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I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated. ?Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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Hi David! What a great opportunity to use the power of technology into Facilitation!
If you can be more specific about the purpose of the first meeting, and deliverables, will be awesome to design something interesting with you.
ThoughtExchange (TE) works great with large groups. I have played with TE Roundtable feature, which combined with Zoom Breakouts can become an incredibly productive Open Space. Google Docs or slides to capture the work is fine as well.
Let me know if you want some help in the design/lead.
My best wishes,
Fernando Murray Loureiro Check our next Events here:?
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On Oct 7, 2020, at 4:36 PM, David Gouthro < david@...> wrote:
I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated. ?Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
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David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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Hello David. I’m writing from across the Strait on Gabriola.
You say “amalgamated.” Was this something like a merger? People are just starting to work together?
I’m not going to play with detail, but I’m wondering if it could be productive to work with both difference and common futures?? Before the call they might anonymously write their hopes for an ideal future a year out and drop those into a Google Doc? They might spontaneously generate words about the values or identities of each segment? (We’re proud to be…”) Perhaps people hold up the words on card stock colour-coded by unit? ? Tools to constructively explore differences and value diversity? Tools to find or make constructive paths to the future? Draft principles for working together? Accountability buddies?
Alice MacGillivray
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On Oct 7, 2020, at 4:36 PM, David Gouthro < david@...> wrote:
I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated. ?Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
<Gouthro-Photo copy.jpg>
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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Hi David
To engage with a large crowd, I used Mentimeter which is pretty good to hook participants throughout the
virtually
event by using its features effectively.?
At times technology will not be in favor?of us which might end up in a challenging situation in the middle of the event. So keeping a plan B is always a good practice for such a big event. Regards Cipson T Agile and Kanban Trainer, Coach
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 6:25 AM Alice MacGillivray < alice@...> wrote: Hello David. I’m writing from across the Strait on Gabriola.
You say “amalgamated.” Was this something like a merger? People are just starting to work together?
I’m not going to play with detail, but I’m wondering if it could be productive to work with both difference and common futures?? Before the call they might anonymously write their hopes for an ideal future a year out and drop those into a Google Doc? They might spontaneously generate words about the values or identities of each segment? (We’re proud to be…”) Perhaps people hold up the words on card stock colour-coded by unit? ? Tools to constructively explore differences and value diversity? Tools to find or make constructive paths to the future? Draft principles for working together? Accountability buddies?
Alice MacGillivray
On Oct 7, 2020, at 4:36 PM, David Gouthro < david@...> wrote:
I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated.? Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
<Gouthro-Photo copy.jpg>
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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Hi David,
if you start by checking in on the values, you can use this beautiful slide:
At the beginning, as a check-in, let people pick five values which most inspire their work, give them orientation/identity...
If you can't use mentimeter (which I would recommend and everybody has got a smartphone), you can sure use google slides, which is a great tool for harvesting.?
google slides, to me, is the "lego" of harvesting..
Cheers
Lotte
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David, I'm wondering how you make this values session something that feels truly personal, interactive, and collective? Especially since it's a newly amalgamated organization. Not just a listing exercise, and not just a listening exercise because there are 300 people...
I've been playing with the idea of spontaneous and silent collaboration on a Google Doc - easy to understand the tech, challenging to do well.? What does it look like to try to draft their values together, without talking or communicating strategy explicitly through text, simultaneously on a Google Doc? Maybe they're drafting a collective story about their values, or writing their Top 10 collective values, or even writing a rhyming ballad of their collective values - if they're that type of silly group.? Then what does it look like to debrief this as a group ( what strategies worked to draft? what values were you seeing appear, merge, disappear? did any values play out during the drafting activity itself?, etc.) and try again? The final result can spark further?
Maybe they can use cameras, maybe not. Maybe it's a group of 5 people, or maybe that group grows every time until they're massive and beautifully chaotic.? Remember that , so you could even add some self-organizing or more informed grouping layer to this.
Cheers, Sarah Facilitator, Trainer, Coach, Learner? |? Virtual & In-Person Support?? | ??
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 2:28 AM Lotte Krisper-UIlyett < lotte@...> wrote: Hi David,
if you start by checking in on the values, you can use this beautiful slide:
At the beginning, as a check-in, let people pick five values which most inspire their work, give them orientation/identity...
If you can't use mentimeter (which I would recommend and everybody has got a smartphone), you can sure use google slides, which is a great tool for harvesting.?
google slides, to me, is the "lego" of harvesting..
Cheers
Lotte
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Other tools I have been using are Conceptboard and Funretro and really enjoy them.?
On Thu., 8 Oct. 2020, 10:36 David Gouthro, < david@...> wrote: I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated.? Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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A fascinating challenge indeed!
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I’ll offer an exercise I’ve done for unpacking leadership behaviors that could work equally well for values clarification. It could also work well in a large group.
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- Invite a volunteer to
tell a story about someone truly embodying what it means to be a member of the organization. Works best if they’re talking about someone they admire and/or someone closer to the work/front line than they are.
- As folks are listening, ask them to record the values, traits, or behaviors they recognize in the story on a notepad in front of them.
- Spend some time in the group capturing, clustering, and distilling the values emerging from that one story.
- As you’ve recognized, your capture with 300 people is gonna be the biggest tech challenge – perhaps invite folks to add to google slides, zoom whiteboard and set a ground rule that
you’ll “press pause” and ask for a moment to cluster if the board gets to chaotic.
- 搁别辫别补迟…
- Share back the distilled values from each story and do some further theming.
- Vote based on specific criteria. Voting could be done on a quickly-assembled Zoom poll, or stars on a zoom whiteboard, or ThoughtExchange.
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I’ve found by extracting the values from stories, it helps them feel more real and grounded—you start with what the value looks and feels like, and then name it after.
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Given the high stakes, you might reach out in advance to folks who you know are good storytellers, who are well-connected and well-respected, and who won’t ramble.
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Good luck, and please do report back!
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Warm regards,
Dan
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Dan Lawner
Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Manager
(he/him/his)
dlawner@pathfinder.org
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David, I'm wondering how you make this values session something that feels truly personal, interactive, and collective? Especially since it's a newly amalgamated organization. Not just a listing exercise, and not just a listening exercise
because there are 300 people...
I've been playing with the idea of spontaneous and silent collaboration on a Google Doc - easy to understand the tech, challenging to do well.? What does it look like to try to draft their values together, without talking or communicating
strategy explicitly through text, simultaneously on a Google Doc? Maybe they're drafting a collective story about their values, or writing their Top 10 collective values, or even writing a rhyming ballad of their collective values - if they're that type of
silly group.? Then what does it look like to debrief this as a group (what strategies worked to draft? what values were you seeing appear, merge, disappear? did any values play out during the drafting activity itself?, etc.) and try again? The final
result can spark further?
Maybe they can use cameras, maybe not. Maybe it's a group of 5 people, or maybe that group grows every time until they're massive and beautifully chaotic.? Remember that
, so you could even add some self-organizing or more informed grouping layer to this.
Facilitator, Trainer, Coach, Learner? |?
Virtual & In-Person Support?? | ??
Ed.M.,?Learning?&?Teaching?Program |?Harvard Graduate School of Education
Learning Travel Blogger ? | ??
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 2:28 AM Lotte Krisper-UIlyett <lotte@...> wrote:
Hi David,
if you start by checking in on the values, you can use this beautiful slide:
At the beginning, as a check-in, let people pick five values which most inspire their work, give them orientation/identity...
If you can't use mentimeter (which I would recommend and everybody has got a smartphone), you can sure use google slides, which is a great tool for harvesting.?
google slides, to me, is the "lego" of harvesting..
Cheers
Lotte
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If I were limited to those tools, (and I don't know thoughtexchange). I would end up focusing on Google Docs as a shared "wiki like page" and use it to drive the conversation and the process.?
I would use the google doc to create a flow for the meeting.?
I would probably use one google doc, because getting people to switch around and write ends up being a mess.? People get lost.?
Zoom supports up to 50 break out rooms.
that would give you rooms of 6.?
Ideally, you would have the email addresses of everyone ahead of time, so that you could provide them we prepatory emails ahead of time, and so that you could bulk upload room assignments.?
Part of the goals would be to get people to meet other people. It would be great if you can to multiple sessions of going in to breakout rooms, work on a question for a bit, and then report out things. Part of the process would be to have people in the shared document editing the meeting notes. To get this to work, it can be very useful to have participants who have been engaged as note takers/facilitators etc in each room.?
Since I can't figure out how to get zoom to truely randomize the rooms, I have to change the size of the rooms to make different people end up in different rooms.?
But the ebb and flow from large group to small group and back with a standout is a pattern that has worked for me.
It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a useful way for people to get to know each other and to express thoughts.?
If you want interaction, you have to make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90 minutes.?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated.? Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
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I second John Sechrest's suggestions: - It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting
with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having
many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a
useful way for people to get to know each other and to express
thoughts.?
- If you want interaction, you have to
make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you
want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would
consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90
minutes.?
Also since it's newly amalgamated I would ask for the values statements of the constituent organizations so that you understand where everyone is coming from.
Sean Murphy 408-252-9676
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I were limited to those tools, (and I don't know thoughtexchange). I would end up focusing on Google Docs as a shared "wiki like page" and use it to drive the conversation and the process.?
I would use the google doc to create a flow for the meeting.?
I would probably use one google doc, because getting people to switch around and write ends up being a mess.? People get lost.?
Zoom supports up to 50 break out rooms.
that would give you rooms of 6.?
Ideally, you would have the email addresses of everyone ahead of time, so that you could provide them we prepatory emails ahead of time, and so that you could bulk upload room assignments.?
Part of the goals would be to get people to meet other people. It would be great if you can to multiple sessions of going in to breakout rooms, work on a question for a bit, and then report out things. Part of the process would be to have people in the shared document editing the meeting notes. To get this to work, it can be very useful to have participants who have been engaged as note takers/facilitators etc in each room.?
Since I can't figure out how to get zoom to truely randomize the rooms, I have to change the size of the rooms to make different people end up in different rooms.?
But the ebb and flow from large group to small group and back with a standout is a pattern that has worked for me.
It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a useful way for people to get to know each other and to express thoughts.?
If you want interaction, you have to make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90 minutes.?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated.? Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
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It is not a given that this meeting had be used for anything. ?It is merely a possibility at this time. I agree with the need for conversation in smaller groups. ?I have worked with this group in the past, and have used breakout rooms extensively.
I am currently trying to decide if I should take advantage of the opportunity, and if so, how to best make use of the time.
There is a very restrictive budget for this project and I want to make sure I optimize opportunities and resources!
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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On Oct 8, 2020, at 10:09 AM, Sean Murphy < skmurphy@...> wrote:
I second John Sechrest's suggestions: - It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting
with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having
many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a
useful way for people to get to know each other and to express
thoughts.?
- If you want interaction, you have to
make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you
want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would
consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90
minutes.?
Also since it's newly amalgamated I would ask for the values statements of the constituent organizations so that you understand where everyone is coming from.
Sean Murphy 408-252-9676
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I were limited to those tools, (and I don't know thoughtexchange). I would end up focusing on Google Docs as a shared "wiki like page" and use it to drive the conversation and the process.?
I would use the google doc to create a flow for the meeting.?
I would probably use one google doc, because getting people to switch around and write ends up being a mess.? People get lost.?
Zoom supports up to 50 break out rooms.
that would give you rooms of 6.?
Ideally, you would have the email addresses of everyone ahead of time, so that you could provide them we prepatory emails ahead of time, and so that you could bulk upload room assignments.?
Part of the goals would be to get people to meet other people. It would be great if you can to multiple sessions of going in to breakout rooms, work on a question for a bit, and then report out things. Part of the process would be to have people in the shared document editing the meeting notes. To get this to work, it can be very useful to have participants who have been engaged as note takers/facilitators etc in each room.?
Since I can't figure out how to get zoom to truely randomize the rooms, I have to change the size of the rooms to make different people end up in different rooms.?
But the ebb and flow from large group to small group and back with a standout is a pattern that has worked for me.
It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a useful way for people to get to know each other and to express thoughts.?
If you want interaction, you have to make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90 minutes.?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated.? Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
<Gouthro-Photo copy.jpg>
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
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Dear David and all
I am not sure whether a new, old or forming org is relevant as in any of these scenarios, there is often not shared values or the deeper understanding of what those values mean in practice, and particularly in the emerging context we reside in.
Holding dialog about values is fundamentally intimate and can be done at 2 levels of system: individual and then organizational, so as to be stepped? to build from ” I”? to “we”.
In terms of time I have 2 x 2hour sessions with 70 people.
Creating the intimacy for a large group, online is what I hold as paramount, and am thinking of doing a series of listening circles.? The first being in plenary (aka fishbowl) and the following in break outs.? With clear guidelines for how to share and be present to listen/experiece with heart.
The story telling will be something around connecting what I value to my life story.
The listeners/observers simply (or not so easily) listen and observe.
And recorder takes notes in plenary. A volunteer recorder takes notes in b/out on shared google doc.
No synthesizing happens in the sessions, rather there is a plenary sharing about what has been experienced at the individual and group level and themes have arisen.? The notes can be used to identity the values, ultimately at the organization level.
Looking forward to us co-creating more on this.
Sian
Sian Madden MSc OD, CPF Organization Purpose, Experience & Development for an Emerging Future Phone: USA+443-871-5102
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 1:16 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: It is not a given that this meeting had be used for anything.? It is merely a possibility at this time. I agree with the need for conversation in smaller groups.? I have worked with this group in the past, and have used breakout rooms extensively.
I am currently trying to decide if I should take advantage of the opportunity, and if so, how to best make use of the time.
There is a very restrictive budget for this project and I want to make sure I optimize opportunities and resources!
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
On Oct 8, 2020, at 10:09 AM, Sean Murphy < skmurphy@...> wrote:
I second John Sechrest's suggestions: - It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting
with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having
many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a
useful way for people to get to know each other and to express
thoughts.?
- If you want interaction, you have to
make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you
want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would
consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90
minutes.?
Also since it's newly amalgamated I would ask for the values statements of the constituent organizations so that you understand where everyone is coming from.
Sean Murphy 408-252-9676
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I were limited to those tools, (and I don't know thoughtexchange). I would end up focusing on Google Docs as a shared "wiki like page" and use it to drive the conversation and the process.?
I would use the google doc to create a flow for the meeting.?
I would probably use one google doc, because getting people to switch around and write ends up being a mess.? People get lost.?
Zoom supports up to 50 break out rooms.
that would give you rooms of 6.?
Ideally, you would have the email addresses of everyone ahead of time, so that you could provide them we prepatory emails ahead of time, and so that you could bulk upload room assignments.?
Part of the goals would be to get people to meet other people. It would be great if you can to multiple sessions of going in to breakout rooms, work on a question for a bit, and then report out things. Part of the process would be to have people in the shared document editing the meeting notes. To get this to work, it can be very useful to have participants who have been engaged as note takers/facilitators etc in each room.?
Since I can't figure out how to get zoom to truely randomize the rooms, I have to change the size of the rooms to make different people end up in different rooms.?
But the ebb and flow from large group to small group and back with a standout is a pattern that has worked for me.
It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a useful way for people to get to know each other and to express thoughts.?
If you want interaction, you have to make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90 minutes.?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated.? Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
<Gouthro-Photo copy.jpg>
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
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There has been some virtual runs of liberating structures activities here and even used a platform (i forget the name). In this case, I would think Wise Crowds for Large Groups, and Critical Uncertainties are applicable. That will be a big help, I would think.?
Dear David and all
I am not sure whether a new, old or forming org is relevant as in any of these scenarios, there is often not shared values or the deeper understanding of what those values mean in practice, and particularly in the emerging context we reside in.
Holding dialog about values is fundamentally intimate and can be done at 2 levels of system: individual and then organizational, so as to be stepped? to build from ” I”? to “we”.
In terms of time I have 2 x 2hour sessions with 70 people.
Creating the intimacy for a large group, online is what I hold as paramount, and am thinking of doing a series of listening circles.? The first being in plenary (aka fishbowl) and the following in break outs.? With clear guidelines for how to share and be present to listen/experiece with heart.
The story telling will be something around connecting what I value to my life story.
The listeners/observers simply (or not so easily) listen and observe.
And recorder takes notes in plenary. A volunteer recorder takes notes in b/out on shared google doc.
No synthesizing happens in the sessions, rather there is a plenary sharing about what has been experienced at the individual and group level and themes have arisen.? The notes can be used to identity the values, ultimately at the organization level.
Looking forward to us co-creating more on this.
Sian
Sian Madden MSc OD, CPF Organization Purpose, Experience & Development for an Emerging Future Phone: USA+443-871-5102
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On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 1:16 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: It is not a given that this meeting had be used for anything.? It is merely a possibility at this time. I agree with the need for conversation in smaller groups.? I have worked with this group in the past, and have used breakout rooms extensively.
I am currently trying to decide if I should take advantage of the opportunity, and if so, how to best make use of the time.
There is a very restrictive budget for this project and I want to make sure I optimize opportunities and resources!
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
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Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
On Oct 8, 2020, at 10:09 AM, Sean Murphy < skmurphy@...> wrote:
I second John Sechrest's suggestions: - It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting
with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having
many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a
useful way for people to get to know each other and to express
thoughts.?
- If you want interaction, you have to
make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you
want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would
consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90
minutes.?
Also since it's newly amalgamated I would ask for the values statements of the constituent organizations so that you understand where everyone is coming from.
Sean Murphy 408-252-9676
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I were limited to those tools, (and I don't know thoughtexchange). I would end up focusing on Google Docs as a shared "wiki like page" and use it to drive the conversation and the process.?
I would use the google doc to create a flow for the meeting.?
I would probably use one google doc, because getting people to switch around and write ends up being a mess.? People get lost.?
Zoom supports up to 50 break out rooms.
that would give you rooms of 6.?
Ideally, you would have the email addresses of everyone ahead of time, so that you could provide them we prepatory emails ahead of time, and so that you could bulk upload room assignments.?
Part of the goals would be to get people to meet other people. It would be great if you can to multiple sessions of going in to breakout rooms, work on a question for a bit, and then report out things. Part of the process would be to have people in the shared document editing the meeting notes. To get this to work, it can be very useful to have participants who have been engaged as note takers/facilitators etc in each room.?
Since I can't figure out how to get zoom to truely randomize the rooms, I have to change the size of the rooms to make different people end up in different rooms.?
But the ebb and flow from large group to small group and back with a standout is a pattern that has worked for me.
It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a useful way for people to get to know each other and to express thoughts.?
If you want interaction, you have to make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90 minutes.?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated.? Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
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David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
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JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
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Thank you one and all for your thoughtful responses—I really appreciate it! Now I have to secure the engagement (95% confirmed), take into consideration everything you have offered and decide what to do!
Most appreciated! Cheers,
David Gouthro
Phone: (604) 926-6858 Cell: (604) 218-2877 URL: http://www.davidgouthro.com
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On Oct 11, 2020, at 7:21 AM, LV <lala.vanzuela@...> wrote:
? There has been some virtual runs of liberating structures activities here and even used a platform (i forget the name). In this case, I would think Wise Crowds for Large Groups, and Critical Uncertainties are applicable. That will be a big help, I would think.?
Dear David and all
I am not sure whether a new, old or forming org is relevant as in any of these scenarios, there is often not shared values or the deeper understanding of what those values mean in practice, and particularly in the emerging context we reside in.
Holding dialog about values is fundamentally intimate and can be done at 2 levels of system: individual and then organizational, so as to be stepped? to build from ” I”? to “we”.
In terms of time I have 2 x 2hour sessions with 70 people.
Creating the intimacy for a large group, online is what I hold as paramount, and am thinking of doing a series of listening circles.? The first being in plenary (aka fishbowl) and the following in break outs.? With clear guidelines for how to share and be present to listen/experiece with heart.
The story telling will be something around connecting what I value to my life story.
The listeners/observers simply (or not so easily) listen and observe.
And recorder takes notes in plenary. A volunteer recorder takes notes in b/out on shared google doc.
No synthesizing happens in the sessions, rather there is a plenary sharing about what has been experienced at the individual and group level and themes have arisen.? The notes can be used to identity the values, ultimately at the organization level.
Looking forward to us co-creating more on this.
Sian
Sian Madden MSc OD, CPF Organization Purpose, Experience & Development for an Emerging Future Phone: USA+443-871-5102
?
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 1:16 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: It is not a given that this meeting had be used for anything.? It is merely a possibility at this time. I agree with the need for conversation in smaller groups.? I have worked with this group in the past, and have used breakout rooms extensively.
I am currently trying to decide if I should take advantage of the opportunity, and if so, how to best make use of the time.
There is a very restrictive budget for this project and I want to make sure I optimize opportunities and resources!
<Gouthro-Photo copy.jpg>
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
On Oct 8, 2020, at 10:09 AM, Sean Murphy < skmurphy@...> wrote:
I second John Sechrest's suggestions: - It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting
with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having
many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a
useful way for people to get to know each other and to express
thoughts.?
- If you want interaction, you have to
make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you
want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would
consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90
minutes.?
Also since it's newly amalgamated I would ask for the values statements of the constituent organizations so that you understand where everyone is coming from.
Sean Murphy 408-252-9676
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I were limited to those tools, (and I don't know thoughtexchange). I would end up focusing on Google Docs as a shared "wiki like page" and use it to drive the conversation and the process.?
I would use the google doc to create a flow for the meeting.?
I would probably use one google doc, because getting people to switch around and write ends up being a mess.? People get lost.?
Zoom supports up to 50 break out rooms.
that would give you rooms of 6.?
Ideally, you would have the email addresses of everyone ahead of time, so that you could provide them we prepatory emails ahead of time, and so that you could bulk upload room assignments.?
Part of the goals would be to get people to meet other people. It would be great if you can to multiple sessions of going in to breakout rooms, work on a question for a bit, and then report out things. Part of the process would be to have people in the shared document editing the meeting notes. To get this to work, it can be very useful to have participants who have been engaged as note takers/facilitators etc in each room.?
Since I can't figure out how to get zoom to truely randomize the rooms, I have to change the size of the rooms to make different people end up in different rooms.?
But the ebb and flow from large group to small group and back with a standout is a pattern that has worked for me.
It is not clear to me that you want to do this as one big meeting with everyone there all the time, but rather I would wonder if having many small meetings which are then tied together in a string would be a useful way for people to get to know each other and to express thoughts.?
If you want interaction, you have to make it small group interaction (below 25, preferably below 8). If you want broadcast, then this does not matter and you can broadcast. I would consider how to do this as a series rather than one big event in 90 minutes.?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM David Gouthro < david@...> wrote: I have an opportunity to connect online with the entire employee base (300 people) of a newly amalgamated ?organization for 90 minutes. This can be used as the launch of a process to develop a set of organizational values. The tools I have at my disposal are Zoom Meetings, Google Docs and ThoughtExchange.
Any and all wild ideas, thoughts, suggestions and accumulated wisdom on design ideas will be most appreciated.? Unfortunately, the tools I mentioned above are the only ones available for this session. No Miro, Mural, or other platforms . . .
<Gouthro-Photo copy.jpg>
David Gouthro, CSP
The Consulting Edge
102-2221 Folkestone Way
West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y6
(604) 926-6858
"How different our world would?be if collaboration triumphed over competition every time.”
[#calmference, #calmvention, #calm-versation, #dancingonshiftingsands]
URL:? LinkedIn Profile:?
Skype: davidgouthro
Twitter: @davidgouthro
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
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