion on different channels, like a wiki site or a forum, and you then used a match making tool to do either 1:1 connections, or? small group connections (4-5 people) over the week??
?
How many people are in the group??
?
100?? If everyone were to meet and talk to everyone else for 15 minutes, you would have 25 hours of conversation.?
?
If you drop that to groups of 5, then you would have 5 hours of conversation.??
?
Stuffing those connections into 2 hours seems a bit tricky.?
?
And then there are the dynamics of who gets to speak when....?
?
If you lighten up on some constraints (time, duration, synchronous), you give yourself options for other serendipity to happen.??
?
I have had great experiences going to conferences where I skipped the presentations and just used the match making tool (in this case Brella) to meet with folks who had questions for the whole time.?
?
I bet that there is an opportunity to do "better" with a reconfigured semi-asynchronous process spread out over some period of time ( perhaps a bit more than a week), which would create a much higher sense of connection.?
?
None the less, there are plenty of tools to play with if you want to try different synchronous things.?
?
We use Remo as a way to drive things, because it gives us the opportunity to let people mingle in small groups on their own, and yet bring people back to focus on talks.?
?
How many people?
How many talks?
what percentage of the time is doing mingling vs presentations?
?
If you are going to JAM? 80% of the time into presentations, then you should just make the talks be videos that you send to people ahead of time. Just so you have time for mingling.?
?
So, I hope that I am highlighting some alternative ways to think about the task beyond the technology question.?
?
?
?
?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:14 PM Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
Thanks John! This is thought provoking.
I'll look at your suggestions and ask some hard questions on Tuesday morning.
?For the most part, everyone needs to hear everything and it's only two hours. I'm trying to extend it a bit to include social interaction that would keep them talking about their work and getting to know each other better. There is no facilitator, keynotes or master of ceremony either. Just science presentations.?
4) What is the outcome of the meeting that you want---The science is the focus. They love to talk about it in real time, share ideas and get up to speed on their latest projects/findings.?
?
5) who needs to meet whom? --- early career folks want to network with seasoned professionals. "Diverse" people (BIPOC and women especially) need to feel included
Best, Leilani?
On 2021-09-03 14:59, John Sechrest wrote:
There are hundreds of Video app solutions out there. Literally. More than a hundred on my list.?
?
Most are brady-bunch-grids. Some are small group brady-bunch-grids.
?
Toucan.events is like a cocktail party
?
Remo.co and Airmeet are like a conference table room.?
?
None of them do a fish bowl process well.?
?
I know that the folks at Hubb.me have been doing a bit more gamification of their platform, but I don't have experience with it.
?
I have a company?in some of my projects now called New Game, which is working on a VR version of things:?
?
Perhaps a VR/Serious Games approach would be different enough...? But perhaps more complicated?than you want in terms of set up.?
?
I think the key issues are:
1) what things need to be personal (small group)?
2) what things need to be synchronous (Pre-load much of the work if you can)?
3) what things need to be interactive (IE, watching a synchronous broadcast is not helpful if you cant?interact)?
4) What is the outcome of the meeting that you want.
5) who needs to meet whom??
?
?
It is possible to do a 100% asynchronous version of this.?
?
?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 1:49 PM Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote: Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person.? They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help.? Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance.? I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
?
--
?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
?
?
@sechrest
--
Warmly,
Leilani
Leilani Raashida Henry
"The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World's Coldest Climate"-- Book launch now October 5, 2021?
For pre-orders and much more--Check out
?
"Creatively Optimizing Purpose and Performance"
. wearable art?
?
?
--
?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
?
?
@sechrest
--
Warmly,
Leilani
Leilani Raashida Henry
"The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World's Coldest Climate"-- Book launch now October 5, 2021?
For pre-orders and much more--Check out
?
"Creatively Optimizing Purpose and Performance"
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For introverts it¡¯s a great idea to start the meeting but putting them in a breakout fir three min bring them back to the main room scramble them and gave them answer a second question with the new group. ?Scramble again and have them answer a third question.
I usually ask questions relevant to the topic. This relaxes everyone and energizers them.?
I also avoid PowerPoint and instead put content in chat?
I also ask people to use gallery viewand insist on camera on Encourage them to select hide self view. That way everyone else can see them but they don¡¯t have to oook at themselves it definitely relaxes people.?
Finally use google jamboards for brainstorming and interactivity.?
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On Sep 3, 2021, at 4:10 PM, David Gouthro <david@...> wrote:
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On Sep 3, 2021, at 1:49 PM, Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person. ?They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help. ?Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate
an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance. ?I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
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Re: Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas?
#events
Why is it 2 hours??
What if you never had them all in the same place/time and you spread it out over a week. And you provided the science asynchronously as videos and then you engaged in discussion on different channels, like a wiki site or a forum, and you then used a match making tool to do either 1:1 connections, or? small group connections (4-5 people) over the week??
How many people are in the group??
100?? If everyone were to meet and talk to everyone else for 15 minutes, you would have 25 hours of conversation.?
If you drop that to groups of 5, then you would have 5 hours of conversation.??
Stuffing those connections into 2 hours seems a bit tricky.?
And then there are the dynamics of who gets to speak when....?
If you lighten up on some constraints (time, duration, synchronous), you give yourself options for other serendipity to happen.??
I have had great experiences going to conferences where I skipped the presentations and just used the match making tool (in this case Brella) to meet with folks who had questions for the whole time.?
I bet that there is an opportunity to do "better" with a reconfigured semi-asynchronous process spread out over some period of time ( perhaps a bit more than a week), which would create a much higher sense of connection.?
None the less, there are plenty of tools to play with if you want to try different synchronous things.?
We use Remo as a way to drive things, because it gives us the opportunity to let people mingle in small groups on their own, and yet bring people back to focus on talks.?
How many people? How many talks? what percentage of the time is doing mingling vs presentations?
If you are going to JAM? 80% of the time into presentations, then you should just make the talks be videos that you send to people ahead of time. Just so you have time for mingling.?
So, I hope that I am highlighting some alternative ways to think about the task beyond the technology question.?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:14 PM Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
Thanks John! This is thought provoking.
I'll look at your suggestions and ask some hard questions on Tuesday morning.
?For the most part, everyone needs to hear everything and it's only two hours. I'm trying to extend it a bit to include social interaction that would keep them talking about their work and getting to know each other better. There is no facilitator, keynotes or master of ceremony either. Just science presentations.?
4) What is the outcome of the meeting that you want---The science is the focus. They love to talk about it in real time, share ideas and get up to speed on their latest projects/findings.?
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5) who needs to meet whom? --- early career folks want to network with seasoned professionals. "Diverse" people (BIPOC and women especially) need to feel included
Best, Leilani?
On 2021-09-03 14:59, John Sechrest wrote:
There are hundreds of Video app solutions out there. Literally. More than a hundred on my list.?
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Most are brady-bunch-grids. Some are small group brady-bunch-grids.
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Toucan.events is like a cocktail party
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Remo.co and Airmeet are like a conference table room.?
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None of them do a fish bowl process well.?
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I know that the folks at Hubb.me have been doing a bit more gamification of their platform, but I don't have experience with it.
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I have a company?in some of my projects now called New Game, which is working on a VR version of things:?
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Perhaps a VR/Serious Games approach would be different enough...? But perhaps more complicated?than you want in terms of set up.?
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I think the key issues are:
1) what things need to be personal (small group)?
2) what things need to be synchronous (Pre-load much of the work if you can)?
3) what things need to be interactive (IE, watching a synchronous broadcast is not helpful if you cant?interact)?
4) What is the outcome of the meeting that you want.
5) who needs to meet whom??
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It is possible to do a 100% asynchronous version of this.?
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On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 1:49 PM Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote: Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person.? They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help.? Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance.? I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
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Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
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@sechrest
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Warmly,
Leilani
Leilani Raashida Henry
"The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World's Coldest Climate"-- Book launch now October 5, 2021?
For pre-orders and much more--Check out
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"Creatively Optimizing Purpose and Performance"
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Re: Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas?
#events
Thanks John! This is thought provoking.
I'll look at your suggestions and ask some hard questions on Tuesday morning.
?For the most part, everyone needs to hear everything and it's only two hours. I'm trying to extend it a bit to include social interaction that would keep them talking about their work and getting to know each other better. There is no facilitator, keynotes or master of ceremony either. Just science presentations.?
4) What is the outcome of the meeting that you want---The science is the focus. They love to talk about it in real time, share ideas and get up to speed on their latest projects/findings.?
?
5) who needs to meet whom? --- early career folks want to network with seasoned professionals. "Diverse" people (BIPOC and women especially) need to feel included
Best, Leilani?
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On 2021-09-03 14:59, John Sechrest wrote:
There are hundreds of Video app solutions out there. Literally. More than a hundred on my list.?
?
Most are brady-bunch-grids. Some are small group brady-bunch-grids.
?
Toucan.events is like a cocktail party
?
Remo.co and Airmeet are like a conference table room.?
?
None of them do a fish bowl process well.?
?
I know that the folks at Hubb.me have been doing a bit more gamification of their platform, but I don't have experience with it.
?
I have a company?in some of my projects now called New Game, which is working on a VR version of things:?
?
Perhaps a VR/Serious Games approach would be different enough...? But perhaps more complicated?than you want in terms of set up.?
?
I think the key issues are:
1) what things need to be personal (small group)?
2) what things need to be synchronous (Pre-load much of the work if you can)?
3) what things need to be interactive (IE, watching a synchronous broadcast is not helpful if you cant?interact)?
4) What is the outcome of the meeting that you want.
5) who needs to meet whom??
?
?
It is possible to do a 100% asynchronous version of this.?
?
?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 1:49 PM Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote: Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person.? They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help.? Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance.? I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
?
--
?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
?
?
@sechrest
--
Warmly,
Leilani
Leilani Raashida Henry
"The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting the World's Coldest Climate"-- Book launch now October 5, 2021?
For pre-orders and much more--Check out
?
"Creatively Optimizing Purpose and Performance"
. wearable art?
?
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Re: Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas?
#events
You could use the Periodic Table or the Evolution of Man as backgrounds . . . you never know! 
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¡±
URL:?
LinkedIn Profile:?https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgouthro/
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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On Sep 3, 2021, at 1:49 PM, Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote:
Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person. ?They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help. ?Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance. ?I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
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Re: Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas?
#events
There are hundreds of Video app solutions out there. Literally. More than a hundred on my list.?
Most are brady-bunch-grids. Some are small group brady-bunch-grids.
Toucan.events is like a cocktail party
Remo.co and Airmeet are like a conference table room.?
None of them do a fish bowl process well.?
I know that the folks at Hubb.me have been doing a bit more gamification of their platform, but I don't have experience with it.
I have a company?in some of my projects now called New Game, which is working on a VR version of things:?
Perhaps a VR/Serious Games approach would be different enough...? But perhaps more complicated?than you want in terms of set up.?
I think the key issues are: 1) what things need to be personal (small group)? 2) what things need to be synchronous (Pre-load much of the work if you can)? 3) what things need to be interactive (IE, watching a synchronous broadcast is not helpful if you cant?interact)? 4) What is the outcome of the meeting that you want. 5) who needs to meet whom??
It is possible to do a 100% asynchronous version of this.?
On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 1:49 PM Leilani Henry < lrh@...> wrote: Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person.? They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help.? Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance.? I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
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Interactive Science Meeting-platforms or ideas?
#events
Hi All!
I'm suddenly assisting an international group of scientists who hate Zoom to salvage a meeting they wanted to have in person. ?They will use Topia (spelling?) for presenting posters, so that will help. ?Any other ideas to help introverted scientists simulate an in-person conference? Of course, they don't want to be online any longer than necessary. I'm thinking if I could intrigue them with a cool platform or gadget, they might be willing to play!
Thanks in advance. ?I've been on this list serve for a long while and I notice the emails about #events are from 2020. Maybe there a some new ideas now.?
Leilani
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Re: Organizational Learning in International NGOs/Non-profits working in Sustainability
Hello Noreen, Terrific! Thank you for your response. I will send you the short cover note and the link by email for forwarding now. Thanks again! All the best, Gillian
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I have contacts at Ideas42 and The Nature Conservancy in NYC. I¡¯m happy to forward the survey info.
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Thank you, Michael! I hope to hear from some facilitators working with groups that engage internationally.?
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Gillian, this is such a great study that you are doing! I'm sure that the articles you are writing, and your dissertation, will be great contributions to the field and practice of facilitation.
I encourage those on this list with appropriate contacts to suggest people?and organizations that can be included in this study! ** Based in Washington D.C, supporting organizations globally! **
On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 6:35 AM Gillian Martin Mehers < gillian@...> wrote: Hello everyone,?
I am a Switzerland-based Certified Professional Facilitator who is in the midst of a PhD (Erasmus University, The Netherlands) that ultimately connects organizational learning (OL) and facilitation. I have written here before asking about published research into this topic for my literature review and you kindly shared some great resources on this site. Now, in addition to my facilitation work, I am working on my first PhD article which examines organizational learning practices in international NGOs/non-profits working on sustainable development issues (broadly speaking). I am trying to get a wide range of responses from organizations in different parts of the world.
This is for the first of four academic articles, the third article is on the support that facilitators can provide to these organizations in their OL work. For data collection, I have launched an online survey that takes 10-15 minutes and would be happy to share it, with the cover note, to anyone here who has clients that fit this description (or if you are an internal facilitator in one of these). It is for both staff and Executive/Advisory Board members of these organizations.? So if you are a Board member, I would be happy to hear from you too!?
If you would like to have a link to the survey to fill in or to share with organizations that you know, I would really appreciate that and be happy to send it. Those that piloted the survey said the found it interesting and short (all multiple choice and 3 short open answers). You can contact me here, or on my email: Gillian@...?and I can send you the information or answer any questions. I don't have an extensive network of non-profits n North America and Canada, so any help would be much appreciated (and all other parts of the world most welcome!)?
with kind regards,?
Gillian Martin Mehers
Bright Green Learning @ Atadore SARL
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Hello everyone,? I am a Switzerland-based Certified Professional Facilitator who is in the midst of a PhD (Erasmus University, The Netherlands) that ultimately connects organizational learning (OL) and facilitation. I have written here before asking about published research into this topic for my literature review and you kindly shared some great resources on this site. Now, in addition to my facilitation work, I am working on my first PhD article which examines organizational learning practices in international NGOs/non-profits working on sustainable development issues (broadly speaking). I am trying to get a wide range of responses from organizations in different parts of the world. This is for the first of four academic articles, the third article is on the support that facilitators can provide to these organizations in their OL work. For data collection, I have launched an online survey that takes 10-15 minutes and would be happy to share it, with the cover note, to anyone here who has clients that fit this description (or if you are an internal facilitator in one of these). It is for both staff and Executive/Advisory Board members of these organizations.? So if you are a Board member, I would be happy to hear from you too!? If you would like to have a link to the survey to fill in or to share with organizations that you know, I would really appreciate that and be happy to send it. Those that piloted the survey said the found it interesting and short (all multiple choice and 3 short open answers). You can contact me here, or on my email: Gillian@...?and I can send you the information or answer any questions. I don't have an extensive network of non-profits n North America and Canada, so any help would be much appreciated (and all other parts of the world most welcome!)? with kind regards,? Gillian Martin Mehers Bright Green Learning @ Atadore SARL
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Re: Is there a collective or organization that keeps a database of facilitators...
Dear Ann,
the International Association of Facilitators runs a facilitator directory, where are listed the names of the facilitators that have been accredited as IAF Certified Professional Facilitators. In the same pages offers the possibility for clients to search for a facilitator using a form
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Il giorno mar 31 ago 2021 alle ore 13:40 Ann Hendrix-Jenkins < annhjenkins@...> ha scritto: ...and then contacts you with job / consulting opportunities?
I love the work, don't love the search / networking.?
Thanks! Ann __________________ Ann Hendrix-Jenkins
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Oh whoops -??should be Best, Sandy Sandy Heierbacher Chief Operating Officer of Injaga Global/Evoke, Inc., a Boston-based cannabis company Founder, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
sandyheierbacher@... ? @heierbacher?? 717-448-8313?
Thanks for this Sandy.
That particular NCCD link does not work.
Best, Sian
Sian Madden MSc OD, CPF Organization Purpose, Experience & Development for an Emerging Future Phone: USA+443-871-5102 Facilitation impact gold award winner 2020?
I'd recommend looking into Michael Wilkinson's? .? It does what you're proposing and has been around for a while.
Also, if you're not familiar with the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD), which I founded back in 2002 but no longer run, that's a network for everyone on this list to consider joining.? Members are listed on the map and directory that can be found at .
There is a fee for NCDD membership, but the Resource Center at is packed with tools?for facilitators (over 3,000 of them!) and the NCDD Discussion list is free to join. Best, Sandy Sandy Heierbacher Chief Operating Officer of Injaga Global/Evoke, Inc., a Boston-based cannabis company Founder, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
sandyheierbacher@... ? @heierbacher?? 717-448-8313?
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 7:40 AM Ann Hendrix-Jenkins < annhjenkins@...> wrote: ...and then contacts you with job / consulting opportunities?
I love the work, don't love the search / networking.?
Thanks! Ann __________________ Ann Hendrix-Jenkins
Phone/Whatsapp: +972 55 975 7654?
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